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Figure 2 Coronary angiography before and after emergent angioplasty. Three months after registration, the patient had acute inferior myocardial infarction. Under these conditions (A) the coronary artery was totally occluded at the portion where the eccentric plaque with echolucent area had been seen by ultrasound. (B) Emergent balloon angioplasty that was done at the site of total occlusion resulted in complete recanalization of this artery.