In a randomized study, aspiration improved perfusion after STEMI, but its direct effect on later outcomes remains unproven. Microvascular obstruction due to distal thrombus embolization during primary ...

Treating acute heart attack with thrombus aspiration (TA) results in improved 1-year clinical outcomes compared with the conventional treatment of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) alone. These ...

Tortuosity of the infarct-related artery and the presence of calcified or bifurcated lesions increase the risk of thrombus aspiration failure during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), ...

In 1980, DeWood and colleagues [1] demonstrated the presence of thrombus in the infarct-related artery of 88% of patients undergoing coronary artery angiography within the first 4 hours of acute ...

The use of thrombus aspiration during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) improves in-hospital and long-term survival of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), ...

Prospective Study to Evaluate Safety and Performance of Indigo® System and CAT™ RX Aspiration Catheter “Just like the IMS-III trial for ischemic stroke, the TOTAL trial highlighted that new therapies ...

In many patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), reperfusion of the myocardium during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is not successful. Preliminary findings have ...

(HealthDay News) – The use of manual or mechanical thrombus aspiration (TA) in adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) does not affect the two-year incidence of major adverse ...

Barcelona, Spain – Monday 1 September 2014: Thrombus aspiration for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) does not reduce mortality or other clinical endpoints long term, according to the awaited one-year ...

Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the standard treatment for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Although PCI is effective at opening the infarct-related artery, ...

The clinical effect of routine intracoronary thrombus aspiration before primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is ...

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Penumbra, Inc. (NYSE: PEN), a global healthcare company focused on innovative therapies, today announced enrollment of the first patient into the CHEETAH study, a ...