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View larger version (96K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Coronary Atherectomy. A proximal stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery (arrow in Panel A) was found in a 41-year-old man during coronary arteriography for unstable angina. The stenosis improved after atherectomy (Panel B). Intravascular ultrasonography was performed before and after atherectomy. Before atherectomy a plaque occupies the entire artery and closely surrounds the ultrasound catheter (Panel C and Panel D). After atherectomy the size of the lumen has increased and the area of the plaque has decreased (Panel E and Panel F). Although the intervention appears to have resulted in a normal vessel with no evidence . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 

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