The thrombus laden coronary artery - Forget the fancy stuff, just aspirate it!

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 659-661

  Jafary, Fahim H ^a   Najaf, Syed M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Distal embolization; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial reperfusion; No reflow; Percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TIROFIBAN; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; SUCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 28944436917     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.60.6.2004941     Document Type: Article

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