Incidence and Variables of no-reflow phenomenon in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: An observational study from a tertiary care centre of South India

Abstract

Background: Angiographic no-reflow phenomenon after Primary percutaneous coronary intervention predicts poor ventricular functional recovery and survival in STEMI. The investigation of no-reflow phenomenon after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in patients with acute ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has therapeutic implications. 
Aim of the study: The study was designed to determine the relation between various clinical, laboratory and angiographic variables and the occurrence of no reflow phenomenon in patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI.