Paris, France - Results from two new studies have further muddled the debate over the value of distal protection/thrombectomy during PCI for STEMI. DEAR-MI, one of two trials presented during last ...

"The reasons for these findings likely represent our lack of a complete understanding of the factors involved in no-reflow/distal embolization phenomena." The use of a distal embolic protection device ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of a filter-based distal protection device reduced the incidence of the no-reflow phenomenon and was ...

New Japanese data from VAMPIRE 3 hints that filter protection during high-risk PCI may still have a role. C. Michael Gibson gets the details from Kiyoshi Hibi.