Impact of injections during diagnostic coronary arteriography on coronary patency in the setting of acute myocardial infarction from the TIMI trials

Authors
Gibson, CM Anshelevich, M Murphy, S Luu, L Hynes, C Kliris, J Kermgard, S Otten, MHC Antman, EM Cannon, CP Braunwald, E
Citation
Cm. Gibson et al., Impact of injections during diagnostic coronary arteriography on coronary patency in the setting of acute myocardial infarction from the TIMI trials, AM J CARD, 86(12), 2000, pp. 1378
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00029149 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(200012)86:12<1378:IOIDDC>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The mechanical force of injection at 90 minutes opens 13.4% of occluded art eries, but overall, only 2.4% of all culprit arteries (already open and occ luded combined) are opened. Thus, although some arteries are opened by the force of hand injection, the frequency of mechanical opening among all arte ries is low, and hand injections appear to alter current 80% patency rates by approximately 2.5%.