PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Nichols, Emma Hitt ED - Thiele, Holger TI - Thrombectomy Does Not Prevent Microvascular Obstruction in Patients Undergoing PCI for NSTEMI DP - 2013 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 24--25 VI - 13 IP - 19 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/19/24.2.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/19/24.2.full AB - Aspiration thrombectomy does not improve the extent of microvascular obstruction compared with standard percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). This article presents data from the Thrombus Aspiration in Thrombus containing culprit lesions in Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction study [TATORT-NSTEMI; NCT01612312]. The trial protocol has been described in detail by de Waha and colleagues [Trials 2013].