| Literature DB >> 12972120 |
Jun-ichi Kotani1, Gary S Mintz, Jerzy Pregowski, Lukasz Kalinczuk, Augusto D Pichard, Lowell F Satler, William O Suddath, Ron Waksman, Neil J Weissman.
Abstract
We studied 35 consecutive patients with myocardial infarction (MI) who were treated with direct infarct percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using standard angiographic (complete assessment of flow grade and blush grade) and pre- and post-PCI volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis. Plaque reduction, which is evidence of distal embolization, contributes to inadequate tissue reperfusion in this lesion setting and supports the use of distal protection in the setting of an acute MI.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12972120 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00840-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Cardiol ISSN: 0002-9149 Impact factor: 2.778