Remove Thrombus Before Primary Angioplasty!

Remove Thrombus Before Primary Angioplasty!

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Felix Zijlstra Felix Zijlstra, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands Thrombus aspiration before percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction has multiple benefits,

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 investigatorFelix Zijlstratold Sara Freeman about the potentially practice-changing findings.

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