Authors
Gennaro Sardella, Massimo Mancone, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci, Luciano Agati, Raffaele Scardala, Iacopo Carbone, Marco Francone, Angelo Di Roma, Giulia Benedetti, Giulia Conti, Francesco Fedele
Publication date
2009/1/27
Journal
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume
53
Issue
4
Pages
309-315
Publisher
American College of Cardiology Foundation
Description
Objectives
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact on myocardial perfusion and infarct size as assessed by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (CE-MRI) of a manual thrombectomy device, Export Medtronic (EM) (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota), as adjunctive therapy in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) in a subset of patients with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
Background
PPCI may cause thrombus dislodgment, leading to microvascular damage.
Methods
One hundred seventy-five STEMI patients were randomly assigned to standard percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n = 87) or EM-PCI (n = 88). The primary end points were the occurrence of myocardial blush grade ≥2 and the rate of 90-min ST-segment resolution >70%. The CE-MRI substudy was performed in 75 patients with anterior STEMI to assess microvascular …
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