Prognostic value of minimal blood flow restoration in patients with acute myocardial infarction after reperfusion therapy

Gjin Ndrepepa,Dritan Keta,Stefanie Schulz,Robert A. Byrne,Julinda Mehilli,Jürgen Pache,Melchior Seyfarth,Albert Schömig,Adnan Kastrati

Prognostic value of minimal blood flow restoration in patients with acute myocardial infarction after reperfusion therapy

2010

Gjin Ndrepepa
Dritan Keta
Stefanie Schulz
Robert A. Byrne
Julinda Mehilli
Jürgen Pache
Melchior Seyfarth
Albert Schömig
Adnan Kastrati

Purpose The prognostic impact of low-flow reperfusion after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (STEMI) is unknown. The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of low-flow reperfusion after PCI in patients with STEMI.

Keywords:

Elevation
Internal medicine
Percutaneous coronary intervention
Cardiology
Reperfusion therapy
Diabetes mellitus
Myocardial infarction
Angiography
Hazard ratio
Collateral circulation
Medicine
TIMI
Thrombolysis
Conventional PCI

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