• Myocardial salvage index assessed with SPECT MIBI. [ Time Frame: 5-8 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  

• In hospital mortality [ Time Frame: in hospital, before discharge ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  
• ST segment resolution after PCI; [ Time Frame: 90 minutes ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  
• CK-MB AUC [ Time Frame: 72 hours ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  
• Corrected TIMI frame count [ Time Frame: immediately post PCI ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  

Acute myocardial infarction is caused by an abrupt occlusion of coronary vessel or severe reduction of coronary flow. It has been shown that the reperfusion therapy significantly improves the clinical outcome. Currently the optimal strategy is the primary angioplasty with stent implantation. The treatment is recommended by AHA/ACC and ESC if can be performed within 90 minutes from the first medical contact. However there is still a certain percentage of procedure failure. To further improve the outcome new techniques and devices are tested . Aspiration thrombectomy may facilitate the reperfusion by reducing thrombus burden. The aim of the study is to assess if adjunctive thrombectomy may improve clinical outcome in patients with an acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. First acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation within 12 hours from pain onset
2. Culprit lesion in left anterior descending or right coronary artery.
3. Coronary flow assessed in TIMI scale ≤ 2
4. Presence of total coronary occlusion or angiographically visible thrombus in the culprit vessel
5. Patient signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Cardiogenic shock.
2. Culprit lesion in left circumflex coronary artery.
3. Status post coronary artery by-pass grafting
4. Previous myocardial infarction
5. Status post percutaneous coronary intervention.