Metabolic Profile as a Predictor of No-reflow in Diabetic Patients Treated With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ( PCI ) .

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with its accompanying adverse sequelae is one of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in the world .

Although reperfusion techniques for ST- elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI ) are constantly improving, no-reflow can still lead to poor prognosis .

At present, the exact mechanism of no-reflow remains unclear, but clinical and laboratory findings suggest that it is related to the embolism of the capillary bed, ischemic injury, vascular endothelial dysfunction, production of oxygen free radical , and other factors .

The no-reflow phenomenon is one of complications of poor functional and clinical outcomes for patients with (AMI) .

The no-reflow phenomenon is present in 25% to 30% of patients with (AMI) underwent successful coronary recanalization, as shown by angiography . The myocardial no-reflow phenomenon is associated with a reducution of antegrade myocardial blood flow inspite of an open infarct-related artery in patients with (STEMI ) undergoing (PCI) . Importantly, no-reflow is known to be related to unfavorable clinical outcome and prognosis . The cause of this complex phenomenon is the variable combination of four pathogenetic components: distal atherothrombotic embolization, ischemic injury, reperfusion injury and susceptibility of coronary microcirculation to injury . As a consequence, appropriate strategies are expected to prevent or treat these components are expected to avoid the no-reflow. Coronary reperfusion therapy is widely performed in patients with (AMI) . However, in spite of patency of the infarct-related artery , there is no guarantee of salvage of myocardium at risk of ischemia .The no-reflow phenomenon is found in >30% of patients after thrombolysis or catheter-based (PCI) for (AMI) . It is important, therefore, to be able to predict which lesions are high risk for no reflow before beginning PCI .