Abstract

The phenomenon of unrecovered coronary blood flow, or the «no-reflow» phenomenon, is the most formidable and insufficiently studied example of clinical failures after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and is manifested as the absence of filling of distal coronary arteries. As a result, endovascular treatment may be completely unsuccessful or may be complicated by delayed recovery, the development of systolic dysfunction, the formation of heart aneurysm and other serious problems. Many experimental and clinical studies have been devoted to «no-reflow», but the evidence for this or that way of influencing the appearance of this phenomenon is very ambiguous. This article presents modern aspects related to risk factors, pathophysiology and methods for diagnosing this complication, as well as an analysis of methods for the prevention and correction of the developed «no-reflow» phenomenon.

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Abstract:

We present the clinical case of the effective and safe application of the «Filterwire EZ» embolic protection device (Boston Scientific, USA) for prevention of «no-reflow» phenomenon during primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty in a patient with acute myocardial infarction.

During performing of balloon angioplasty of infarct-related segment of the circumflex left coronary artery with the protection of the distal segments of artery by «Filterwire EZ» device the embolic event was observed. After the final stent implantation the thrombus was removed by embolic protection device, size of the thrombus - 3x4 mm. Control coronarography confirmed the TIMI 3 blood flow in the infarct-related coronary artery.

Presence of different types of devices for capturing or removing of thrombotic masses in the arsenal of interventional cardiologist can improve the results of primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction. 

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