JACC. Cardiovascular interventions
-
JACC Cardiovasc Interv · Oct 2016
Does Residual Thrombus After Aspiration Thrombectomy Affect the Outcome of Primary PCI in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction?: An Optical Coherence Tomography Study.
The aim of this study was to evaluate if residual thrombus burden after aspiration thrombectomy affects the outcomes of primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). ⋯ STEMI patients with greater residual thrombus burden after aspiration thrombectomy had worse microvascular dysfunction and greater myocardial damage compared with those with smaller residual thrombus burden.