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Table 3 Comparison between the 2 groups regarding intervention, the number of stent needed in thrombus aspiration group was significantly less than the conventional group

From: Outcome of manual thrombus aspiration for patients undergoing primary PCI for acute STEMI showing large thrombus burden

Stent type

Thrombus aspiration

Test value

P value

Sig.

No

Yes

No. = 136

No. = 73

No

5 (3.7%)

10 (13.7%)

7.162

0.007

HS

BMS

112 (82.4%)

52 (71.2%)

3.477

0.062

NS

DES

18 (13.2%)

9 (12.3%)

0.035

0.852

NS

CABG

1 (0.7%)

2 (2.7%)

1.349

0.245

NS