Payam Dehghani, Jyotpal Singh, G B John Mancini, Larissa Stanberry, Seth Bergstedt, Mina Madan, Catherine P Benziger, Nima Ghasemzadeh, Anna Bortnick, Rohan Kankaria, Cindy L Grines, Keshav Nayak, Mehmet Yildiz, M Chadi Alraies, Akshay Bagai, Rajan A G Patel, Shy Amlani, Brian C Case, Ron Waksman, Jay S Shavadia, Jay H Stone, Deepak Acharya, Nosheen Javed, Rodrigo Bagur, Ross Garberich, Santiago Garcia, Timothy D Henry
BACKGROUND: To date, there has been no independent core lab angiographic analysis of patients with COVID-19 and STEMI. The study characterized the angiographic parameters of patients with COVID-19 and STEMI. METHODS: Angiograms of patients with COVID-19 and STEMI from the North American COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction (NACMI) Registry were sent to a Core Laboratory in Vancouver, Canada. Culprit lesion(s), Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow, Thrombus Grade Burden (TGB), and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outcome were assessed...
February 21, 2024: American Heart Journal