Determinants of Angiographic Thrombus Burden in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Conclusion: Present study results demonstrated that high thrombus burden in patients with STEMI was associated with impaired postprocedural epicardial and myocardial perfusion and higher no reflow and distal embolization; and increased RDW values were independent predictors of coronary thrombus burden.

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Source: Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis - August 26, 2014 Category: Hematology Authors: Tanboga, I. H., Topcu, S., Aksakal, E., Kalkan, K., Sevimli, S., Acikel, M. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research