title: Successful thrombus removal using 6Fr hydrolyser thrombectomy catheter in acute myocardial infarction via radial artery.
abstract: The 6Fr Hydrolyser thrombectomy catheter for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) successfully removed a massive thrombus in the coronary artery in three patients. The 6Fr Hydrolyser catheter could be advanced into the right coronary artery with bare-wire methods via a 6Fr sheath at the radial artery. This approach suggests that the device can be an alternative method for thrombolysis in selected AMI patients with massive thrombus in the coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, 17 Yamada-Hirao-cho, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto, 615-8256, Japan.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yingfeng
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tanigawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matoba
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Katoh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D017131:Thrombectomy