| DELIRIUM | drugs-electrolytes-low temperature and lunacy-intoxication and intracranial processes-retention of u... |
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| DMI | Defense Mechanism Inventory; Diagnostic Medical Instruments; diaphragmatic myocardial infarction; di... |
| GISSI | Italian Study Group for the Prevention of Myocardial Infarction [Gruppo Italiano per lo Studio della... |
| MIAMI | Metoprolol in myocardial infarction |
| MIRP | myocardial infarction rehabilitation program |
| myocardial stunning | Prolonged dysfunction of the myocardium after a brief episode of severe ischemia, with gradual return of contractile activity. It occurs frequently, both in the experimental laboratory and in clinical medicine. Since stunned myocardium occurs adjacent to necrotic tissue after prolonged coronary occlusion, many myocardial infarcts may be a mixture of necrotic and stunned tissue. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| ischemic preconditioning, myocardial | Exposure of myocardial tissue to brief, repeated periods of vascular occlusion in order to render the myocardium resistant to the deleterious effects of ischemia or reperfusion. The period of pre-exposure and the number of times the tissue is exposed to ischemia and reperfusion vary, the average being 3 to 5 minutes. (12 Dec 1998) |