Coronary artery calcification score is an independent predictor of the no-reflow phenomenon after reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction
Modolo R, Figueiredo V, Moura F, Almeida B, Quinaglia e Silva J, Nadruz W, Lemos P, Coelho O, Blaha M, Sposito A. Coronary artery calcification score is an independent predictor of the no-reflow phenomenon after reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction. Coronary Artery Disease 2015, 26: 562-566. PMID: 26010531, DOI: 10.1097/mca.0000000000000269.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery calcification scoreST-elevation myocardial infarctionCoronary artery calcificationMyocardial blush gradeTIMI flowAssociated with impaired reperfusionST-elevation myocardial infarction patientsCoronary angiographic severityCardiac computed tomographyConsecutive STEMI patientsTIMI flow ratesNonculprit coronary arteryCoronary thrombus burdenArtery calcification scoreAcute coronary syndromeNo-reflow phenomenonHigher heart rateCoronary blood flowCAC scoreOptimal reperfusionCalcification scoreClinical characteristicsAngiographic severityBlush gradeSTEMI patients