Abstract:Hibernating myocardium, as a compensatory mechanism to chronic ischemia caused by a tight coronary stenosis is best treated by restoration of blood flow. Hence in this condition the therapeutic implications are rather obvious and the problem is how to diagnose hibernating myocardium. Provocation tests and/or scintigraphic methods are usually used to show viability of an akinetic myocardial area. These tests, however, can be expected to be clearly positive only if hibernating myocardium is not mixed with patchy… Show more
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