The No-Reflow Phenomenon: Defining the Problem
{"Image DocumentName": "The No-Reflow Phenomenon: Defining the Problem", "Image ImageDescription": "The no-reflow phenomenon is the inability to reperfuse. a portion of the myocardium after re-establishment of. patency of previously occluded epicardial coronary artery. Despite the proven success of restoration of epicardial coronary blood flow in a reasonably timely fashion, reperfusion on the myocardial. level is not accomplished in 50% of patients with STEMI. The common denominator of prevailing theories for this phenomenon is the development of myocardial microvascular dysfunction as a consequence of the primary epicardial event and/or perhaps of reperfusion per se. Indeed, patients with no-reflow exhibit a higher prevalence of: 1) early post-infarction complications (arrhythmias, pericardial effusion, cardiac tamponade, early congestive heart failure); 2) left adverse ventricular remodelling; 3) late re-hospitalizations for heart failure; 4) mortality. 44.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}