Low Incidence of Ischemic Stroke Associated With Thrombus Aspiration in STEMI Patients Undergoing Primary PCI

CONCLUSIONS: Very low stroke rates immediately post STEMI were seen in patients undergoing TA and PPCI in this real-world study. TA can be performed safely in STEMI patients undergoing PPCI with a short-term stroke risk equivalent to risk without TA. Further studies may be needed to explain the increased incidence of late stroke noted after TA and elucidate causative mechanisms.PMID:34433694

Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - August 26, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Siddharth J Trivedi Mark J Cooper Andrew T L Ong A Robert Denniss Source Type: research