NO-REFLOW PHENOMENON IN ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IS RELATED TO A PERSISTENT INCREASE OF SYMPATHETIC TONE

Hyperglycemia and no-reflow phenomenon in acute myocardial infarction.

Phenomenon in Acute Myocardial Infarction Dr. Iwakura and colleagues in a recent issue of the Journal (1) conclude that, from a retrospective analysis of 146 patients, hyperglycemia might be associated with impaired microvascular function after acute myocardial infarction. The investigators describe an independent relation between elevated blood glucose levels on admission and no-reflow phenome...

No-Reflow Phenomenon in Patients with ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction, Treated with Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Study of Predictive Factors

  Introduction: No-reflow phenomenon in coronary vessels, manifested in some patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction (MI), is associated with poor clinical and functional outcomes. Therefore, evaluation of predisposing risk factors can be helpful in risk assessment and identification of patients at higher risk. Herein, we aimed to study the predictive factors for the development of...

Intravascular Ultrasound Observation of the Mechanism of No-Reflow Phenomenon in Acute Myocardial Infarction

OBJECTIVE To study the mechanism of the no-reflow phenomenon using coronary angiography (CAG) and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). METHODS A total of 120 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) who successfully underwent indwelling intracoronary stent placement by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). All patients underwent pre- and post-PCI CAG and pre-IVUS. No-reflow was defined...

No-reflow phenomenon: Achilles' heel of primary coronary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction.

No-reflow phenomenon and lesion morphology in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND The no-reflow phenomenon is associated with poor functional and clinical outcomes for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In the era of primary intervention, accurately identifying lesions at high risk of no reflow is of crucial importance. At present, no study into the relationship between lesion morphology and no reflow has been performed. The aim of this study was to ...