Aspiration Thrombectomy: The Possible Importance of Effective Thrombus Removal and Minimal Residual Thrombus Burden

JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 9, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 2012-2013

  Powers, Eric R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration thrombectomy; interventional cardiology; PCI; STEMI

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OUTCOME; EDITORIAL; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SURVIVAL; THROMBUS; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84994181853     PISSN: 19368798     EISSN: 18767605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.07.037     Document Type: Editorial

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