Clinical and angiographic correlates and outcomes of suboptimal coronary flow inpatients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Rajendra H. Mehta, MD, MS, FACC*,
Kishore J. Harjai, MD, FACC ,
David Cox, MD, FACC ,
Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC ,
Bruce Brodie, MD, FACC||,
Judy Boura, MS, FACC ,
William O'Neill, MD ,
Cindy L. Grines, MD, FACC ,* Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction (PAMI) Investigators
* University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Mid Carolina Cardiology, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA
|| LeBauer Health Care, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

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Figure 1 One-year adjusted survival using the Cox proportional hazards model among patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention with final TIMI <3 flow compared with those with final TIMI 3 flow. p < 0.0001 for the difference in adjusted survival.
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Figure 2 Relationship of final TIMI flow grades after primary percutaneous coronary intervention with in-hospital and one-year mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). p for trend <0.0001 for all three outcomes.
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