Techniques Entry site Guiding catheters Coronary wires and angioplasty balloons Techniques for assessment of the anatomy of a target vessel persistently occluded after crossing the wire Thrombectomy Emboli protection devices Stents Other techniques

doi:10.3109/9780203507476-7

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Techniques Entry site Guiding catheters Coronary wires and angioplasty balloons Techniques for assessment of the anatomy of a target vessel persistently occluded after crossing the wire Thrombectomy Emboli protection devices Stents Other techniques

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ABSTRACT

From a technical point of view, the most relevant characteristic of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are the need for the quick re-establishment of normal epicardial flow in a setting where a thrombotic component of the target lesion is nearly invariably present, and frequently is the dominant component of the target lesion.