Outcomes 1 Year after Thrombus Aspiration for Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
Bo Lagerqvist,
Ole Frøbert,
Göran Olivecrona,
Þórarinn Guðnason,
Michael Mæng,
Patrik Alström,
Jonas Andersson,
Fredrik Calais,
J. Carlsson,
Olov Collste,
Matthias Götberg,
Peter Hårdhammar,
Dan Ioanes,
Anders Kallryd,
Rikard Linder,
Anders Lundin,
Jacob Odenstedt,
Elmir Ömerovic,
Verner Puskar,
Tim Tödt,
Eva Zelleroth,
Ollie Östlund,
Stefan James
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1405707
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , stent , clinical endpoint , thrombus , confidence interval , surgery , coronary thrombosis , randomized controlled trial
Routine intracoronary thrombus aspiration before primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has not been proved to reduce short-term mortality. We evaluated clinical outcomes at 1 year after thrombus aspiration.
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