Impact of multivessel disease on reperfusion success and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction
Sorajja P, Gersh BJ, Cox DA, McLaughlin MG, Zimetbaum P, Costantini C, Stuckey T, Tcheng JE, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Grines CL, Stone GW. Impact of multivessel disease on reperfusion success and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction. European Heart Journal 2007, 28: 1709-1716. PMID: 17556348, DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary PCIPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionMajor adverse cardiac eventsAcute myocardial infarctionCoronary artery diseaseTriple vessel diseasePercutaneous coronary interventionMultivessel diseaseST-segment recoveryReperfusion successCoronary interventionClinical outcomesMyocardial blushMyocardial infarctionPost-procedural TIMI 3 flowExtent of CADExtensive coronary artery diseaseMultivessel coronary artery diseaseAdverse cardiac eventsTIMI 3 flowInfarct-related arterySingle-vessel diseaseCADILLAC trialPost-PCIInfarct vessel