Author/Authors :
Kotani، نويسنده , , Jun-ichi and Mintz، نويسنده , , Gary S and Pregowski، نويسنده , , Jerzy and Kalinczuk، نويسنده , , Lukasz and Pichard، نويسنده , , Augusto D and Satler، نويسنده , , Lowell F and Suddath، نويسنده , , William O. and Waksman، نويسنده , , Ron and Weissman، نويسنده , , Neil J، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
We studied 35 consecutive patients with myocardial infarction (MI) who were treated with direct infarct percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using standard angiographic (complete assessment of flow grade and blush grade) and pre- and post-PCI volumetric intravascular ultrasound analysis. Plaque reduction, which is evidence of distal embolization, contributes to inadequate tissue reperfusion in this lesion setting and supports the use of distal protection in the setting of an acute MI.
