Association of the use of manual thrombus aspiration with intracoronary thrombotic burden in patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in the real world

Introduction: Although the routine use of manual thrombus aspiration (MTA) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) provides no benefit compared to conventional primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the use of this technique in the real world could be associated with t...

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Main Authors: Juan Hernando del Portillo, Darío Echeverri, Jaime Cabrales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906719302003