Published in Telemedicine Business Week, September 22nd, 2004
The study was configured as a multicenter, prospective randomized two-arm trial comparing AngioJet thrombectomy followed by definitive treatment (angioplasty, stent and eptifibatide), versus immediate definitive treatment only, in patients undergoing intervention for acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack.
The study used the AngioJet XMI catheter, which has FDA approval for removing thrombus in native coronary arteries and...
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