Clinical, angiographic and procedural characteristics of the 1,362 patients treated with thrombus aspiration during primary PCI.

Continous variables are presented as means and standard deviations and categorical data are presented as frequencies (counts) and percentages.LAD = left anterior descending coronary artery; TIMI = Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction; § = By visual assessment by the operator; † = Time between onset of symptoms and needle time; ‡ = According to the ACC-AHA classification.