Does routine thrombus aspiration before PCI reduce 30-day mortality in patients with STEMI?
Routine thrombus aspiration prior to PCI does not offer a 30-day mortality benefit for patients presenting with STEMI.
Routine thrombus aspiration before PCI as compared with PCI alone did not reduce 30-day mortality among patients with STEMI. (Funded by the Swedish Research Council and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01093404.).
Fröbert et al. (Sun,) studied this question.
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