Stunning
If the heart muscle ( myocardium ) is insufficiently supplied with oxygen-rich blood in the event of a heart attack , parts of the heart muscles may well recover. However, this does not happen immediately, but is dependent on reperfusion , i.e. renewed perfusion of the myocardium. This recovery process can take a considerable amount of time. In analogy to a battered boxer who goes to the ground after a blow and is stunned, these areas of the heart are called “stunned myocardium”. With Stunning , the myocardium completely recovers after a certain period of time.
Stunned myocardium is normally perfused but akinetic (motionless).
Individual evidence
- ^ E. Picano: Stress Echocardiography. 4th edition. Springer, Berlin et al. 2003, ISBN 3-540-00162-X . (English)