Acute coronary syndromes: No-reflow--an ominous sign of cardiac dysfunction.
Mechanical reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction does not always result in desirable optimal microvascular perfusion. Failure to achieve a normal myocardial blush in the infarcted region by contrast injection immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention--the 'no-reflow' phenomenon--is an ominous sign whose prognostic importance may go beyond its intimate association with infarct size.
Magro
Michael
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Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Centre, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Serruys
Patrick W
PW
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