The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines was formed to gather information and
make recommendations about appropriate use of technology for the diagnosis and …

3152 the number of angiographic frames required for the contrast medium to reach
standardized distal landmarks of the coronary tree, and the myocardial blush grade is a …

Previous studies describing the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with acute myocardial
infarction (AMI) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were largely confined …

Myocardial infarction is the major cause of death in the world. Over the last two decades,
coronary reperfusion therapy has become established for the management of acute …

The phenomenon of no-reflow is defined as inadequate myocardial perfusion through a
given segment of the coronary circulation without angiographic evidence of mechanical …

Background Growing evidence suggests that no-reflow reperfusion after direct percutaneous
coronary intervention (d-PCI) is associated with an unfavorable clinical outcome. The …

No-reflow is a frequent event during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute
myocardial infarction (AMI), and it may affect cardiac prognosis. We evaluated the …

Percutaneous coronary intervention relieves symptoms in patients with chronic ischemic
heart disease resistant to optimal medical therapy and alters the natural history of acute …

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 …

Aims Although some recent guidelines recommend an early invasive strategy for non-ST-
segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS), several studies have failed to …