ABSTRACT Background Manual thromboaspiration during primary percutaneous coronary intervention was very often used in the end of the last decade; however, there was a drop in its recommendation class due to results of recent publications. The objective of this work was to evaluate the use of this technique in Brazil. Methods Based on data from the Central Nacional de Intervenções Cardiovasculares (CENIC) in the period 2008 to 2016, we assessed patients submitted to primary percutaneous coronary intervention and manual thromboaspiration. […]