Safety of intracoronary γ-radiation on uninjured reference segments during the first 6 months after treatment of in-stent restenosis: A serial intravascular ultrasound study

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 2227-2230

  Ahmed, Javed M ^a   Mintz, Gary S ^a,b   Waksman, Ron ^a   Weissman, Neil J ^a   Mehran, Roxana ^a   Pichard, Augusto D ^a   Satler, Lowell F ^a   Kent, Kenneth M ^a   Leon, Martin B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Radioisotopes; Restenosis; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY STENT; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTENOSIS;

EID: 0034673941     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.19.2227     Document Type: Article

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