A novel balloon angioplasty catheter impregnated with beta-particle emitting radioisotopes for vascular brachytherapy to prevent restenosis: First in vivo results

European Heart Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 2056-2062

  Hehrlein, C ^a,c   Kovacs, A ^a   Wolf, G K ^a   Yue, N ^b   Nath, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Constrictive remodelling; Neointimal hyperplasia; Radioisotopes; Radiotherapy; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS 32; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ILIAC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RESTENOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BETA RAYS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HYPERPLASIA; ILIAC ARTERY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; RABBITS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0034544599     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/euhj.2000.2467     Document Type: Article

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