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Article Abstract

Objective: To explore the relationship between inflammation, oxidative stress and poor myocardial perfusion in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Background: Risk factors and mechanisms of poor reperfusion in patients with STEMI after primary PCI remain unclear.

Methods: A total of 143 patients who underwent primary PCI after STEMI were divided into good and poor perfusion groups according to sum-ST-segment resolution (sumSTR) and TIMI myocardial perfusion grade (TMP) results. Aortic sinus arterial blood was collected after primary PCI. The platelet-leukocyte aggregation (PLA), platelet-neutrophil aggregation (PNA), platelet-monocyte aggregation (PMA) and platelet-lymphocyte aggregation (PLyA) were measured by flow cytometry. The malondialdehyde (MDA) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) levels were measured by chemical colorimetry.

Results: The leukocyte count, neutrophil ratio and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein were significantly higher in the poor perfusion group than the good perfusion group (p < 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that neutrophil ratio was an independent risk factor of sumSTR in STEMI patients after primary PCI (p < 0.01). The poor myocardial perfusion group had higher levels of PLA, PNA, PMA and MDA (p < 0.05). There were no differences in PLyA and SOD levels between the good and poor myocardial perfusion groups (p > 0.05).

Conclusion: Inflammation and oxidative stress were related to poor myocardial perfusion in patients with STEMI after primary PCI.

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