Complementary prognostic utility of myocardial blush grade and ST-segment resolution after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Analysis from the HORIZONS-AMI trial
Brener SJ, Dizon JM, Mehran R, Guerchicoff A, Lansky AJ, Farkouh M, Brodie B, Guagliumi G, Witzenbichler B, Fahy M, Parise H, Stone GW. Complementary prognostic utility of myocardial blush grade and ST-segment resolution after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Analysis from the HORIZONS-AMI trial. American Heart Journal 2013, 166: 676-683. PMID: 24093847, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.07.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionST-segment resolutionMyocardial blush gradePrimary PCIPercutaneous coronary interventionBlush gradeHORIZONS-AMIMBG 2/3Coronary interventionPrognostic utilityMajor adverse cardiac eventsMyocardial blush grade 2/3ST-elevation myocardial infarctionHORIZONS-AMI trialAdverse cardiac eventsPredictors of deathIndependent prognostic significanceComplementary prognostic informationLong-term outcomesLong-term survivalCardiac eventsReperfusion successIndependent predictorsGrade 2/3Multivariable analysis