Combined prognostic utility of ST-segment recovery and myocardial blush after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction
Sorajja P, Gersh BJ, Costantini C, McLaughlin MG, Zimetbaum P, Cox DA, Garcia E, Tcheng JE, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Kandzari DE, Grines CL, Stone GW. Combined prognostic utility of ST-segment recovery and myocardial blush after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal 2005, 26: 667-674. PMID: 15734768, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi167.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionPrimary PCIPercutaneous coronary interventionST-segment recoveryMyocardial blushCoronary interventionMultivariable analysisPrognostic utilityMyocardial infarctionGreater prognostic utilityStrongest prognostic variableYear clinical outcomesIncremental prognostic informationCADILLAC trialReperfusion therapyReperfusion successClinical outcomesGrade 2/3Independent correlatesMicrocirculatory integrityPrognostic informationUnivariate analysisPoor survivalCumulative rate