Effect of thrombus aspiration on infarct size and left ventricular function in high-risk patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by percutaneous coronary intervention. Results of a prospective controlled pilot study

Janusz Lipiecki , Severine Monzy , Nicolas Durel , Florent Cachin (1) , Pascal Chabrot (2, 3, 4) , Aurelien Muliez , Dominique Morand (5) , Jean Maublant (1) , Jean Ponsonnaille

1 UNICANCER/CJP - Centre Jean Perrin [Clermont-Ferrand]
2 ISIT - Image Science for Interventional Techniques
3 IP - Institut Pascal
4 CHU Clermont-Ferrand
5 Délégation à la Recherche Clinique et à l'Innovation

Thrombus aspiration devices have been shown to improve reperfusion criteria and to reduce distal embolization in patients treated by percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) in the acute phase of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). There are, however, little data about their efficacy in the reduction of infarct size.

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Imagerie

Janusz Lipiecki, Severine Monzy, Nicolas Durel, Florent Cachin, Pascal Chabrot, et al.. Effect of thrombus aspiration on infarct size and left ventricular function in high-risk patients with acute myocardial infarction treated by percutaneous coronary intervention. Results of a prospective controlled pilot study. American Heart Journal, 2009, 157 (3), pp.583.e1-583.e7. ⟨10.1016/j.ahj.2008.11.017⟩. ⟨hal-02098760⟩