New Paradigms of Coronary Artery Disease

Detailed analyses of regional myocardial blood flow, function, metabolism and morphology in ischemic and reperfused myocardium have led to the identifi­ cation of important phenomena, i. e. , myocardial hibernation, myocardial stun­ ning and ischemic preconditioning. Both the hibernating and the stunned myocardium characterize viable though dysfunctional as distinguished from necrotic tissue. With...