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Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Flow-3
Complete perfusion: Antegrade flow into the bed distal to the obstruction occurs as promptly as into the bed proximal to the obstruction and clearance of contrast material from the involved bed is as rapid as from an uninvolved bed in the same vessel or the opposite artery. (www.TIMI.org accessed 21SEP2011 ) (NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
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No perfusion: No antegrade flow beyond the point of occlusion. (www.TIMI.org accessed 21SEP2011)
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