Myocardial blush and microvascular reperfusion following manual thrombectomy during percutaneous coronary intervention for ST elevation myocardial infarction: Insights from the TOTAL trial

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 1891-1898

  Sharma, Vinoda ^a,b   Jolly, Sanjit S ^c   Hamid, Tahir ^a,b   Sharma, DIvyesh ^a,b   Chiha, Joseph ^a,b   Chan, William ^a,b   Fuchs, Felipe ^a,b   Bui, Sanh ^a,b   Gao, Peggy ^c   Kassam, Saleem ^d   Leung, Raymond C M ^e   Horák, David ^f   Romppanen, Hannu O ^g   El Omar, Magdi ^h   Chowdhary, Saqib ^h   Stanković, Goran ⁱ   Kedev, Saško ^j   Rokoss, Michael J ^c   Sheth, Tej ^c   Dzavík, Vladimír ^a,b   Overgaard, Christopher B ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Rouge Valley Health System   (Canada)

^e CK Hui Heart Centre   (Canada)

^f Krajska Nemocnice Liberec   (Czech Republic)

^g KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^j SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

more..

Author keywords

Myocardial Blush Grade; STEMI; Thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CATHETER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION; CORONARY ARTERY PERFORATION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISTAL EMBOLIZATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MYOCARDIAL BLUSH GRADE; NO REFLOW PHENOMENON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION FLOW GRADE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84976507143     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw157     Document Type: Article

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