Prognostic Implications of Creatine Kinase Elevation After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction
Halkin A, Stone GW, Grines CL, Cox DA, Rutherford BD, Esente P, Meils CM, Albertsson P, Farah A, Tcheng JE, Lansky AJ, Mehran R. Prognostic Implications of Creatine Kinase Elevation After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2006, 47: 951-961. PMID: 16516077, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionPrimary PCIPercutaneous coronary interventionCreatine kinase elevationCoronary interventionPrognostic implicationsMyocardial infarctionCK levelsLate Angioplasty Complications (CADILLAC) trialLeft ventricular ejection fractionOne-year survivorsPost-PCI ThrombolysisMyocardial infarction (TIMI) flowOne-year mortalityAntegrade blood flowVentricular ejection fractionPeak creatine kinaseCK monitoringControlled AbciximabComplications TrialMost patientsEjection fractionIndependent predictorsMortality independent