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Indian Heart Journal
. Published by Elsevier B.V - Cardiological Society of India
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Objectives: The no-reflow phenomenon occurs in 25% of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction
(STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and may be associated with
adverse outcomes. The aim of our study was to detect novel predictors of no-reflow phenomenon and
the resulting adverse long term outcomes.
Methods: We enrolled 400 STEMI patients undergoing primary PCI; 228 patients had TIMI flow 3 after
PCI (57%) and the remaining 172 patients had TIMI flow <3 (43%). Fibrinogen to albumin ratio (FAR), high
sensitive C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR), and atherogenic index of plasma (AIP) were calculated. Long term mortality and morbidity during 6 months follow up were recorded. These data were
compared among both groups.
Results: In multivariate regression analysis, old age (OR ¼ 1.115, 95% CI: 1.032e1.205, P ¼ 0.006), higher
troponin level >5.6 ng/mL (OR ¼ 1.040, 95% CI: 1.001e1.080, P ¼ 0.04), diabetes mellitus (OR ¼ 4.401, 95%
CI: 1.081e17.923, P ¼ 0.04) and heavy thrombus burden (OR ¼ 16.915, 95% CI: 5.055e56.602, P < 0.001)
could be considered as predictors for the development of no-reflow. Interestingly, CAR >0.21, FAR >11.56,
and AIP >0.52 could be considered as novel powerful independent predictors (OR ¼ 3.357, 95% CI: 2.288
e4.927, P < 0.001, OR ¼ 4.187, 95% CI: 2.761e6.349, P < 0.001, OR ¼ 16.794, 95% CI: 1.018e277.01,
P ¼ 0.04, respectively). Higher long term mortality (P < 0.001) and heart failure (P < 0.001) was also
strongly related to incidence of no-reflow.
Conclusion: No-reflow could be attributed to novel predictors as CAR, FAR, and AIP. This phenomenon
was associated with long term adverse events as higher mortality and pump failure
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