Abstract
Patients with unstable coronary syndromes are often found to have intracoronary thrombus on angiography. Despite advancements in catheter-based treatments for coronary disease, these lesions remain challenging, as percutaneous coronary intervention of thrombus-containing lesions may be associated with worse outcomes. This article reviews the literature on adjunctive pharmacotherapy in the treatment of thrombotic coronary lesions with special focus on ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, lesions with high thrombus burden, and saphenous vein graft intervention.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 375-387 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Interventional Cardiology Clinics |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors
- Intracoronary thrombus
- Percutaneous coronary intervention
- Thrombolytic therapy
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