Manual thrombus-aspiration improves myocardial reperfusion: The randomized evaluation of the effect of mechanical reduction of distal embolization by thrombus-aspiration in primary and rescue angioplasty (REMEDIA) trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 371-376

  Burzotta, Francesco ^a,b   Trani, Carlo ^a   Romagnoli, Enrico ^a   Mazzari, Mario Attilio ^a   Rebuzzi, Antonio Giuseppe ^a   De Vita, Maria ^a   Garramone, Barbara ^a   Giannico, Floriana ^a   Niccoli, Giampaolo ^a   Biondi Zoccai, Giuseppe G L ^a   Schiavoni, Giovanni ^a   Mongiardo, Rocco ^a   Crea, Filippo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBUS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUCTION;

EID: 22044439262     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2005.04.057     Document Type: Article

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