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Large thrombus burden in acute myocardial infarction: successful use of distal protection device following failure of thrombus aspiration
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- Published on: 16 November 2010
- Published on: 16 November 2010RE: Large thrombus burden in acute myocardial infarction: successful use of distal protection device following failure of thrombus aspirationShow More
We read with great interest the article published by Mathew G.D. Bates in your journal [1]. We congratulate the authors for the original management of this case. In similar cases of large thrombus, we have administered intrathrombus eptifibatide through the 3F Twin Pass catheter (Vascular Solutions, Minnesota 55369 USA), and then performed thrombus aspiration. Finally, conventional stenting was performed. Postprocedural,...
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