Relationship between infarct artery location, epicardial flow, and myocardial perfusion after primary percutaneous revascularization in acute myocardial infarction
Kandzari DE, Tcheng JE, Gersh BJ, Cox DA, Stuckey T, Turco M, Mehran R, Garcia E, Zimetbaum P, McGlaughlin MG, Lansky AJ, Costantini CO, Grines CL, Stone GW, Investigators F. Relationship between infarct artery location, epicardial flow, and myocardial perfusion after primary percutaneous revascularization in acute myocardial infarction. American Heart Journal 2006, 151: 1288-1295. PMID: 16781238, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.08.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionPrimary PCIST-segment resolutionMyocardial infarctionReperfusion successVentricular functionClinical outcomesCollateral flowAnterior infarctionMyocardial perfusionArtery locationFinal TIMI 3 flowIschemic target vessel revascularizationMajor adverse cardiac eventsReduced left ventricular functionRight coronary artery distributionPrimary percutaneous revascularizationAdverse cardiac eventsBaseline clinical characteristicsTarget vessel revascularizationTIMI 3 flowMyocardial blush gradePowerful independent predictorPercutaneous coronary intervention