Abstract

Intracoronary thrombus in the infarct-related artery remains a challenge for interventional catheter-based techniques in acute myocardial infarction and may result in severe complications due to distal embolization. We describe a patient with acute myocardial infarction in whom a large intracoronary thrombus of the left anterior descending coronary artery was successfully removed by percutaneous Fogarty maneuver using an expanded filter protection device.

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