Use of Export in Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients presenting with:-Symptoms of myocardial ischemia lasting for ≥30 minutes * Definite ECG changes indicating STEMI: ST elevation of greater than 0.1 mV in two contiguous limb leads or 0.2 mV in two contiguous precordial leads * Chest pain \< 12 hours duration * Total occlusion (TIMI 0 flow) * Patients undergoing primary PCI * Informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with prior history of cardiac related surgery or intervention * Performance of a rescue PCI after thrombolysis * Known existence of a disease resulting in a life expectancy of less than 6 months * Killip class III, IV