In patients with STEMI and diffuse ectatic coronary arteries, follow-up angiograms showed that significant improvements in coronary flow to TIMI grade 3 were observed despite initial low achievement r
Does primary percutaneous coronary intervention improve coronary flow in patients with STEMI in giant coronary artery with diffuse ectasia?
In STEMI patients with diffuse coronary ectasia, despite poor initial TIMI flow after primary PCI, flow often improves at follow-up and mortality remains low.
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In patients with STEMI in giant coronary artery with diffuse ectasia, achievement of TIMI grade 3 flow was significantly reduced immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention. However, improvement of coronary flow up to TIMI grade 3 was not uncommon at follow-up angiogram. Patients had low mortality despite low TIMI grade 3 achievement immediately after primary percutaneous coronary intervention.
Fujii et al. (Mon,) reported a other. In patients with STEMI and diffuse ectatic coronary arteries, follow-up angiograms showed that significant improvements in coronary flow to TIMI grade 3 were observed despite initial low achievement r.