Prognostic Significance of Coronary Thrombus in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndromes A Subanalysis of the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) Trial
Goto K, Lansky AJ, Nikolsky E, Fahy M, Feit F, Ohman EM, White HD, Mehran R, Bertrand ME, Desmet W, Hamon M, Stone GW. Prognostic Significance of Coronary Thrombus in Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndromes A Subanalysis of the ACUITY (Acute Catheterization and Urgent Intervention Triage strategY) Trial. JACC Cardiovascular Interventions 2011, 4: 769-777. PMID: 21777885, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2011.02.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute coronary syndromeACUITY trialStent thrombosisMyocardial infarctionACS patientsCoronary interventionIndependent predictorsHigh-risk acute coronary syndromesSegment elevation acute coronary syndromesElevation acute coronary syndromeHigh-risk ACS patientsIndependent angiographic core laboratoryEpicardial coronary flowEarly invasive strategyRisk of deathHigh-risk populationAngiographic core laboratoryHigh rateBaseline angiographyCoronary syndromeIschemic complicationsAdjunctive pharmacotherapyCoronary thrombusPrognostic importance