Case Report

A Rare and Serious Unforeseen Complication of Cutting Balloon Angioplasty

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(a) RAO (right anterior oblique) caudal view of the left coronary artery system showing a significant lesion (arrow head) in the ramus intermedius branch at the bend in the proximal to mid portion. (b) Cutting balloon angioplasty (CBA) and post CBA angiogram (c) with dissection (arrow head). (d) Postintervention angiogram showed TIMI III flow without any dissection (TIMI: thrombolysis in myocardial infarction).
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