Histopathological features of aspirated thrombi after primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-Elevation myocardial infarction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Kramer, Miranda C ^a   van der Wal, Allard C ^a   Koch, Karel T ^a   Rittersma, Saskia Z ^a   Li, Xiaofei ^a   Ploegmakers, Hanneke P ^a   Henriques, José P ^a   van der Schaaf, René J ^a   Baan Jr , Jan ^a   Vis, Marije M ^a   Meesterman, Martin G ^a   Piek, Jan J ^a   Tijssen, Jan G ^a   de Winter, Robbert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBUS; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; TIME; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67149118041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005817     Document Type: Article

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