Angiographic thrombus burden classification in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. - Concepedia

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Angiographic thrombus burden classification in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.

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2010

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Georgios Sianos, Michail I. Papafaklis, Patrick W. Serruys

Abstract

In patients with STEMI, TB can be reliably estimated in occluded infarct-related arteries. Large thrombus (≥ 2 VD) is a significant independent predictor for mortality and MACE.