AngioJet thrombectomy for the treatment of coronary artery aneurysm after failed thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is caused by thrombus formation over a disrupted plaque occluding an epicardial coronary artery. Mechanical thrombectomy is effective in removing thrombus burden from native vessels and saphenous vein grafts. Here we report a case of an aneurysmatic dilatation of an...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Ambrosio, Antonio Notaristefano, Francesco Notaristefano, Stefano Santucci, Claudio Giombolini, Salvatore Notaristefano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Touch Medical Media 2006-09-01
Series:Heart International
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/hi/article/view/1889

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