Clinical ResearchInterventional CardiologyThrombus Aspiration During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Improves Myocardial Reperfusion and Reduces Infarct Size: The EXPIRA (Thrombectomy With Export Catheter in Infarct-Related Artery During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) Prospective, Randomized Trial
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Key Words
myocardial infarction
magnetic resonance imaging
microcirculation
infarct size
Abbreviations and Acronyms
CE-MRI
contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
EM-PCI
Export Medtronic-percutaneous coronary intervention
IS
infarct size
LV
left ventricular
MACE
major adverse cardiac events
MBG
myocardial blush grade
MVO
microvascular obstruction
PPCI
primary percutaneous coronary intervention
S-PCI
standard percutaneous coronary intervention
STEMI
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
STr
ST-segment resolution
TIMI
Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction
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