title: [The no-reflow phenomenon: its incidence and clinical characteristics in a series of cases].
abstract: The no-reflow phenomenon refers to the inability to reperfuse myocardial tissue despite removal of an occlusion of a coronary artery. No reflow is a complication that may occur after revascularization of patients. This study examined the incidence and, clinical characteristics of no-reflow in a patient population treated with conventional percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty at the Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez". We reviewed 204 elective angioplasties and 62 direct angioplasties; 14 patients were included (4 from the first group and 10 from the second group). No-reflow were more frequently in men, the mean age was 56 years and diabetes and smoking were the risk factors more frequently reported. No-reflow was found in left anterior descending coronary artery in 7 patients, the time of reperfusion, in direct angioplasty, was 10.6 hours (mean) and the strategy most frequently used to reestablish normal anterograde flow was intracoronary verapamil. The overall incidence of no-reflow for the two modalities was 5.2% (16.12% for direct angioplasty and 1.9% for elective angioplasty). The current study shows that the no-reflow phenomenon is not uncommon after angioplasty; no-reflow appears higher than the previous reports for both modalities of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.F.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vallejo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Peña-Duque
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Noroño
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ban Hayashi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gaspar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Villavicencio
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Martínez Ríos
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017211:Treatment Failure