Ischemic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction due to coronary artery disease (CAD) is steadily
increasing as a consequence of the aging of the population and of improved survival of …

Numerous studies dating back to the 1970s have demonstrated that left ventricular (LV)
systolic dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) is not always an …

Over three decades ago, the concept of myocardial hibernation arose from the observation
that chronically dysfunctional myocardium could recover function with re-vascularization [1] …

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the major cause of heart failure [1]. In the past, severe left
ventricular (LV) dysfunction was considered an irreversible condition, as regional akinesis …

Left ventricular (LV) function is a well-established and powerful predictor of outcome after
myocardial infarction (MI). 1 Indeed, the occurrence of severe LV systolic dysfunction (ie, LV …

Left ventricular (LV) dysfunction caused by ischemia secondary to coronary artery disease
results not only from cardiac myocyte death but also from stunning and hibernation, which …

Myocardial viability is a clinically important issue in patients after acute myocardial infarction
and in patients with left ventricular dysfunction in the presence or absence of symptoms …

Ischaemic heart disease predominantly accounts for the majority of patients with heart failure
symptoms. The prevalence of ischaemic cardiomyopathy (CMP) is continuously increasing …

Background Dysfunction of myocardial contractility can be due to myocardial infarction, to
chronic ischaemia without necrosis or to transient ischaemia in spite of reperfusion. The …

The concept of hibernating myocardium originated from observations in the 1970s that the
myocardial dysfunction seen in patients with chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) was not …