How should i treat a very large thrombus burden in the infarct-related artery in a young patient with an unexplained lower GI tract bleeding?

EuroIntervention

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Musiałek, Piotr ^a,b   Tekieli, Łukasz ^b   Pienia̧zek, Piotr ^a,b   Undas, Anetta ^a   Miszalski Jamka, Tomasz ^b   Zajdel, Wojciech ^b   Klimeczek, Piotr ^b   Laskowicz, Bartosz ^b   Pawel Banys R ^b   Pasowicz, Mieczysław ^b   Podolec, Piotr ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Krakowski Szpital Specjalistyczny Im Jana Pawła II   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Deterred culprit lesion stenting; Ecstatic coronary arteries; Intracoronary drug administration; Large thrombus burden; Manual thrombus aspiration; Non controllable bleeding

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIODARONE; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MORPHINE; POTASSIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CORONARY STENT; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBUS ASPIRATION;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUCTION; THROMBECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80155158939     PISSN: 1774024X     EISSN: 19696213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4244/EIJV7I6A119     Document Type: Article

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