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Angiography of the left coronary artery with properly functioning previously implanted stents
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The culprit lesion was a critical narrowing in the medial LAD (Figure 1).
Thrombus in the left main, proximal left anterior descending and circumflex arteries
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During prolonged manipulations formation of thrombus in the LM, proximal LAD and CX segments (ACT time after heparin bolus 70 U/kg equal to 267 s) occurred (Figure 2).
Restoration of TIMI3 flow in left coronary artery
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TIMI-3 flow in the left coronary artery were observed (Figure 3). The whole PCI lasted over 50 min during which ongoing LUCAS support was continuously used.