TY - JOUR
T1 - Guiding catheter thrombectomy during percutaneous coronary interventions for acute coronary syndromes
AU - Moscucci, Mauro
AU - Punamiya, Kirti
AU - Ricciardi, Mark J.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Despite the advancements in the pharmacological and mechanical treatment of acute coronary syndromes, intracoronary thrombus and distal embolization remain among the major limitations of percutaneous transluminal coronary interventions. We describe three cases in which intragraft or intracoronary thrombus was completely aspirated during PTCI using the guiding catheter. In the first case, a 4-cm-long unfragmented embolized thrombus was effectively and completely aspirated from a saphenous vein graft, with immediate restoration of normal flow. In the second case, multiple fragments of embolized thrombus were aspirated from a large right coronary artery, while in the third case, intragraft thrombus was electively aspirated. In each case, the index lesions were then successfully stented without complications. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
AB - Despite the advancements in the pharmacological and mechanical treatment of acute coronary syndromes, intracoronary thrombus and distal embolization remain among the major limitations of percutaneous transluminal coronary interventions. We describe three cases in which intragraft or intracoronary thrombus was completely aspirated during PTCI using the guiding catheter. In the first case, a 4-cm-long unfragmented embolized thrombus was effectively and completely aspirated from a saphenous vein graft, with immediate restoration of normal flow. In the second case, multiple fragments of embolized thrombus were aspirated from a large right coronary artery, while in the third case, intragraft thrombus was electively aspirated. In each case, the index lesions were then successfully stented without complications. (C) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
KW - Acute coronary syndromes
KW - Coronary thrombus
KW - Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
KW - Saphenous vein graft
KW - Stents
KW - Thrombectomy
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U2 - 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200002)49:2<192::AID-CCD17>3.0.CO;2-6
DO - 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(200002)49:2<192::AID-CCD17>3.0.CO;2-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 10642772
AN - SCOPUS:0033969809
VL - 49
SP - 192
EP - 196
JO - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
JF - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
SN - 1522-1946
IS - 2
ER -