Stenting after thrombectomy with the AngioJet catheter for acute myocardial infarction.
The presence of massive intracoronary thrombi may contraindicate stenting. The AngioJet catheter rheolytic thrombectomy prepared the road for an easy and uneventful stenting in 2 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and thrombi. This combination provides a promising strategy for patients with AMI and angiographic evidence of massive thrombi.
Nakagawa
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Y
Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Matsuo
S
S
Yokoi
H
H
Tamura
T
T
Kimura
T
T
Hamasaki
N
N
Nosaka
H
H
Nobuyoshi
M
M
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*