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Electrocardiogram showing ST segment elevation in leads V3 and V4.
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Electrocardiogram showed ST segment elevation in leads V3 and V4 (Fig. 1); the patient was loaded with aspirin and clopidogrel and rushed to the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
Coronary angiography showing a large thrombus in the left anterior descending artery.
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Coronary angiography showed a proximal thrombus in the left anterior descending artery with 80% occlusion and embolization with occlusion of the distal portion of the vessel (Fig. 2).
Coronary angiography status post-thrombectomy with no residual lesions in the left anterior descending artery.
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Thrombectomy of the proximal thrombus was achieved with no evidence of residual lesions (Fig. 3).