1. A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON ANALYSIS OF ASPIRATED THROMBUS DURING PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY, AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL.
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Kaliappan, Tamilarasu, Shukkoor, Aashiq Ahamed, Jeyakumar, Vijesh, Palanimuthu, Ramasamy, Gopalan, Rajendiran, Anandan, Premkrishna, and Balasubramaniam, VidhyakarRangasamy
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MYOCARDIAL infarction , *ST elevation myocardial infarction , *THROMBOSIS , *CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors , *ANGIOPLASTY , *DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
Background:A thrombus is a healthy response to injury, intended to prevent bleeding, but can be harmful in thrombosis, when clots obstruct blood flow through healthy blood vessels. An analysis of the composition of the thrombus in STEMI patients remains an important research tool to evaluate the prognosis [mortality/morbidity] of those patients. Methods:A prospective, unicentric observational study conducted in patients presenting with STEMI from March 2017 to February 2018, at PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research. During percutaneous interventions thrombus was aspirated, as either red or white thrombus based on specific gross and histopathological appearance and correlate with the risk factors of ACS. Results:A total of 60 STEMI patients admitted in the study period underwent thrombectomy. The mean age of the patients were 60.5-5 years. There was no significant difference in risk factors in patients who had red thrombus and white thrombus (p>0.05). The average size of the thrombus was 0.3mm2. Total ischemic time was observed to be more in patient who had white thrombus than red thrombus. Average ischemic time for the patients were 12-5 hours. Conclusion:Our study depicted that there was no difference between red and white thrombus across ST elevated myocardial infarction patients with cardiovascular risk factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021