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Abrupt closure case 11
Introduction
Abrupt Closure
Abrupt Closure
Pre-intervention
Shown below is a pre-intervention angiogram with significant lesion in the proximal part of obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex artery.
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Post-intervention
Shown below is a post-intervention angiogram with occlusion at the proximal part of obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex artery depicting abrupt closure.
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Shown below is a post-intervention angiogram without any occlusion in the obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex artery after transient occlusion as seen above, which indicates transient abrupt closure.
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