TY - JOUR T1 - Beware of the embolus JF - Heart JO - Heart SP - 215 LP - 215 DO - 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-302914 VL - 99 IS - 3 AU - Timothy J Glenie AU - James Stewart Y1 - 2013/02/01 UR - http://heart.bmj.com/content/99/3/215.abstract N2 - To the Editor We read with great interest the article titled ‘Contemporary clot busting in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: beware of the embolus’.1 Since the publication of the TAPAS trial2 in 2008 thrombus aspiration has become a useful part of the paradigm for treatment of ST elevation myocardial infarction. As demonstrated in the report by Rawlins et al great care needs to be taken during the use of any aspiration catheter. By its very nature this … ER -