Use of a new thrombus extraction catheter (The Pronto®) in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-192

  Lim, Michael J ^a   Reis, Lisa ^a   Ziaee, Ali ^a   Kern, Morton J ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CAPTOPRIL; CLOPIDOGREL; ENOXAPARIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METOPROLOL; RETEPLASE; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 21744449683     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2005.04066.x     Document Type: Article

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