Prospective, randomized evaluation of thrombectomy prior to percutaneous intervention in diseased saphenous vein grafts and thrombus-containing coronary arteries
Stone GW, Cox DA, Babb J, Nukta D, Bilodeau L, Cannon L, Stuckey TD, Hermiller J, Cohen EA, Low R, Bailey SR, Lansky AJ, Kuntz RE, Investigators F. Prospective, randomized evaluation of thrombectomy prior to percutaneous intervention in diseased saphenous vein grafts and thrombus-containing coronary arteries. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2003, 42: 2007-2013. PMID: 14662267, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiseased saphenous vein graftsSaphenous vein graftsNative coronary arteriesPeri-procedural myocardial infarctionEvent-free survivalCoronary arteryMyocardial infarctionControl patientsStent implantationRoutine thrombectomyVein graftsSize patientsLate event-free survivalMajor adverse cardiac eventsPeri-procedural myonecrosisAdverse cardiac eventsHigh-risk patientsPercutaneous coronary interventionLarge myocardial infarctionSafety of interventionsPrior thrombectomyCardiac eventsCoronary interventionPercutaneous interventionLate outcomes