Description
Approximately 7,000 patients will be enrolled on this study worldwide. Participation in the study will last approximately 1 year. Participants will be randomly assigned to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) alone or to aspiration thrombectomy (removal of the clot by suctioning it out through a tube) with PCI. Participants will need to complete a follow-up visit at 30 days, 180 days and one year, by telephone or office visit.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria
- Must be greater than or equal to 18 years of age
- Must not have had prior coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG)
- Must present with symptoms of myocardial ischemia lasting for greater than or equal to 30 minutes
- Must be randomized within 12 hours of symptom onset and prior to diagnostic angiography
