Adjunctive Thrombectomy in Acute Myocardial Infarction: For Some but Not for All

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1586-

  Napodano, Massimo ^a   Ramondo, Angelo ^a   Iliceto, Sabino ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY STENT; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 34047184695     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2007.01.056     Document Type: Letter

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