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. 2012 Jun;1(2):136–142. doi: 10.1177/2048872612447069

Table 4.

Outcome according to TIMI 3 flow before percutaneous coronary intervention in two treatment groups

Pre-PCI TIMI 3
Pre-PCI TIMI <3
Primary PCI (n=124) TNK+PCI (n=353) p-value Primary PCI (n=689) TNK+PCI (n=451) p-value
Complete 60 min ST-segment resolution (post PCI) (n=with 60 min ECG) 39.3 (n=89) 38.4 (n=258) 0.873 11.1 (n=505) 14.9 (n=329) 0.106
TIMI 3 patency after PCI 95.1 95.7 0.786 87.8 82.9 0.025
Complete 180 min ST-segment resolution (post PCI) (n=with 180 min ECG) 61.9 (n=97) 57.5 (n=287) 0.451 51.0 (n=561) 45.9 (n=362) 0.128
30-day outcome
 Death 3.2 3.7 1.000 3.6 6.7 0.020
 Cardiogenic shock 2.5 3.4 0.769 4.5 7.9 0.020
 CHF 9.1 9.3 0.952 8.7 12.0 0.068
 Reinfarction 2.4 6.0 0.119 2.9 4.9 0.079
 Major bleeding 4.0 4.0 0.974 4.6 6.7 0.144
 Composite (death/shock/CHF) 12.1 12.8 0.843 11.6 18.8 0.001
90-day outcome
 Death 4.0 4.0 0.992 4.5 7.6 0.032
 Cardiogenic shock 2.5 4.1 0.425 4.6 8.2 0.013
 CHF 9.1 9.9 0.807 9.0 13.9 0.011
 Reinfarction 3.2 7.0 0.133 3.4 5.7 0.066
 Composite (death/shock/CHF) 12.1 13.8 0.641 12.7 21.2 <0.001
 Stroke
  ICH 0 1.1 0.234 0.1 0.9 0.064
  Ischaemic 0 1.1 0.234 0 1.1 0.006
  Unknown cause 0 0.3 0.553 0 0.7 0.032

Values are%. CHF, congestive heart failure; ICH, intracerebral haemorrhage; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; TNK, tenecteplase.