Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine - Vol 2 . No. 2 . 1997



Hibernating Myocardium




Myocardial hibernation: clinical manifestations and importance
S.H. Rahimtoola




What are the underlying mechanisms of myocardial hibernation?
G. Heusch


How is it possible to diagnose myocardial hibernation?
R.O. Bonow


Treating myocardial hibernation: surgery, pharmacology, or both?
G. La Canna




P.B. Garlick


Reversibility of cardiac wall motion abnormalities predicted by positron tomography
J. Tillisch and others

Dobutamine echocardiography in myocardial hibernation. Optimal dose and accuracy in predicting recovery of ventricular function after coronary angioplasty
I. Afridi and others

Metabolic adaptation to a gradual reduction in myocardial blood flow
A.E. Arai and others

Enhanced detection of ischemic but viable myocardium by the reinjection of thallium after stress redistribution imaging
V. Dilsizian and others

Adaptive responses of coronary circulation and myocardium to chronic reduction in perfusion pressure and flow
I. Mills and others
Ischemic cardiomyopathy: criteria for coronary revascularization and cardiac transplantation
H.W. Louie and others

Echocardiography during infusion of dobutamine for identification of reversible dysfunction in patients with chronic coronary artery disease
G. La Canna and others

The hibernating myocardium
S.H. Rahimtoola

Recruitment of an inotropic reserve in moderately ischemic myocardium at the expense of metabolic recovery: a model of short-term hibernation
R. Schulz and others

Metabolic adaptation during a sequence of no-flow and low-flow ischemia: a possible trigger for hibernation
R. Ferrari and others




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