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Figure 2 Sixty-six-year-old male patient with deep vein thrombosis after coronary angiography. (A and B) Prefragmentation pulmonary angiogram shows emboli in the right intermediate and upper lobe arteries (arrowheads), and in the left intermediate artery (arrowheads) with occlusion of the lower lobe artery. Shock index 1.10, mean pulmonary artery pressure 30 mm Hg. (C and D) After bilateral embolus fragmentation: partial recanalization, more pronounced on the right side. Shock index 0.59, mean pulmonary artery pressure 15 mm Hg. Intraluminal fragment (arrowhead) is in a segmental artery of the left lower lobe.