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Proximal ectasia (*) revealed by angiography.
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Angiography revealed proximal ectasia leading on to mid-vessel occlusion of his left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery, with otherwise unobstructed coronary vessels (Figure 1; Supplementary Video 1).
(A) Catherization of the left coronary circulation reveals occlusion of left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. The radio-opaque tip of the angioplasty wire (*) can been seen in distal LAD having traversed the site of thrombotic occlusion in mid LAD. (B) Flow restoration following intra-coronary thrombolysis and mechanical thrombus aspiration.
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Intra-coronary thrombolysis using tissue plasminogen activator along with mechanical aspiration of thrombus led to restoration of flow in the LAD (Figure 2; Supplementary Videos 2, 3).