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Video Supplement: Unmasking the True Culprit in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Coronary Artery Aneurysm

Elaaha Anwari, MD
Fardin Hamidi, MD
Denitsa Meteva, MD
Ulf Landmesser, MD
Youssef Abdelwahed, MD
04/13/2026

Video. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging of the culprit lesion: OCT demonstrating extensive red thrombus within the proximal aneurysmal segment and identifying a distal plaque rupture as the true culprit lesion.

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