Open AccessThe predictive value of R-wave peak time on no-reflow in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with a primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Author(s) -
Ahmed Bendary,
Mohamed H. El-Husseiny,
Tarek Aboul Azm,
Ahmed Abdoul Moneim
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the egyptian heart journal /the egyptian heart journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.212
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2090-911X
pISSN - 1110-2608
DOI - 10.1016/j.ehj.2018.07.006
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , myocardial infarction , predictive value , elevation (ballistics) , geometry , mathematics
Coronary no-reflow (NR) is a dreadful complication of primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) that is seen in nearly 50% of cases. A great effort is being done to discover simple tools that could predict such a complication. We aimed primarily to study the predictive power of R-wave peak time (RWPT) on NR.