Nakagawa Y, Matsuo S, Yokoi H, Tamura T, Kimura T, Hamasaki N, Nosaka H, Nobuyoshi M
Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1998 Mar;43(3):327-30. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199803)43:3<327::aid-ccd20>3.0.co;2-h.
The presence of massive intracoronary thrombi may contraindicate stenting. The AngioJet catheter rheolytic thrombectomy prepared the road for an easy and uneventful stenting in 2 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and thrombi. This combination provides a promising strategy for patients with AMI and angiographic evidence of massive thrombi.
