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Figure 1 Thrombus Burden Evaluation in a Patient Presenting With an Occluded Infarct-Related Artery
(A) An occluded left anterior descending coronary artery (arrow) after the take-off of the first diagonal branch (D1) in a patient who presented with anterior myocardial infarction. (B) After crossing the occlusion with an angioplasty guidewire (arrowheads) and without further intervention, Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction flow grade 1 was restored, allowing the visualization of a large thrombus (arrows).
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