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Will this trial change my practice? TOTAL: a randomised trial of thrombus aspiration in ST-elevation myocardial infarction

EuroIntervention 2015;11:361-363. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV11I3A70

Miles W.H. Behan
Miles W. Behan1, MD; Michael Haude2, MD; Keith G. Oldroyd3, MD; Alexandra J. Lansky4, MD; Stefan James5, MD; Andreas Baumbach6*, MD
Edinburgh Heart Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2. Medical Clinic I, Städtische Kliniken Neuss, Lukaskrankenhaus GmbH, Neuss, Germany; 3. West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, United Kingdom; 4. Division o
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Abbreviations

CI: confidence interval

HR: hazard ratio

ESC: European Society of Cardiology

GPIIb/IIIa: glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists

NNH: number needed to harm

OCT: optical coherence tomography

PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention

STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction

TIMI: Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction

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