Thrombectomy during PCI for acute myocardial infarction: Are the randomized controlled trial data relevant to the patients who really need this technique?

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 863-869

  Antoniucci, David ^a   Valenti, Renato ^a   Migliorini, Angela ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary thrombus; Primary angioplasty; Stenting

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; EMBOLISM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROVASCULATURE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RHEOLYTIC THROMBECTOMY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBECTOMY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; HEART INFARCTION; INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUCTION; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RHEOLOGY; SUCTION; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45849120605     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21543     Document Type: Article

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