2014
Implications of ventricular arrhythmia “bursts” with normal epicardial flow, myocardial blush, and ST-segment recovery in anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction reperfusion: A biosignature of direct myocellular injury “downstream of downstream”
Majidi M, Kosinski AS, Al-Khatib SM, Smolders L, Cristea E, Lansky AJ, Stone GW, Mehran R, Gibbons RJ, Crijns HJ, Wellens HJ, Gorgels AP, Krucoff MW. Implications of ventricular arrhythmia “bursts” with normal epicardial flow, myocardial blush, and ST-segment recovery in anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction reperfusion: A biosignature of direct myocellular injury “downstream of downstream”. European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care 2014, 4: 51-59. PMID: 25063574, DOI: 10.1177/2048872614532414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsST-segment recoveryMyocardial blush gradeST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionNormal epicardial flowTIMI 3 flowPercutaneous coronary interventionEpicardial flowLarger ISOptimal reperfusionVentricular arrhythmiasMyocellular injuryFinal TIMI 3 flowMyocardial Infarction 3 flowAnterior STEMI patientsElevation myocardial infarctionReperfusion ventricular arrhythmiasInfarct size assessmentMyocardial infarction reperfusionContinuous ECG monitoringMBG 2/3Myocardial ISBlush gradeSTEMI patientsCoronary interventionMyocardial reperfusion
2013
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 analysisImplications of Myocardial Reperfusion on Survival in Women Versus Men With Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Coronary Intervention
Meller SM, Lansky AJ, Costa RA, Soffler M, Costantini CO, Brodie BR, Cox DA, Stuckey TD, Fahy M, Grines CL, Stone GW. Implications of Myocardial Reperfusion on Survival in Women Versus Men With Acute Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Coronary Intervention. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2013, 112: 1087-1092. PMID: 23827398, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.05.052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionMyocardial blush gradeAcute myocardial infarctionIndependent predictorsMyocardial perfusionPrimary angioplastyCoronary interventionMyocardial infarctionMyocardial Infarction 3 flowEnhanced survival benefitWomen Versus MenPrimary coronary interventionLong-term mortalityPercutaneous coronary interventionFinal ThrombolysisMBG 2/3Blush gradeLate mortalitySurvival benefitMyocardial reperfusionMyocardial salvageGender-specific responsesLate survivalInterventional strategiesMortality rate