Table 1.
Clinical and angiographic data and functional outcome of patients belonging to the three reperfusion groups defined by myocardial blush grade
| MBG 0/1 (n=14) | MBG 2 (n=7) | MBG 3 (n=14) | p Value | |
| Age (years) | 66 (10) | 63 (9) | 61 (12) | 0.398 |
| Male | 10/14 | 4/7 | 7/14 | 0.508 |
| Time to reperfusion (hours) | 3.87 (1.23) | 4.97 (1.43) | 4.54 (1.37) | 0.126 |
| Infarct location: anterior/inferior | 9/5 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 0.124 |
| Peak creatine kinase (U/l) | 1867 (1057) | 1638 (798) | 1064 (798) | 0.075 |
| TIMI 3 after PTCA | 8/14 | 6/7 | 12/14 | 0.176 |
| Number of diseased vessels | 2.32 (0.87) | 1.98 (0.65) | 2.12 (0.74) | 0.322 |
| Reference diameter (mm) | 3.4 (0.7) | 3.1 (0.4) | 3.0 (0.6) | 0.224 |
| Diameter stenosis post PTCA (%) | 8.6 (6.5) | 11.6 (4.5) | 9.2 (5.7) | 0.263 |
| Abciximab | 7/14 | 2/7 | 3/14 | 0.272 |
| RWMI before PTCA | 2.78 (0.18) | 2.82 (0.17) | 2.63 (0.51) | 0.389 |
| RWMI after 4 weeks | 2.64 (0.33) | 1.82 (0.57) | 2.07 (0.49) | 0.001 |
| GWMI before PTCA | 1.93 (0.25) | 1.69 (0.16) | 1.62 (0.21) | 0.002 |
| GWMI after 4 weeks | 1.90 (0.31) | 1.34 (0.25) | 1.44 (0.23) | <0.001 |
Values are mean (SD) or n.
GWMI, global wall motion score index; MBG, myocardial blush grade; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; RWMI, regional wall motion score index; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction study grade.