Luke P Dawson, Muhammad Rashid, Diem T Dinh, Angela Brennan, Jason E Bloom, Sinjini Biswas, Jeffrey Lefkovits, James A Shaw, William Chan, David J Clark, Ernesto Oqueli, Chin Hiew, Melanie Freeman, Andrew J Taylor, Christopher M Reid, Andrew E Ajani, David M Kaye, Mamas A Mamas, Dion Stub
BACKGROUND: Suboptimal coronary reperfusion (no reflow) is common in acute coronary syndrome percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and is associated with poor outcomes. We aimed to develop and externally validate a clinical risk score for angiographic no reflow for use following angiography and before PCI. METHODS: We developed and externally validated a logistic regression model for prediction of no reflow among adult patients undergoing PCI for acute coronary syndrome using data from the Melbourne Interventional Group PCI registry (2005-2020; development cohort) and the British Cardiovascular Interventional Society PCI registry (2006-2020; external validation cohort)...
March 15, 2024: Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions