The Comparison of the Initial TIMI Flow Grade in Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Receiving Ticagrelor vs. Clopidogrel before Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective Cohort Study

Table 2

Initial and final TIMI flow grades of the culprit vessel in the treatment groups.

Grade^1	Ticagrelor (n = 80)	Clopidogrel (n = 80)	P^2	P^3	P^4
Initial TIMI flow
0	40 (50.0)	59 (71.2)	0.022	0.047	0.005
1	21 (26.2)	13 (16.2)		0.976
2	10 (12.5)	8 (10.0)		1.000
3	9 (12.9)	2 (2.5)		0.229
Final TIMI flow
1	21 (26.2)	13 (16.2)	0.179	0.732	0.414
2	6 (7.5)	11 (13.8)		1.000
3	53 (66.3)	56 (70.0)		1.000

¹Data are presented as numbers (%). value <0.05. ²Chi-squared test. ³Chi-squared post hoc analysis with Bonferroni correction. ⁴Mann–Whitney U test.