Research Article

Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with High-Bolus Dose Tirofiban: The FASTER (Favorite Approach to Safe and Effective Treatment for Early Reperfusion) Multicenter Registry

Table 3

Procedural characteristics.

Time from symptom onset to PCI
 0–3 hours (n, %)306 (65)
 3–6 hours (n, %)113 (24)
 6–12 hours (n, %)52 (11)
 Radial access (n, %)414 (88)
Basal TIMI flow (n, %)
 0342 (72.5)
 170 (14.8)
 238 (8.1)
 322 (4.7)
TIMI thrombus grade score3.47 ± 1.25
Pretreatment with prasugrel or ticagrelor (n, %)344 (73)
Tirofiban (n, %)
 Planned pre-PCI374 (79)
 Intraprocedural98 (21)
 Bolus-only164 (35)
 Bolus + infusion308 (65)
Thrombus aspiration
 No300 (64)
 Manual158 (33)
 Rheolytic14 (3)
 Predilatation (n, %)335 (71)
 DES (n, %)433 (92)
Final TIMI flow
 03 (0.6)
 15 (1.1)
 237 (7.8)
 3427 (90.5)
Final TIMI myocardial blush grade
 041 (17.2)
 123 (9.6)
 258 (24.3)
 3117 (49.0)
ST-segment resolution (n, %)
 <30%28 (6)
 30–70%127 (27)
 >70%317 (67)