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Figure 3 A case in which culprit vessel of acute coronary syndrome event had been observed by angioscopy at baseline. The patient was a 48-year-old man. (A) Initial clinical presentation when angioscopy was performed was inferior acute myocardial infarction. The culprit lesion was in the distal right coronary artery. (B) The second event was also inferior acute myocardial infarction, 51 months later. The culprit lesion was in the proximal right coronary artery where yellow plaque had been detected. PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.
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