The hibernating heart: reversible left ventricular dysfunction in chronic heart failure.
A patient with severe heart failure secondary to coronary heart disease is presented. Following investigation he was thought to have significant areas of myocardial hibernation and was therefore treated with coronary revascularisation, with major clinical benefit.
Burn
S
S
Department of Cardiology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK.
Walters
M
M
Caplin
J
J
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery