Is it time to jettison complex mechanical thrombectomy in favor of simple manual aspiration devices?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1307-1309

  Kastrati, Adnan ^a   Byrne, Robert A ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coronary stenting; Infarct artery; Thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; NOTE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEOLYTIC THROMBECTOMY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; VACUUM EXTRACTOR;

EID: 77957587108     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.07.003     Document Type: Editorial

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