Association of a negative residual stenosis following rescue/adjunctive percutaneous coronary intervention with impaired myocardial perfusion and adverse outcomes among ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients
C. Michael Gibson, MS, MD*, ,*,
Ajay J. Kirtane, MD*, ,
Keith Boundy, BA ,
Hung Ly, MD ,
Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, MD*,
Sabina A. Murphy, MPH ,
Robert P. Giugliano, MD, SM ,
Christopher P. Cannon, MD ,
Elliott M. Antman, MD ,
Eugene Braunwald, MD TIMI Study Group
* Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
TIMI Study Group, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Departments of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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Figure 1 Example of a lesion with <0% residual stenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Figure 2 Change in normal reference segment (mm) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) stratified by residual stenosis.
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Figure 3 Association of abnormal myocardial perfusion with degree of residual stenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). TFG = Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction flow grade; TMPG = Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction myocardial perfusion grade.
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