Safety and efficacy of the AngioJet in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Results from the Florence Appraisal Study of Rheolytic Thrombectomy (FAST)

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 481-486

  Margheri, Massimo ^a   Falai, Massimiliano ^a   Vittori, Guido ^a   Zoccai, Giuseppe G L Biondi ^b   Chechi, Tania ^a   Ricceri, Ilaria ^a   Falchetti, Elena ^a   Comeglio, Marco ^a   Giglioli, Cristina ^a   Valente, Serafina ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Mediolanum Cardio Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; RHEOLYTIC THROMBECTOMY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROBABILITY; RHEOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 33749321864     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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