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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Patients with TIMI 2 or 3 flow who failed to achieve early stable ST-segment recovery (50 % ST-segment recovery sustained for > or 4 hours with < 100 microV change in the peak lead) by 60 or 90 minutes had a higher fraction of chords in the infarct zone > 2 SD below normal wall motion (TIMI 2 : 55. 5 % vs 15. 3 %, P = 0. 006 ; and 56. 5 % vs 26. 8 %, P = 0. 01, respectively ; and TIMI 3 : 48. 8 % vs 28. 3 %, P = 0. 07 ; and 51. 8 % vs 29. 9 %, P = 0. 03, respectively).