[Treatment of acute myocardial infarction with the x-sizer coronary thrombectomy device].
The abundant thrombi present in infarct-related arteries may impair the angiographic result of primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction. We describe the utilization of the thrombus-removal device X-Sizer before coronary stenting in 4 patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty. The procedure was successful in all the cases and the patients were discharged without complications.
Moreno
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Servicio de Cardiología. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
García
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Acosta
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Luis López-Sendón
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D000368:Aged; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*