Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2014 Jan 29;2014(1):37-9.
doi: 10.5339/gcsp.2014.6. eCollection 2014.

TASTE: To aspirate, or not to aspirate, remains a question

Mahmoud Farouk Elmahdy  1
Affiliations

TASTE: To aspirate, or not to aspirate, remains a question

Mahmoud Farouk Elmahdy. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Keeley EC, Boura JAGC. Primary angioplasty versus intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: a quantitative review of 23 randomised trials. Lancet. 2003;361:13–20. - PubMed
    1. Antman EM, Anbe DT, Armstrong PW, Bates ERGLA, Hand M, Hochman JS, Krumholz HM, Kushner FG, Lamas GA, Mullany CJ, Ornato JP, Pearle DL, Sloan MA, Smith SC, Jr, Alpert JS, Anderson JL, Faxon DP, Fuster V, Gibbons RJ, Gregoratos G, Halperin JL, Hiratzka LF, Hunt SA, Jacobs AK, Ornato JP. ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1999 Guidelines for the Managem. Circulation. 2004;110:e82–e292. - PubMed
    1. Topol EJYJ. Recognition of the importance of embolization in atherosclerotic vascular disease. Circulation. 2000;(101):570–580. - PubMed
    1. Van't Hof AW, Liem A, Suryapranata H, Hoorntje JC, de Boer MJ, Zijlstra F. Angiographic assessment of myocardial reperfusion in patients treated with primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction: myocardial blush grade. Circulation. 1998;1998(97):2302–2306. - PubMed
    1. Haeck JD, Koch KT, Bilodeau L, Van der Schaaf RJ, Henriques JP, Vis MM, Baan J, Jr, Van der Wal AC, Piek JJ, Tijssen JG, Krucoff MW, De Winter RJ. Randomized comparison of primary percutaneous coronary intervention with combined proximal embolic protection and thrombus aspiration versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention alone in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the PREPARE (PRoximal Embolic Protection in Acute myocardial infarction and Resolution of ST-Elevation) study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2009;(10):934–943. - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources