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Utilizing Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Devices in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock
Published on: June 12, 2021
[The use of the RESCUE thromboaspiration system in acute coronary syndrome]
1Service de cardiologie B et hémodynamique, hôpital cardiologique, boulevard du Pr-Jules-Leclercq, 59037 Lille, France. a-sudre@chru-lille.fr
Abstract:
Interventional procedures associated with acute coronary syndromes or performed on saphenous bypass grafts frequently lead to embolic complications, resulting in no-reflow phenomenon, side-branch occlusion, or peri-procedural infarction. The RESCUE thrombo-aspiration system was used in 19 percutaneous coronary interventions. After initial use of the aspiration device, 81% of procedures were followed by stent deployment. TIMI flow 2 or higher was present in 42% at the beginning of the procedure and in 95% at the end. In-hospital MACE rate was 4.76%. This relatively user-friendly technique appears rapid and efficacious in the case of visible intracoronary thrombus.
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