No-reflow is an independent predictor of death and myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention
Resnic F, Wainstein M, Lee M, Behrendt D, Wainstein R, Ohno-Machado L, Kirshenbaum J, Rogers C, Popma J, Piana R. No-reflow is an independent predictor of death and myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention. American Heart Journal 2003, 145: 42-46. PMID: 12514653, DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.36.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionPostprocedural myocardial infarctionStrong independent predictorMyocardial infarctionIndependent predictorsSodium nitroprussideInhospital outcomesCoronary interventionClinical outcomesSaphenous vein graft interventionIntracoronary vasodilator therapyVein graft interventionAdministration of verapamilAcute myocardial infarctionRate of deathInhospital mortalityVasodilator therapyCardiogenic shockBaseline demographicsGraft interventionUnstable anginaAdverse eventsConsecutive patientsIntracoronary verapamilInfarction