%0 Journal Article
%T Requiem for routine thrombus aspiration
%A Holger Thiele
%A Steffen Desch
%A Suzanne de Waha
%A Thomas Stiermaier
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2017
%X Interventional cardiologists share a feeling of accomplishment having just aspirated a particularly large thrombus from a coronary artery in a patient with myocardial infarction. Narcissistic personalities even call for a colleague to inspect and worship the feat. However, the satisfying visual feedback of thrombus aspiration might lead to flawed conclusions
%U http://cdt.amegroups.com/article/view/15008/15386