Adenosine for reversal of “no reflow”
✍ Scribed by Tim A. Fischell; Malcolm T. Foster III
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 8 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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Slow or no reflow is a serious problem complicating catheter-based revascularization of degenerated saphenous vein bypass grafts. We examined the efficacy of rapidly delivered, high-velocity injections of intracoronary adenosine to reverse 11 slow-flow events complicating stenting of diseased bypass
The no-reflow phenomenon is a reduction in epicardial coronary artery blood flow without mechanical vessel obstruction. Early descriptions of this syndrome involved reperfusion after myocardial infarction. More recently, the no-reflow phenomenon has been recognized after brief ischemic times associa