TY - JOUR T1 - A giant thrombus aspirated from a coronary artery JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 131 LP - 131 DO - 10.1136/heart.89.2.131 VL - 89 IS - 2 AU - T Miyamoto AU - T Sasaki AU - A Niwa Y1 - 2003/02/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/89/2/131.abstract N2 - A 72 year old woman was admitted to the emergency department with persistent chest pain. The ECG showed ST segment elevations in the inferior leads. She was diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was performed. At first balloon angioplasty was applied. Coronary artery angiography revealed tandem defects in the right coronary artery after the procedure. We considered that the defect indicated a thrombus and attempted … ER -