A novel use of an expanded filter protection device for percutaneous Fogarty maneuver can successfully extract large intracoronary thrombi during acute myocardial infarction.
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May enable novel thrombus retrieval in AMI; leaves open safety and efficacy in prospective studies.
Intracoronary thrombus in the infarct-related artery remains a challenge for interventional catheter-based techniques in acute myocardial infarction and may result in severe complications due to distal embolization. We describe a patient with acute myocardial infarction in whom a large intracoronary thrombus of the left anterior descending coronary artery was successfully removed by percutaneous Fogarty maneuver using an expanded filter protection device.
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