[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 …

[HTML][HTML] The diagnosis and treatment of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

K Ramjane, L Han, C Jin - Experimental & Clinical Cardiology, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The diagnosis and treatment of the no-reflow phenomenon in patients with myocardial
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Assessment of myocardial reperfusion by intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography and coronary flow reserve after primary percutaneous transluminal …

W Lepper, R Hoffmann, O Kamp, A Franke… - Circulation, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—This study investigated whether the extent of perfusion defect determined by
intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) in patients with acute myocardial …

Noninvasive imaging of myocardial reperfusion injury using leukocyte-targeted contrast echocardiography

JP Christiansen, H Leong-Poi, AL Klibanov, S Kaul… - Circulation, 2002 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—We hypothesized that myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) with
leukocyte-targeted microbubbles could temporally and spatially characterize the severity of …

TIMI frame count immediately after primary coronary angioplasty as a predictor of functional recovery in patients with TIMI 3 reperfused acute myocardial infarction

S Hamada, T Nishiue, S Nakamura, T Sugiura… - Journal of the American …, 2001 - jacc.org
OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether higher coronary blood flow,
estimated by the corrected Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) frame count (CTFC) …

Prediction of short-and intermediate-term prognoses of patients with acute myocardial infarction using myocardial contrast echocardiography one day after …

T Sakuma, Y Hayashi, K Sumii, M Imazu… - Journal of the American …, 1998 - jacc.org
Objectives. This study sought to determine whether microvascular integrity in the risk area
(RA) for myocardial infarction (MI) one day after recanalization predicts the outcome in …

Further insights into the no-reflow phenomenon after primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction: the role of microthromboemboli

T Sakuma, H Leong-Poi, NG Fisher… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - Elsevier
We tested the hypothesis that when acute coronary occlusion is caused by thrombus, part of
the no-reflow phenomenon may result from spontaneous or coronary angioplasty-induced …

Contrast echocardiography can assess risk area and infarct size during coronary occlusion and reperfusion: experimental validation

S Lafitte, A Higashiyama, H Masugata, B Peters… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to validate the ability of real-time myocardial contrast
echocardiography (MCE) measures of opacification defect and contrast refilling parameters …

Early changes in myocardial perfusion patterns after myocardial infarction: relation with contractile reserve and functional recovery

E Brochet, D Czitrom, D Karila-Cohen… - Journal of the American …, 1998 - jacc.org
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess early temporal changes in myocardial
perfusion pattern by myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) and their relation to …

Contrast echocardiography

JR Lindner - Current problems in cardiology, 2002 - Elsevier
Contrast echocardiography can be broadly defined as a set of techniques used to enhance
the blood pool during cardiac ultrasound imaging. The evolution of contrast …