Clinical Study

Arrhythmias following Revascularization Procedures in the Course of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Are They Indicators of Reperfusion or Ongoing Ischemia?

Table 6

The relationship between presence of reperfusion arrythmias and TIMI flow grades in different treatment groups.

TreatmentTIMI flow gradeReperfusion arrythmias (in the first 48 hours)
PresentAbsent
(%) (%)

Primary PCITIMI 12 (4.4%)1 (11.1%)0.428
TIMI 26 (13.3%)0 (0%)0.245
TIMI 337 (82.2%)8 (88.9%)0.624

Thrombolytic TIMI 07 (8.1%)0 (0%)0.326
TIMI 18 (9.3%)4 (36.4%)0.010 *
TIMI 233 (38.4%)4 (36.4%)0.897
TIMI 338 (44.2%)3 (27.3%)0.285

TIMI: Thrombolysis In Acute Myocardial Infarction, PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention, and : number of patients. Chi-square test and Fisher’s Exact Chi-square tests were performed to analyse data.
*Values of indicate statistically significant data.