See Also: Stunned Myocardium(health)
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myocardium(medicine)
myocardium(dictionary)
Myocardium(health)
Fragmentation of the myocardium(medicine)
Hibernating Myocardium(health)
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Stunned Myocardium (health)


If blood flow is returned to an area of heart muscle after a period of ischemia (lack of blood supply), the heart muscle may not pump normally for a period of days following the event. This is called "stunned" heart muscle or myocardium.