Article Text
Editorial
Aspiration thrombectomy and primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Abstract
How beneficial is the adjunctive use of thrombectomy devices in STEMI patients undergoing primary angioplasty?
- MBG, myocardial blush grade
- PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention
- STEMI, ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
- TIMI, Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction
- TVAC, thrombus vacuum aspiration catheter
- primary angioplasty
- myocardial infarction
- distal embolization
- thrombectomy device
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Published Online First 2 May April 2006