In patients with anterior Q-wave infarction, recovery of perfusion and contractile function may continue to improve significantly between 5 weeks and 7 months, suggesting the presence of hibernating myocardium.
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May indicate continued recovery beyond 5 weeks after anterior MI; supports hibernating myocardium hypothesis but remains hypothesis-generating.
Galli et al. (1994) studied this question.
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