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Figure 2 Contrast score index (CSI) (upper panel), contrast defect length (CDL)/left ventricular (LV) length (%) (lower panel) at 24 h, 1 week, and 6 months in control patients (white bars) and thrombus aspiration (black bars). At each time point, both MO parameters are significantly reduced by thrombus-aspiration device (upper panel: *p < 0.01 vs. controls,  p < 0.0005 vs. control patients; lower panel: *p < 0.05 vs. control patients). In both groups, a significant reduction of myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) score over time has been observed at 1 week (upper panel:  p = 0.01 vs. 24 h and $p < 0.0001 vs. 24 h), whereas myocardial contrast echocardiography /LV length was reduced only in thrombus aspiration (lower panel: p < 0.001 vs. 24 h).
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