Table 3.
Long term outcomes of the studied groups.
| Normal flow (TIMI = 3) |
No reflow (TIMI <3) |
P-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 228) | (n = 172) | ||
| Mortality | 16 (7%) | 41 (23.8%) | <0.001∗∗ |
| Heart failure | 40 (17.5%) | 64 (37.2%) | <0.001∗∗ |
| Recurrent MI | 16 (7%) | 9 (5.2%) | 0.5 |
| Malignant arrhythmia | 48 (21.1%) | 24 (14%) | 0.07 |
MI: myocardial infarction; TIMI: thrombolysis in myocardial infarction; VF: ventricular fibrillation; VT: ventricular tachyarrhythmia.
∗Statistically significant difference between two groups (p < 0.05).
∗∗Highly statistically significant difference between two groups (p < 0.001).