PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Nichols, Emma Hitt ED - Fröbert, Ole TI - Thrombus Aspiration Fails to Improve Mortality following STEMI DP - 2013 Nov 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 11--11 VI - 13 IP - 15 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/15/11.1.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/15/11.1.full AB - Thrombus aspiration with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not improve mortality compared with PCI alone in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a large, randomized trial. This article presents data from the Thrombus Aspiration in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Scandinavia trial [TASTE; Fröbert O et al. N Engl J Med 2013].