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Figure 2 Examples from the Taxus group. (A) Occlusion location indicated by arrowhead; (B) after stent implantation (stents indicated by arrows); (C) follow-up. Patient 1 (age 59 years, male) right coronary artery (RCA) occlusion (duration nine months), three stents (total length 72 mm). Patient 2 (age 51 years, male) left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) occlusion (seven months), one 28-mm stent. Moderate positive remodeling at follow-up (C, arrowhead). Patient 3 (age 74 years, female, diabetes) ostial LAD occlusion (eight months), two stents (total length 44 mm). Patient 4 (age 54 years, male, diabetes) RCA occlusion, one 28-mm stent. (C) Irregular moderate positive remodeling at follow-up (arrow) and focal restenosis proximal (arrowhead). After additional Taxus stent, no recurrence four months later, no progression of the negative remodeling (D, arrow).
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