Thrombus aspiration in acute myocardial infarction

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 418-428

  Mahmoud, Karim D ^a,b   Zijlstra, Felix ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; PRASUGREL; PROFILIN; TICAGRELOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLIZATION; ASPIRATION CATHETER; BARE METAL STENT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; HEART INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84960466556     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2016.38     Document Type: Review

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