Myocardial Blood Flow, Glucose Uptake, and Recruitment of Inotropic Reserve in Chronic Left Ventricular Ischemic Dysfunction

This study indicates that chronic but reversible ischemic dysfunction is associated with almost normal resting myocardial perfusion, with maintained FDG uptake, and with recruitable inotropic reserve. These data support the contention that chronic hibernation is not the consequence of a permanent reduction of transmural myocardial perfusion at rest.