title: Use of the GuideLiner catheter for aspiration thrombectomy in a patient with ST-elevation myocardial infarction with a large intracoronary thrombus.
abstract: We report a 67-year-old man with ST-elevation myocardial infarction with a large intracoronary thrombus who was successfully treated with percutaneous thrombectomy using the GuideLiner catheter. This catheter is designed for the "Mother and Child" technique with a rapid exchange system and it has a larger internal diameter than conventional aspiration devices. When aspiration thrombectomy using a conventional aspiration catheter is not feasible or fails, use of the GuideLiner catheter for aspiration of thrombus is a reasonable alternative for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, 284-1 Yobe-cho, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan. numasawa@cpnet.med.keio.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Numasawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, 284-1 Yobe-cho, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Motoda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, 284-1 Yobe-cho, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, 284-1 Yobe-cho, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, 284-1 Yobe-cho, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kodaira
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, 284-1 Yobe-cho, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Taishi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D057785:Catheters; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D000072657:ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Aspiration thrombectomy; Myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary intervention