Medscape

Should Aspiration Thrombectomy Be Performed in All, Most, or Few Primary PCI Procedures?

Outcomes using manual or aspiration thrombectomy as adjunctive therapy with primary PCI have been more encouraging. All the aspiration catheters are similar and have two lumens—one lumen for passage ...
Healio

TOTAL: Manual thrombectomy with PCI does not improve outcomes, increases short-term stroke rate

Jolly and colleagues randomly assigned 10,732 patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI to routine upfront manual thrombectomy in conjunction with PCI, or PCI alone. Approximately 7% of patients from ...
TCTMD

TOTAL: Use of Routine Thrombectomy in Primary PCI Takes Another Blow

SAN DIEGO, CA—Performing manual thrombectomy routinely prior to primary PCI does not improve 180-day outcomes among patients with STEMI over PCI alone, according to results from the TOTAL trial. In ...
Healio

TOTAL: Stroke risk linked to manual thrombectomy during PCI evident within 48 hours

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The increased stroke risk associated with manual thrombectomy during primary PCI detected in the TOTAL trial was ...
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TROFI Published: No Clear Benefit of Thrombectomy in STEMI Patients Undergoing PCI

Thrombectomy does not appear to reduce thrombus burden in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to ...