Cardiovascular

Remove Thrombus Before Primary Angioplasty!

April 15, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment
Source: American College of Cardiology, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; March 29-April 1, 2008, Abstract 2404-5
Felix Zijlstra
Felix Zijlstra

Felix Zijlstra, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
Thrombus aspiration before percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction has multiple benefits, according to data from the 1000-patient TAPAS study presented at the ACC meeting. Senior investigator Felix Zijlstra told Sara Freeman about the potentially practice-changing findings.

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