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Figure 3 Stenting and follow-up angiograms of Case 1: (A) angiogram showing significant stenosis of the ramus intermedius (arrow) and minimal irregularities of the reference left anterior descending artery segment (arrowhead); (B) post-stent angiogram showing good angiographic result after deployment of a bare-metal stent (arrow); (C) repeat angiogram, 6 months after stenting, showing focal in-stent restenosis of the ramus (arrow) with significant disease progression in the non-intervened mid- and distal portions of the left anterior descending artery (arrowhead).
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