The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Clinical research
Benefits of optimising coronary flow before stenting in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: insights from INFUSE-AMI
EuroIntervention 2014;9:1195-1201 published online ahead of print June 2013. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV9I10A201
Sorin J. Brener1,3*, MD; Jan-Henk Dambrink2, MD; Akiko Maehara3, MD; Saqib Chowdhary4, MD; Anthony H. Gershlick5, MD; Philippe Genereux3, MD; Jacques Koolen6, MD; Roxana Mehran7, MD; Martin Fahy3, MS; C. Michael Gibson8, MD; Gregg W. Stone9, MD
1. New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA; 2. Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands; 3. Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY, USA; 4. University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; 5. NIHR Leicester Cardiovascu
Aims: To determine the relation between thrombus aspiration (TA) and/or intra-lesion (IL) abciximab with pre-stent Thrombolysis In Myocardial In