Successful thrombus extraction with the Rescue™ thrombus management system during acute percutaneous coronary intervention improves flow but does not necessarily restore optimal myocardial tissue perfusion

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 879-886

  Vijayalakshmi, Kunadian ^a   Kunadian, Babu ^a   Wright, Robert A ^a   Sutton, Andrew G C ^a   Hall, James A ^a   De Belder, Mark A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Percutaneous coronary intervention; Rescue device; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NITRATE; STATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DEVICE; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; THROMBUS; TISSUE PERFUSION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33744805077     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20721     Document Type: Article

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