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TIMI frame count immediately after primary coronary angioplasty as a predictor of functional recovery in patients with TIMI 3 reperfused acute myocardial infarction

Shinichi Hamada, MD^*, Takashi Nishiue, MD^*, Seishi Nakamura, MD^*, Tetsuro Sugiura, MD, Hiroshi Kamihata, MD^*, Hironori Miyoshi, MD^*, Yusuke Imuro, MD^* and Toshiji Iwasaka, MD^*

^* Cardiovascular Center, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi, Japan

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 The change in WMSI from admission to one month. The WMSI is significantly larger in the TIMI 3 fast group than in the TIMI 3 slow group. TIMI = Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction; WMSI = absolute change in the wall motion score index.

View larger version (15K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 The relation between corrected TIMI frame count (CTFC) and WMSI in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The CTFC correlated positively with WMSI in the range of CTFC <40. Abbreviations as in Figure 1.