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Figure 1 Flow diagram of patients’ in-hospital course in the Hirulog Angioplasty Study. AVC = abrupt vessel closure. *"Uncomplicated" abrupt vessel closure indicates that the abrupt closure event did not result in a major ischemic complication (death, myocardial infarction or emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery). {dagger}"Complicated" abrupt vessel closure indicates that the abrupt closure event did result in a major ischemic complication (death, myocardial infarction or emergent coronary artery bypass graft surgery).