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Does insufficient myocardial reperfusion predict worse left ventricular remodeling and functional recovery in AMI patients with TIMI flow grade 3 after recanalization?
Does insufficient myocardial reperfusion predict worse left ventricular remodeling and functional recovery in AMI patients with TIMI flow grade 3 after recanalization?
Insufficient myocardial reperfusion, despite TIMI 3 flow after AMI recanalization, is a strong independent predictor of adverse LV remodeling and poorer functional recovery.
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May inform post-AMI risk stratification despite TIMI 3 flow; hypothesis-generating for microvascular-targeted interventions.
Jin et al. (2010) studied this question.
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