title: Evidence for stunned myocardium in humans: a 2001 update.
abstract: This article describes clinical situations in which stunning occurs and updates previous reviews on the topic. Stunning following angioplasty, angina and exercise-induced ischemia, infarction, and after cardiac surgery are described. In addition, newer concepts regarding stunning, including neurogenic stunned myocardium, are discussed. Left atrial stunning following cardioversion is a recently recognized phenomenon with important clinical implications, but differs from the original concept of post-ischemic stunning.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California 90017, USA. rkloner@goodsam.org
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kloner
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Arimie
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cannom
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhandari
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shook
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pollick
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Burstein
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000293:injuries; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000209:etiology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications