TASTE: To aspirate, or not to aspirate, remains a question

Authors

  • Mahmoud Farouk Elmahdy Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan

Abstract

Coronary artery thrombus aspiration is a simple, rapidly performed, and relatively inexpensive adjunctive therapy in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It may protect the microcirculation from distal embolization and improve distal coronary blood flow, although this is not a universal finding. Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis pointed to an increased risk of stroke with thrombus aspiration. So the overall data derived from clinical trials are neither concordant nor fully conclusive. The Thrombus Aspiration in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Scandinavia (TASTE) trial was conducted in an attempt to settle this controversy.

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Published

2017-06-02

Issue

Vol. 2014 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Lessons from the trials

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