Journal article
Randomized Trial of Primary PCI with or without Routine Manual Thrombectomy
Abstract
BACKGROUND: During primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), manual thrombectomy may reduce distal embolization and thus improve microvascular perfusion. Small trials have suggested that thrombectomy improves surrogate and clinical outcomes, but a larger trial has reported conflicting results.
METHODS: We randomly assigned 10,732 patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary PCI to a strategy of …
Authors
Jolly SS; Cairns JA; Yusuf S; Meeks B; Pogue J; Rokoss MJ; Kedev S; Thabane L; Stankovic G; Moreno R
Journal
New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 372, No. 15, pp. 1389–1398
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
April 9, 2015
DOI
10.1056/nejmoa1415098
ISSN
0028-4793