Combined prognostic utility of ST-segment recovery and myocardial blush after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction

Sorajja, Paul; J. Gersh, Bernard; Costantini, Costantino; G. McLaughlin, Michael; Zimetbaum, Peter; A. Cox, David; Garcı́a, Eulogio; E. Tcheng, James; Mehran, Roxana; J. Lansky, Alexandra; E. Kandzari, David; L. Grines, Cindy; W. Stone, Gregg

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi167

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Combined prognostic utility of ST-segment recovery and myocardial blush after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in acute myocardial infarction

Published in European Heart Journal • Feb 25, 2005

Authors:

Paul Sorajja

Bernard J. Gersh

Costantino Costantini

Abstract

AIMS: ST-segment recovery (SigmaSTR) and myocardial blush (MB) evaluate different elements of microcirculatory integrity after reperfusion therapy in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We sought to determine whether the combination of SigmaSTR and MB after primary percutaneous coronary intervention ...

Subject

Medicine

Myocardial infarction

Percutaneous coronary intervention

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