Large intracoronary thrombus burden is known to be associated with reduced procedural success during the Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI), larger infarct size, increased ischemic complications and mortality. No-Reflow phenomenon is related to higher incidence of complications, and short- and long-term morbidity and mortality in acute STEMI patients.~Although many risk factors were suggested, Tragically there's no widely accepted risk stratification method to anticipate these complications.~CHA2DS2-VASc score is a sum of several risk factors for thromboembolism. It is considered a clinical indicator of thromboembolic diseases and is recommended by the current guidelines for the estimation of thromboembolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation.~In this study, we evaluate the use CHA2DS2-VASc score as a novel rapid simple tool for predicting No-reflow and clinical outcomes among patients with STEMI who underwent primary PCI.
Aim of the work is to evaluate the use CHA2DS2-VASc score in predicting no-reflow phenomenon and its impact on short term primary percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes (in-hospital mortality) and long term (6 months) incidence of MACE ( major adverse cardiac event ) in patients with ST segment elevation Myocardial infarction who underwent primary primary percutaneous coronary intervention