Journal article
Culprit lesion thrombus burden after manual thrombectomy or percutaneous coronary intervention-alone in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the optical coherence tomography sub-study of the TOTAL (ThrOmbecTomy versus PCI ALone) trial
Abstract
AIMS: Manual thrombectomy has been proposed as a strategy to reduce thrombus burden during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). However, the effectiveness of manual thrombectomy in reducing thrombus burden is uncertain. In this substudy of the TOTAL (ThrOmbecTomy versus PCI ALone) trial, we compared the thrombus burden at the culprit lesion using optical coherence …
Authors
Bhindi R; Kajander OA; Jolly SS; Kassam S; Lavi S; Niemelä K; Fung A; Cheema AN; Meeks B; Alexopoulos D
Journal
European Heart Journal, Vol. 36, No. 29, pp. 1892–1900
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
August 1, 2015
DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehv176
ISSN
0195-668X