Abstract
1/2022
vol. 18
Short communication
Stroke thrombectomy catheter for aspiration of refractory or inaccessible clot in acute myocardial infarction
- Department of Invasive Cardiology and Interventional Radiology, St. Adalbert’s Hospital, Copernicus PL, Gdansk, Poland
- Department of Cardiology and Interventional Angiology, Kashubian Center for Heart and Vascular Diseases, Pomeranian Hospitals, Wejherowo, Poland
Adv Interv Cardiol 2022; 18, 1 (67): 65–69
Online publish date: 2022/04/11
Despite inconclusive and conflicting results of trials and meta-analyses assessing aspiration thrombectomy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), trends toward reduced mortality were observed in the high thrombus burden subgroup [1–3]. With a large thrombus being one of the strongest predictors of the no flow phenomenon, manual thromboaspiration remains an effective method of its prevention, especially in patients who cannot undergo a staged procedure after IIB/IIIA inhibitor administration because satisfactory reperfusion has not been achieved during the initial intervention [4–8]. Since standard monorail coronary aspiration devices are often ineffective in the case of a large thrombus, guide extension catheters have been used for clot extraction. Their bigger lumen comes at a cost of worse trackability and a higher risk of artery dissection [9].
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