Does myocardial blush grade predict long-term mortality in patients treated with primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction?
Myocardial blush grade on coronary angiogram is an independent predictor of long-term mortality in patients after reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarction.
In patients after reperfusion therapy, the myocardial blush grade as seen on the coronary angiogram can be used to describe the effectiveness of myocardial reperfusion and is an independent predictor of long-term mortality.
Hof et al. (Tue,) studied this question.