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- Title
Adjunctive manual thrombectomy improves myocardial perfusion and mortality in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
- Authors
De Luca, Giuseppe; Dudek, Dariusz; Sardella, Gennaro; Marino, Paolo; Chevalier, Bernard; Zijlstra, Felix
- Abstract
The benefits of adjunctive mechanical devices to prevent distal embolization in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are still a matter of debate. Growing interests are on manual thrombectomy devices as compared with other mechanical devices. In fact, they are inexpensive and user-friendly devices, and thus represent an attractive strategy. The aim of the current study was to perform an updated meta-analysis of randomized trials conducted with adjunctive manual thrombectomy devices to prevent distal embolization in AMI.
- Publication
European heart journal, 2008, Vol 29, Issue 24, p3002
- ISSN
1522-9645
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehn389