The New England Journal of Medicine

Randomized Trial of Primary PCI with or without Routine Manual Thrombectomy

During primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), manual thrombectomy may reduce distal embolization and thus improve microvascular perfusion. Small trials have suggested that thrombectomy ...
Healio

TOTAL: Stroke risk linked to manual thrombectomy during PCI evident within 48 hours

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The increased stroke risk associated with manual thrombectomy during primary PCI detected in the TOTAL trial was ...
Medscape

In NSTEMI, No Clinical Gain Seen for Thrombectomy With PCI

LEIPZIG, GERMANY — The routine addition of aspiration thrombectomy before PCI does not improve clinical outcomes at 12 months in patients with non-ST-elevation MI (NSTEMI), according to a randomized ...
Medscape

Should Aspiration Thrombectomy Be Performed in All, Most, or Few Primary PCI Procedures?

Outcomes using distal protection devices with primary PCI have also been disappointing. The Enhanced Myocardial Efficacy and Recovery by Aspiration of Liberated Debris (EMERALD) trial randomized STEMI ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Primary PCI with or without Thrombectomy

To the Editor: A typical feature of recent trials on thrombus aspiration is the binary approach, with either thrombectomy or standard percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) considered to be ...
TCTMD

TROFI Published: No Clear Benefit of Thrombectomy in STEMI Patients Undergoing PCI

Thrombectomy does not appear to reduce thrombus burden in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to ...