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Coronary Angiography | |
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General Principles | |
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Anatomy & Projection Angles | |
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Normal Anatomy | |
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Anatomic Variants | |
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Projection Angles | |
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Epicardial Flow & Myocardial Perfusion | |
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Epicardial Flow | |
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Myocardial Perfusion | |
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Lesion Complexity | |
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ACC/AHA Lesion-Specific Classification of the Primary Target Stenosis | |
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Lesion Morphology | |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]
In TIMI Grade 6 thrombus, a chronic total occlusion is present.[1]
The characteristics of a chronic total occlusion are:
Shown below are an animated image an a static image depicting TIMI grade 6 thrombus in the left circumflex. Encircled in yellow in the image on the right is the thrombus, where you can notice an abrupt blunt cut-off appearance. Outlined in yellow in the same image on the right is the path of the dye in a collateral artery arising from the LAD.
Shown below are two animated images of the same case depicting TIMI grade 6 thrombus in the left circumflex. The image on the left shows the same thrombus before PCI and the image on the left shows the patent left circumflex after PCI.
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