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Images in cardiology
Acute thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery treated successfully with a helical thrombectomy device
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In these figures we illustrate the successful removal of visible occlusive thrombus from the right coronary artery with a new helical thrombectomy device (X-Sizer).
A 40 year old male smoker with known but untreated hyperlipidaemia was admitted with an acute inferior myocardial infarction. Despite treatment with thrombolysis within two hours …