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Imaging of the left anterior descending dissection by computed tomography
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Contrast-enhanced CT coronary angiographic findings were compatible with linear hypodense demarcations which revealed an approximately 3.5 cm dissection line from the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) to the second diagonal artery (Figure 1).
Imaging of the left anterior descending dissection by conventional coronary angiography
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Therefore coronary angiography was performed and the dissection line was detected in the indicated segment of the LAD (Figure 2).