Thrombus Aspiration for ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Modern Era: Still an Issue of Debate?

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Ge, Junhua ^a,b,c   Schäfer, Andreas ^b,d   Ertl, Georg ^b,c   Nordbeck, Peter ^b,c  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Comprehensive Heart Failure Center ^*  (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical decision making; myocardial infarction; percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI; thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY PROCEDURE; SAMPLE SIZE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TARGET VESSEL REVASCULARIZATION; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOLYSIS IN MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS; THROMBUS ASPIRATION; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; THROMBECTOMY;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PLATELET ACTIVATION; ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; THROMBECTOMY;

EID: 85040780068     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.117.005739     Document Type: Article

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