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Thrombus Aspiration Before Standard Primary Angioplasty Improves Myocardial Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction.

NCT00257153 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2006-12-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) may cause thrombus dislodgment and impaired microcirculatory reperfusion. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that thrombus aspiration before standard PCI may improve acute myocardial reperfusion, measured by ST-segment resolution (STR) and myocardial blush grade (MBG), compared with standard PCI.

Conditions

  • Acute Myocardial Infarction

Interventions

DEVICE

Coronary thrombus aspiration catheter

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Niguarda Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Pedro L Silva-Orrego, MD · Interventional cardiology laboratory, Cardiology Dpt, Niguarda Hospital

  • Riccardo Bigi, MD · Cardiology Dpt. of medicine and surgery, University school of medicine, Milan, Italy

  • Paola Colombo · Cardiology Dpt. Niguarda hospital

  • Silvio Klugmann, MD · cardiology Dpt. Niguarda hospital.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Completion
2005-09-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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