Correlations between epicardial flow, microvascular reperfusion, infarct size and clinical outcomes in patients with anterior versus non-anterior myocardial infarction treated with primary or rescue angioplasty: analysis from the EMERALD trial.
Nikolsky E, Stone GW, Lee E, Lansky AJ, Webb J, Cox DA, Brodie BR, Turco MA, Rutherford BD, Kalynych AM, Antoniucci D, Krucoff MW, Gibbons RJ, Fahy M, Mehran R. Correlations between epicardial flow, microvascular reperfusion, infarct size and clinical outcomes in patients with anterior versus non-anterior myocardial infarction treated with primary or rescue angioplasty: analysis from the EMERALD trial. EuroIntervention 2009, 5: 417-24. PMID: 19755327, DOI: 10.4244/eijv5i4a66.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAngioplastyAngioplasty, Balloon, CoronaryBlood PressureBradycardiaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicMyocardial InfarctionPostoperative ComplicationsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicStentsSurvival AnalysisSurvivorsTachycardiaTreatment FailureTreatment OutcomeConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionMicrovascular reperfusionInfarct sizeClinical outcomesMyocardial infarctionEMERALD trialLAD infarctsDistal protectionGrade 3Final TIMI flow grade 3Myocardial blush grade 3Non-anterior myocardial infarctionTIMI flow grade 3ST-segment resolutionEvent-free survivalInfarct-related arteryLarger infarct sizeSevere heart failureRate of reperfusionRescue angioplastyCulprit vesselPrimary PCIReperfusion successEpicardial flowHeart failure