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Right coronary artery with severe stenosis.
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Coronary angiogram showed the right coronary artery was severely diseased with 95% stenosis, so a decision was made to perform angioplasty (Figure 1).
Right coronary artery with severe residual stenosis post balloon angioplasty and stenting.
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Repeat angiography despite multiple high pressure inflations showed the stent had a residual stenosis of approximately 70% (Figure 2).
Right coronary artery after intravascular lithotripsy.
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Followed by lithotripsy, a 3.5 mm x 15 mm noncompliant balloon was inserted and balloon angioplasty was successfully performed which resulted in 0% residual stenosis (Figure 3).