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Figure 1 Different levels of recanalization as assessed by high-resolution transthoracic color-Doppler echocardiography after anterior myocardial infarction. (A) Neither the left anterior descending (LAD) nor the perforators are imaged in a patient with failed reperfusion and occluded LAD at angiography. (B) Patent LAD without perforating branches. (C, D) Imaging of perforating branches (non-full-thickness recanalization). (E, F) Full-thickness recanalization.
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