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Loss of side branch case 31
Introduction
Loss of Side Branch
Loss of Side Branch
Pre-intervention
Shown below is a pre-intervention angiogram with significant lesion in the mid LCX which is continuous in the obtuse marginal branch.
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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 occlusion of the distal LCX after intervention on the significant continuous lesion described above depicting loss of side branch.
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