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Images in cardiology
“Accordion effect” in reverse
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“Accordion Effect” or “wire effect” describes the angiographic appearance of a tortuous coronary artery straightened by a coronary guide wire, and is a widely reported “pseudo-complication” of percutaneous coronary intervention. The differential diagnosis of this angiographic appearance includes vessel dissection, vessel spasm or intracoronary thrombus. Given the possible serious alternative diagnoses the recognition of …
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Competing interests: None.
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Patient consent: Informed consent was obtained for publication of the case details described in this report and for figs 1 and 2.
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