Intracoronary radiation for prevention of restenosis: Dose perturbations caused by stents

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 2024-2029

  Amols, H I ^a   Trichter, F ^b   Weinberger, J ^a  

^a Teachers College   (United States)

^b Departments of Pharmacology   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Beta rays; Brachytherapy; Restenosis; Stents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DEVICE; GAMMA RADIATION; IRRADIATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; RESTENOSIS; STENT;

EID: 0032506255     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.19.2024     Document Type: Article

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