background: due to the positive relation between platelet size and platelet reactivity, a high value of the mean platelet volume (mpv) is an independent risk factor to predict acute myocardial infarction (ami) and its adverse outcome. few data are available to determinate the prognostic value of mpv in st-elevation myocardial infarction (stemi) patients treated with percutaneous coronary interv...

Abstract Introduction The no-reflow phenomenon is a serious complication of coronary intervention, especially in primary angioplasty and effective preventive measures are unknown. Methods Retrospective study all patients treated by single center through 4 years. We define as the absence flow immediately after stent angioplasty. variables associated with this were analyzed using binary logistic ...

BACKGROUND The treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is thought to restore antegrade blood flow in the infarct-related artery (IRA) and minimize ischemic damage to the myocardium as soon as possible. The present study aimed to identify possible clinical predictors for no-reflow in patients with AMI after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS A total of 312 consecu...

Thromb Haemost 2005; 94: 693–4 Coronary no-reflow is a rare but potentially devastating complication that can occur during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). It is defined as the lack of passage of contrast dye into the microvasculature despite relief of the original obstruction in the epicardial vessel and is an angiographic marker of impaired myocardial perfusion at the tissue level (...

After cardiac ischaemia, a prolonged decrease of coronary microvascular perfusion often occurs even after flow is restored in an upstream artery. This 'no-reflow' phenomenon worsens patient prognosis. In the brain, after stroke, a similar post-ischaemic 'no-reflow' has been attributed to capillary constriction by contractile pericytes. We now show that occlusion of a rat coronary artery, follow...