Importance of time to reperfusion on outcomes with primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (results from the Stent Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Trial)
Brodie B, Stone G, Morice M, Cox D, Garcia E, Mattos L, Boura J, O’Neill W, Stuckey T, Milks S, Lansky A, Grines C, Group F. Importance of time to reperfusion on outcomes with primary coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction (results from the Stent Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Trial). The American Journal Of Cardiology 2001, 88: 1085-1090. PMID: 11703949, DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)02039-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyPrimary PTCAAcute myocardial infarctionCardiogenic shockCoronary angioplastyMyocardial infarctionMyocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade 3 flowPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyInfarct artery reocclusionStent-PAMI trialGrade 3 flowPrimary coronary angioplastyTransluminal coronary angioplastyTriage of patientsArtery reocclusionMortality benefitSurvival benefitEjection fractionLate reperfusionClinical outcomesMyocardial salvageThrombolytic therapyReperfusionPatientsLack of correlationNormal Flow (TIMI-3) Before Mechanical Reperfusion Therapy Is an Independent Determinant of Survival in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Stone G, Cox D, Garcia E, Brodie B, Morice M, Griffin J, Mattos L, Lansky A, O’Neill W, Grines C. Normal Flow (TIMI-3) Before Mechanical Reperfusion Therapy Is an Independent Determinant of Survival in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2001, 104: 636-641. PMID: 11489767, DOI: 10.1161/hc3101.093701.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTIMI 3 flowAcute myocardial infarctionInitial TIMI 3 flowMyocardial infarctionPrimary PTCAEarly reperfusionHeart failureIndependent determinantsNew-onset heart failurePostprocedural TIMI 3 flowTIMI 3 flow ratesMechanical reperfusion therapyTIMI 0/1 flowTIMI 2 flowProspective randomized trialsShorter hospital stayVentricular ejection fractionInitial angiographyAngiographic evidenceHospital stayLytic therapyReperfusion therapyVentricular failureSpontaneous reperfusionEarly administration