Oxygen free radicals induce de novo synthesis of tissue factor (TF), the initiator of the extrinsic pathway of coagulation, within the coronary vasculature during postischemic reperfusion. In the present study we wanted to assess whether TF expression might cause myocardial injury during postischemic reperfusion. Anesthetized rabbits underwent 30 min of coronary occlusion followed by 5.5 h of r...

BACKGROUND No-reflow after reperfusion therapy for myocardial infarction is a strong predictor of clinical outcome. But its fate on a long-term basis and potential significance for infarct healing are not yet known. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-nine female Fisher rats were subjected to 60 minutes of coronary occlusion followed by reperfusion. At 4 weeks, 15 survivors were euthanized after measu...

The aim of the current study was to investigate the time course of the expression of growth differentiation factor‑15 (GDF‑15) in rat ischemic myocardium with increasing durations of reperfusion, and to elucidate its physiopathological role in the no‑reflow phenomenon. Wistar rats were randomly divided into ischemia reperfusion (I/R) and sham groups, and myocardial I/R was established by ligati...

No-reflow or slow-flow phenomenon is one of the serious complications of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in acute myocardial infarction, as well as during elective procedures, and is an independent predictor of myocardial infarction, and in-hospital and long-term mortality. We present a case of an elective PCI of native coronary artery lesion that was assessed to be vulnerable based o...

Early and successful myocardial reperfusion with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI) is the optimal therapy for patients presenting with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Despite successful epicardial reopening of the infarct related artery, myocardial perfusion may not be restored in up to 40–50% of patients. This phenomenon, referred to as no-reflow (NR), recog...

BACKGROUND Many studies have shown that when hypothermia is started after coronary artery reperfusion (CAR), it is ineffective at reducing necrosis. However, some suggest that hypothermia may preferentially reduce no-reflow. Our aim was to test the effects of hypothermia on no-reflow when initiated close to reperfusion and 30 minutes after reperfusion, times not associated with a protective eff...

BACKGROUND Despite the advances in medical and interventional treatment modalities, some patients develop epicardial coronary artery reperfusion but not myocardial reperfusion after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), known as no-reflow. The goal of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of intracoronary epinephrine in reversing refractory no-reflow during primary PCI....

Small mesenteric arteries supplying partially isolated jejunal segments were totally occluded for 5 minutes and then released. With video microscopy, blood flow was calculated from measurements of submucosal arteriolar diameter and red blood cell velocity. For the first 30 minutes of reperfusion, the serosa was superfused with a Ringer's vehicle containing either adenosine (ADO; 10(-4) M), acet...