Figure 1 Manual thrombus aspiration Figure 1 | Manual thrombus aspiration. a | Schematic of a manual thrombus aspiration device with a cross-sectional view showing the aspiration lumen and the smaller guidewire lumen. b | Compared with conventional percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), manual thrombus aspiration is associated with beneficial effects that might ultimately lead to improved myocardial reperfusion. Mahmoud, K. D. & Zijlstra, F. (2016) Thrombus aspiration in acute myocardial infarction Nat. Rev. Cardiol. doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2016.38