Presence of Older Thrombus Is an Independent Predictor of Long-Term Mortality in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Thrombus Aspiration During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention | Zendy

Miranda C.A. Kramer | Zendy; Allard C. van der Wal | Zendy; Karel T. Koch | Zendy; Johanna P.H.M. Ploegmakers | Zendy; René J. van der Schaaf | Zendy; José P.S. Henriques | Zendy; Jan Baan | Zendy; Saskia Z.H. Rittersma | Zendy; Marije M. Vis | Zendy; Jan J. Piek | Zendy; Jan G.P. Tijssen | Zendy; Robbert J. de Winter | Zendy

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Presence of Older Thrombus Is an Independent Predictor of Long-Term Mortality in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated With Thrombus Aspiration During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Author(s) -

Miranda C.A. Kramer,

Allard C. van der Wal,

Karel T. Koch,

Johanna P.H.M. Ploegmakers,

René J. van der Schaaf,

José P.S. Henriques,

Jan Baan,

Saskia Z.H. Rittersma,

Marije M. Vis,

Jan J. Piek,

Jan G.P. Tijssen,

Robbert J. de Winter

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.780734

Subject(s) - medicine , thrombus , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , hazard ratio , cardiology , confidence interval , surgery

Routine thrombus aspiration is frequently used during primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction to prevent distal embolization. Recently, evidence of clinical benefit was published. In 50% of the ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients with an onset of symptoms <12 hours before, thrombi were shown to be >1 day old. This observation illustrates that plaque rupture and coronary occlusion are significantly separated in time. In the present study, we correlate the presence of fresh versus older thrombus with long-term mortality.

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