Intracoronary thrombectomy with the X-sizer catheter system improves epicardial flow and accelerates ST-segment resolution in patients with acute coronary syndrome: A prospective, randomized, controlled study

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 2355-2360

  Beran, Gilbert ^c   Lang, Irene ^c   Schreiber, Wolfgang ^a   Denk, Stefan ^c   Stefenelli, Thomas ^c   Syeda, Bonni ^c   Maurer, Gerald ^c   Glogar, Dietmar ^c   Siostrzonek, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Embolism; Infarction; Microcirculation; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ST SEGMENT; THROMBECTOMY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEOLOGY; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037150152     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000016350.02669.1D     Document Type: Article

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