Excimer laser thrombus elimination for prevention of distal embolization and no-reflow in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction. Results from the randomized LaserAMI study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-26

  Dörr, Marcus ^a   Vogelgesang, Dirk ^a   Hummel, Astrid ^a   Staudt, Alexander ^a   Robinson, Daniel M ^a   Felix, Stephan B ^a   Dahm, Johannes B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distal embolization; Laser angioplasty; Myocardial infarction; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; EMBOLISM; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; EXCIMER LASER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846879381     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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