Feasibility of intracoronary β-irradiation to reduce restenosis after balloon angioplasty: A clinical pilot study

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1138-1144

  Verin, Vitali ^a   Urban, Philip ^a   Popowski, Youri ^a   Schwager, Michael ^b   Nouet, Philippe ^a   Dorsaz, Pierre A ^a   Chatelain, Pascal ^a   Kurtz, John M ^a   Rutishauser, Wilhelm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Schneider (Europe)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

angioplasty; coronary disease; radioisotopes

Indexed keywords

YTTRIUM 90;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTRON THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RESTENOSIS; SAFETY; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031034495     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.5.1138     Document Type: Article

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