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Electrocardiogram performed on admission
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Electrocardiogram registered after defibrillations showed signs of myocardial infarction within the paced rhythm (Figure 1).
Angiogram of left coronary artery (the arrow shows occlusion of LCx)
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Angiography suggested the presence of Cx occlusion caused by arterial thrombus (Figure 2).
The thrombus aspirated from LCx
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After three passages with the aspiration catheter, its retraction to the guiding catheter under constant vacuum and aspiration of blood from the guiding catheter, several macroscopically visible, large fragments of red thrombus were demonstrated (Figure 3).
Angiogram and intracoronary ultrasound of left coronary artery after thrombectomy
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The images from IVUS confirmed the presence of insignificant, stable atherosclerotic lesions without damage to the vascular wall (Figure 4).