Viable myocardium Health Dictionary

The middle, muscular layer of the heart.... myocardium

The ability of an organism to survive on its own. In the United Kingdom, the legal age of the viability of a FETUS is 24 weeks.... viable

an area of heart muscle subject to critical coronary ischaemia sufficient to cause reversible impairment of function but insufficient to result in death of the muscle. Also known as viable myocardium, it is detected by MRI scanning of the heart. The clinical importance is that restoration of normal coronary blood flow may improve heart muscle contraction.... hibernating myocardium