PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Coltrera, Francesca
ED  - Jolly, Sanjit S.
TI  - TOTAL
DP  - 2015 May 24
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 17--17
VI  - 15
IP  - 5
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/5/17.1.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/15/5/17.1.full
AB  - The large-scale international multicenter TOTAL trial showed that the routine use of thrombectomy using manual aspiration did not improve outcomes in patients with STEMI. The increased risk of stroke seen in patients randomized to routine thrombectomy requires further investigation.