Disappearance of the `No-Reflow' Phenomenon After Adjunctive Intracoronary Administration of Nicorandil in a Patient With Acute Myocardial Infarction
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Japanese Circulation Society in Japanese Circulation Journal
- Vol. 61 (5), 455-458
- https://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.61.455
Abstract
Adjunctive intracoronary administration of nicorandil, an ATP-sensitive potassium channel opener, after successful coronary revascularization was performed in a 54-year-old patient with acute myocardial infarction. The 'no-reflow' phenomenon disappeared after nicorandil administration and significant functional recovery of the infarcted myocardium was achieved. This suggests that nicorandil could eliminate the 'no-reflow' phenomenon after successful coronary revascularization.Keywords
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