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Manual thrombosuction in patients with acute myocardial infarction receiving primary coronary interventions: Two case reports

  • Chun Chi Chen
  • , I. Chang Hsieh*
  • , Hsuan Li Huang
  • , Ming Shien Wen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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Abstract

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) can be caused by a ruptured plaque with sudden thrombosis occlusion or an embolization formation. Previous investigations have described the use of thrombolytic therapy, balloon angioplasty plus stenting, and various mechanical thrombectomy devices to treat patients with AMI with intracoronary thrombus, but all of these methods have certain limitations. The authors report 2 cases of AMI, 1 caused by ruptured plaque and the other caused by embolization, with large thrombus formation and total occlusion of the infarct-related artery. Manual thrombosuction with the Export catheter proved effective and safe for treating these 2 patients and achieved final thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) III flow with good myocardial brushing.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)775-779
Number of pages5
JournalAngiology
Volume56
Issue number6
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes

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