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Distal embolization case 6
Introduction
Distal Embolization
Distal Embolization
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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Intervention
Shown below is an angiogram with ongoing intervention on the significant lesion described above.
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Post-intervention
Shown below is a post-intervention angiogram with filling defect in the anterior branch of the obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex artery due to distal embolization.
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