Thrombus Aspiration in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: An Individual Patient Meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: -Routine thrombus aspiration during STEMI PCI did not improve clinical outcomes. In the high thrombus burden subgroup the trends toward reduced CV death and increased stroke or TIA provide a rationale for future trials of improved thrombus aspiration technologies in this high-risk subgroup. Clinical Trial Registration-ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02552407, PROSPERO CRD42015025936.
PMID: 27941066 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Circulation - December 8, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Jolly SS, James SK, Džavík V, Cairns JA, Mahmoud KD, Zijlstra F, Yusuf S, Olivecrona GK, Renlund H, Gao P, Lagerqvist B, Alazzoni A, Kedev S, Stankovic G, Meeks B, Frøbert O Tags: Circulation Source Type: research