Although both myocardial stunning and chronic heart failure are characterized by contractile dysfunction, there are profound differences in their underlying mechanisms. Changes in cardiac contractile ...
Opportunities of clinical, laboratory and device diagnosis of acute focal dystrophy (AFD) with hibernating or stunned myocardium are postulated. Myocardial AFD belongs to intermediate coronary syndrom...
As revealed by a very thorough cardiological study of Steinert's disease in 13 cases, it would appear that the incidence of cardiac involvement observed in this disease is not merely frequent; it is, ...