Thrombus 2000-2001

TCT 2001 Abstracts

Rheolytic Coronary Thrombectomy with the AngioJet Catheter: A Large Single-Center Experience from a Non-Selected Population
AngioJet Rheolytic Thrombectomy in Lesions with Visible Thrombus Results in Immediate Improvement in Epicardial and Myocardial Blood Flow: Increased TIMI Flow, Resolution of Thrombus, and Improved Myocardial Blush Scores
Early Experience with a New Thrombectomy Device in the Treatment of Patients with Acute Coronary Thrombosis

Coronary Ultrasound Thrombolysis: From Acute Myocardial Infarction to Saphenous Vein Grafts and Beyond
  Uri Rosenschein, David Brosh, Amir Halkin
  Current Interventioanl Cardiology Reports 2001; Vol 3 Issue 1 
  http://www.current-reports.com/cr_contents.cfm?Volume=3&Issue=1&JournalID=IC
   

Another attempt to remove thrombus without embolizing
Colombo A, et al.
J Invasive Cardiol 2001;13:89-92
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11176014 

Extensive thrombus prior to elective percutaneous coronary intervention
Kandzari DE, et al.
J Invasive Cardiol 2001;13:538-42
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11435643 

Clinical Decision Making 
Extensive Thrombus Prior to Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
http://www.cathlabdigest.com/journal/cld_200111/cld_200111f11.html 

Influence of coronary thrombus on outcome of percutaneous coronary angioplasty in the current era (the Mayo Clinic experience)
Singh M, et al.
Am J Cardiol 2001;88:1091-6
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11703950 

Does the presence of thrombus seen on a coronary angiogram affect the outcome after percutaneous coronary angioplasty? An Angiographic Trials Pool data experience
Singh M, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;38:624-30
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11527607 

Usefulness of the rescue PT catheter to remove fresh thrombus from coronary arteries and bypass grafts in acute myocardial infarction 
van Ommen V, et al. 
Am J Cardiol 2001;88:306-8 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11472715

Current Perspective 
Recognition of the importance of embolization in atherosclerotic vascular disease
  Topol EJ et al. 
  Circulation 2000;101:570-80 
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=0010662756

Catheter-based ultrasound thrombolysis-a new promising thrombus- debulking device for the treatment of intracoronary thrombosis
  Brosh D et al.
  Semin Interv Cardiol 2000;5:149-55
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=0011054912 
This article reviews the collective experience with this promising device solution for the treatment of thrombotic lesions in the setting of ACS

Adjunctive thrombus aspiration and mechanical protection from distal embolization in primary percutaneous intervention for acute myocardial infarction
  Belli G et al.
  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2000;50:362-70
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=0010878641
Clinical application of a new therapeutic strategy combining maximal antiplatelet therapy, with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition, and adjunctive mechanical protection from distal embolization and direct aspiration of thrombus with a new balloon and catheter system (PercuSurgetrade mark). Successful aspiration of thrombus could be obtained in 7 out of 8 attempted procedures, with inability to negotiate the angulated take-off of the circumflex coronary artery in one patient. The current mechanical characteristics of the device, primarily developed for use in larger saphenous vein grafts, and certain caveats and limitations are discussed. New dedicated systems should be available in the near future for the native coronary circulation. Excellent immediate angiographic results were obtained in all treated patients, without evidence of loss of distal branches and no intraprocedural complications.