Clinical, angiographic and procedural characteristics of the 1,362 patients treated with thrombus aspiration during primary PCI.

<p>Continous variables are presented as means and standard deviations and categorical data are presented as frequencies (counts) and percentages.</p><p>LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery; TIMI = Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction; § = By visual assessment by the operator; † = Time between onset of symptoms and needle time; ‡ = According to the ACC-AHA classification.</p

Clinical, angiographic and procedural characteristics of the 959 patients with classifiable material.

<p>Continous variables are presented as means and standard deviations and categorical data are presented as frequencies (counts) and percentages.</p><p>LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery; TIMI = Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction; § = By visual assessment by the operator; † = Time between onset of symptoms and needle time; ‡ = According to the ACC-AHA classification.</p