Use of the GuideLiner catheter for aspiration thrombectomy in a patient with ST-elevation myocardial infarction with a large intracoronary thrombus

Yohei Numasawa; Hiroyuki Motoda; Hiroyuki Yamazaki; Toshiki Kuno; Masaki Kodaira; Taishi Fujisawa

doi:10.1007/s12928-015-0334-4

Use of the GuideLiner catheter for aspiration thrombectomy in a patient with ST-elevation myocardial infarction with a large intracoronary thrombus

Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2016 Apr;31(2):164-9. doi: 10.1007/s12928-015-0334-4. Epub 2015 May 7.

Authors

Yohei Numasawa¹, Hiroyuki Motoda², Hiroyuki Yamazaki², Toshiki Kuno², Masaki Kodaira², Taishi Fujisawa²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, 284-1 Yobe-cho, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan. numasawa@cpnet.med.keio.ac.jp.
² Department of Cardiology, Ashikaga Red Cross Hospital, 284-1 Yobe-cho, Ashikaga, Tochigi, Japan.

PMID: 25947928
DOI: 10.1007/s12928-015-0334-4

Abstract

We report a 67-year-old man with ST-elevation myocardial infarction with a large intracoronary thrombus who was successfully treated with percutaneous thrombectomy using the GuideLiner catheter. This catheter is designed for the "Mother and Child" technique with a rapid exchange system and it has a larger internal diameter than conventional aspiration devices. When aspiration thrombectomy using a conventional aspiration catheter is not feasible or fails, use of the GuideLiner catheter for aspiration of thrombus is a reasonable alternative for primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Keywords: Aspiration thrombectomy; Myocardial infarction; Percutaneous coronary intervention.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Catheters
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Thrombosis / surgery*
Humans
Male
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / methods*
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
Thrombectomy / methods*