Aspiration thrombectomy: It's about time

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1419-1420

  Balan, Prakash ^a   Anderson, H Vernon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

meta analysis mortality myocardial infarction outcomes thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

META-ANALYSIS; MORTALITY MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOMES; THROMBECTOMY;

HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84885439147     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.03.069     Document Type: Editorial

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