Myocardial stunning following ischemia-reperfusion is driven by myofibrillar edema, which increases interfilament lattice distance and impairs myocyte force generation.
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Edema may drive stunning in animal ischemia-reperfusion; leaves open its role as a human therapeutic target.
Bragadeesh et al. (2007) studied this question.
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