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lüll Mechanisms leading to reversible mechanical dysfunction in severe CAD: alternatives to myocardial stunning Mazzadi AN; Andre-Fouet X; Costes N; Croisille P; Revel D; Janier MFAm J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006[Dec]; 291 (6): H2570-82Patients with severe chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) exhibit a highly altered myocardial pattern of perfusion, metabolism, and mechanical performance. In this context, the diagnosis of stunning remains elusive not only because of methodological and logistic considerations, but also because of the pathophysiological characteristics of the myocardium of these patients. In addition, a number of alternative pathophysiological mechanisms may act by mimicking the functional manifestations usually attributed to stunning. The present review describes three mechanisms that could theoretically lead to reversible mechanical dysfunction in these patients: myocardial wall stress, the tethering effect, and myocardial expression and release of auto- and paracrine agents. Attention is focused on the role of these mechanisms in scintigraphically "normal" regions (i.e., regions usually showing normal perfusion, glucose metabolism, and cellular integrity as assessed by nuclear imaging techniques), in which stunning is usually considered, but these mechanisms could also operate throughout the viable myocardium. We hypothesize that reversion of these three mechanisms could partially explain the unexpected functional benefit after reperfusion recently highlighted by high-spatial-resolution imaging techniques.|Animals[MESH]|Coronary Artery Disease/*physiopathology[MESH]|Heart/diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Myocardial Stunning/diagnosis/*physiopathology[MESH]|Myocardium/metabolism[MESH]|Radionuclide Imaging[MESH]|Stress, Mechanical[MESH]|Ventricular Remodeling/physiology[MESH] |