Index of Microcirculatory Resistance to predict microvascular obstruction in STEMI: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Prajith JeyaprakashPhilopatir MikhailThomas J FordFaraz PathanColin Berry Kazuaki Negishi

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2024)

In STEMI, patients with MVO had 15-unit higher IMR than those without. IMR also predicts key prognostic endpoints such as infarct size, MVO, and long-term systolic function.

Keyphrases

percutaneous coronary intervention
st elevation myocardial infarction
st segment elevation myocardial infarction
acute myocardial infarction
blood pressure
heart failure
left ventricular
acute coronary syndrome