Thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction presenting late after symptom onset: long-term clinical outcome of a randomized trial

In the largest randomized trial so far, thrombus aspiration failed to reduce the primary endpoint of microvascular obstruction (MVO) in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) presenting late after symptom onset. Long-term clinical outcome data of this trial have not been reported yet. A total of 144 patients with STEMI presenting ≥ 12 and ≤ 48 h after symptom onset were randomized to primary percutaneous coronary intervention...