Trivia: Case 1

The following films are of the same patient at different times. Film 1 is an angiogram of the patient under normal, resting conditions. The following two films show angiograms taken after some form of intervention.

Take a guess on what is occurring in each film, then check your answers!

Film 1: Normal Conditions

Film 2

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RCA dynamic compression by chest tube and edema at SVS-RLA anastomosis site. S/P complex AVR where sewing ring partially occluded both coronary arteries.

Film 3

Resolution of the edema and the compression