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J Am Coll Cardiol, 2004; 43:1363-1367, doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2003.11.042
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Preprocedural TIMI flow and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by primary angioplasty

Giuseppe De Luca, MD*, Nicolette Ernst, MD*, Felix Zijlstra, MD, PhD, FACC*, Arnoud W. J. van't Hof, MD, PhD*, Jan C. A. Hoorntje, MD, PhD*, Jan-Henk E. Dambrink, MD, PhD*, A. T. Marcel Gosslink, MD, PhD*, Menko-Jan de Boer, MD, PhD, FACC* and Harry Suryapranata, MD, PhD*,*

* ISALA Klinieken, Hospital De Weezenlanden, Zwolle, the Netherlands



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  		Figure 1 Bar graphs show the relationship between preprocedural Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow and one-year mortality in all patients, as well as in low- and high-risk patients. Black bars = TIMI flow grade 0 to 1; gray bars = grade 2; white bars = grade 3.

 


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  		Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves according to preprocedural Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow in low- and high-risk patients. *Log-rank statistic = 9.3, p < 0.01 vs. TIMI flow grade 0 to 2.

 


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  		Figure 3 Relationship between preprocedural Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow and mortality in high-risk patients, with relative risk and 95% confidence interval (CI), according to the study inclusion period, ischemic time, and stent use.

 




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