No reflow phenomenon in coronary heart disease.

H Ito - Journal of cardiology, 2001 - europepmc.org
Prolonged myocardial ischemia often damages myocardium profoundly, and flow to the
previously ischemic myocardium is significantly reduced, which is called the" no reflow" or" …

No-reflow phenomenon: maintaining vascular integrity

RA Kloner - Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The no-reflow phenomenon relates to the inability to reperfuse regions of the myocardium
after ischemia, despite removal of the large epicardial coronary artery occlusion. The …

[PDF][PDF] The coronary no-reflow phenomenon: a review of mechanisms and therapies

E Eeckhout, MJ Kern - European heart journal, 2001 - doc.rero.ch
The phenomenon of no-reflow is defined as inadequate myocardial perfusion through a
given segment of the coronary circulation without angiographic evidence of mechanical …

Predictive factors for development of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with reperfused anterior wall acute myocardial infarction

K Iwakura, H Ito, S Kawano, Y Shintani… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES We sought to elucidate the clinical factors related to the development of no-
reflow phenomenon after successful coronary reperfusion in patients with an acute …

No-reflow phenomenon in patients with acute myocardial infarction: its pathophysiology and clinical implications

H Ito - Acta Medica Okayama, 2009 - ousar.lib.okayama-u.ac.jp
For patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), the immediate therapeutic goal is to
establish the patency of the infarct-related artery. Prolonged myocardial ischemia, however …

No-reflow phenomenon and prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction

H Ito - Nature clinical practice Cardiovascular medicine, 2006 - nature.com
The rapid restoration of coronary flow to the jeopardized myocardium has become an
essential part of therapy after acute myocardial infarction. Despite an open infarct-related …

No-reflow—an ominous sign of cardiac dysfunction

M Magro, PW Serruys - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2010 - nature.com
Mechanical reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction does not always result in desirable
optimal microvascular perfusion. Failure to achieve a normal myocardial blush in the …

Management of the no-reflow phenomenon

MJ Butler, W Chan, AJ Taylor, AM Dart… - Pharmacology & …, 2011 - Elsevier
The lack of reperfusion of myocardium after prolonged ischaemia that may occur despite
opening of the infarct-related artery is termed “no reflow”. No reflow or slow flow occurs in 3 …

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

J Kubica, M Koziński - Cardiology journal, 2008 - journals.viamedica.pl
Introduction of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as a method of choice for the
treatment of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction has brought a marked …

Progressive failure of coronary flow during reperfusion of myocardial infarction: documentation of the no reflow phenomenon with positron emission tomography

RW Jeremy, JM Links, LC Becker - Journal of the American College of …, 1990 - Elsevier
During reperfusion of a myocardial infarct, development of microvascular occlusion may
result in regional hypoperfusion (“no reflow”) despite a patent infarct-related artery. This …