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The Egyptian Heart Journal

Table 4 Comparing FMD% between post-procedural MBG

From: Correlation between endothelial dysfunction and occurrence of no-reflow in patients undergoing post-thrombolysis early invasive percutaneous intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction

FMD %

Grade 0

Grade 1

Grade 2

Grade 3

p-value

n = 21

n = 23

n = 59

n = 47

Myocardial blush grade

Mean ± SD

6.26 ± 1.38

8.18 ± 1.90

7.24 ± 2.08

9.47 ± 3.01

< 0.001

Range

4–8

4–13

3–15

5–17.5

Grade 0 vs. grade 1

Grade 0 vs grade 2

Grade 0 vs grade 3

Grade 1 vs grade 2

Grade 1 vs grade 3

Grade 2 vs grade 3

Post hoc analysis

0.007

0.099

< 0.001

0.101

0.030

< 0.001

  1. FMD% Flow-mediated dilatation percentage, PCI Percutaneous intervention, SD Standard deviation, TIMI Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction, vs versus
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