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Thrombectomy in primary angioplasty related to a saphenous graft

Thrombectomy in primary angioplasty has demonstrated good early clinical and angiographic outcomes, preventing distal embolization and the "no-reflow" phenomenon and optimizing myocardial perfusion. This technique is frequently used in native coronary arteries and is rarely reported in coronary grafts. We report the case of a 67-year-old male patient with acute myocardial infarction related to the occlusion of a saphenous vein graft submitted to thrombectomy with good results.

Angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary; Saphenous vein; Coronary thrombosis; Thrombectomy


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