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Figure legends:Figure 1: Coronary angiography shows thrombus in all three main arteries with >90% occlusion in LAD (left anterior descending artery), LCX (left circumflex artery), and near-complete occlusion of RCA (right coronary artery), and ramus. Figure 2: Repeat coronary angiography six weeks later showed complete resolution from RCA, LCX and LAD