Mechanical Thrombectomy in Coronary Artery and Saphenous Vein Graft Interventions: A Review and Case Studies

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 5 SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Garcia, Lawrence A ^a,b   Carrozza Jr , Joseph P ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MORTALITY; PACEMAKER; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW; RHEOLYTIC THROMBECTOMY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBUS; TRANSLUMINAL EXTRACTION CATHETER;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STENTS;

EID: 2442478354     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

References (15)

1. Ellis SG, Roubin GS, King SB, et al. Angiographic and clinical predictors of acute closure after native vessel coronary angioplasty. Circulation 1988;77:372-9.
2. Violaris AG, Melkert R, Hermann JP, Setruys PW. Role of angiographically identifiable thrombus on long-term luminal renarrowing after coronary angioplasty. Circulation 1996;93:889-97.
3. Arora RP, Platko WP, Bhadwar K, Simfendorfer C. Role of intracoronary thrombus in acute complications during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Cath Cardiovasc Diagn 1989;16:226-9.
4. Mabin TA, Holmes DR Jr., Smith HC. Intracoronary thrombus: Role in coronary occlusion complicating percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. J Am Coll Cardiol 1985;5:198-202.
5. White CJ, Ramee SR, Collins RJ, et al. Coronary thrombi increase PTCS risk. Angioscopy as a clinical tool. Circulation 1996;93:253-8.
6. Lefkovits J, Holmes DR, Califf RM. Predictors and sequelae of distal embolization during saphenous vein graft intervention from the CAVEAT-II trial: Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial. Circulation 1995;92:734-40.
7. Bourassa MG, Fishet LD, Campeau L. Long-term fate of bypass grafts: The Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS) and Montreal Heart Institute experiences. Circulation 1985;72(Suppl 5):V71-V78.
8. Whisenant BK, Baim DS, Kuntz RE, et al. Rheolytic thrombectomy with the Possis AngioJet: Technical considerations and initial clinical experience. J Invas Cardio 1999;11:421-6.
9. Kuntz RE, Baim DS, Cohen DJ, et al. A trial comparing theolytic thrombectomy with intracoronary urokinase for coronary and vein graft thrombus (the Vein Graft Angiojet Study [VeGAS 2]). Am J Cardiol 2002;89:326-30.
10. Silva JA, Ramee SR, Cohen DJ et al. Rheolytic thrombectomy during percutaneous revascularization for acute myocardial infarction: Experience with the AngioJet catheter. Am Heart J 2001;141:353-59.
11. Cohen DJ, Ramee SR, Baim DS, et al. Economic assessment of rheolytic thrombectomy versus intracoronary urokinase for treatment of extensive intracoronary thrombus: Results from a randomized clinical trial. Am Heart J 2001;142:648-56.
12. Stone GW, Cox DA, Babb J, et al. Prospective, randomized evaluation of thrombectomy prior to percutaneous intervention in diseased saphenous vein grafts and thrombus-containing coronary arteries. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003;42:2007-13.
13. Singh M, Rosenschein U, Ho KKL, Berger PB, Kuntz RE. Treatment of saphenous vein bypass grafts with ultrasound thrombolysis: A randomized study (ATLAS). Circulation 2003;107:2331-6.
14. Kaplan BM, Gregory M, Schreiber TL, et al. Transluminal extraction atherectomy versus balloon angioplasty in acute ischemic syndromes: An interim analysis of the TOPIT trial. Circulation 1996;94(Suppl I):1317.
15. Rinfret S, Katsiyiannis PT, Ho KKL, et al. Effectiveness of rheolytic coronary thrombectomy with the AngioJet catheter. Am J Cardiol 2002;90:470-6.