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This study investigated the hypothesis that altered patterns of expression of connexin43, the principal gap junctional protein responsible for passive conduction of the cardiac action potential, contribute to the pathogenesis of hibernation.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:italic>Methods and Results<\/jats:italic>\n            \u2014Patients with poor ventricular function and severe coronary artery disease underwent thallium scanning and MRI to predict regions of normally perfused, reversibly ischemic, or hibernating myocardium. Twenty-one patients went on to coronary artery bypass graft surgery, during which biopsies representative of each of the above classes were taken. Hibernation was confirmed by improvement in segmental wall motion at reassessment 6 months after surgery. Connexin43 was studied by quantitative immunoconfocal laser scanning microscopy and PC image software. Analysis of en face projection views of intercalated disks revealed a significant reduction in relative connexin43 content per unit area in reversibly ischemic (76.7\u00b134.6%,\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.001) and hibernating (67.4\u00b124.3%,\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.001) tissue compared with normal (100\u00b130.3%); ANOVA\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.001. The hibernating regions were further characterized by loss of the larger gap junctions normally seen at the disk periphery, reflected by a significant reduction in mean junctional plaque size in the hibernating tissues (69.5\u00b120.8%) compared with reversibly ischemic (87.4\u00b131.2%,\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            =.012) and normal (100\u00b131.5%,\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.001) segments; ANOVA\n            <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n            &lt;.001.\n          <\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\n            \u2014These results indicate progressive reduction and disruption of connexin43 gap junctions in reversible ischemia and hibernation. 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