Acutemyocardial infarction is a potentially life-threatening disease that remains achallenge for the Interventional Cardiologist. Manual thrombectomy is easilyapplicable and several studies have confirmed its favorable effect onmyocardial perfusion especially when it is combined with intracoronary adjunctivepharmacotherapy. During the last years, several catheters with differentcharacteristics have been introduced in clinical practice. Newer randomizedtrials will further clarify the role and the indications of manual thrombectomyin patients with STEMI submitted to pPCI
