Localized intracoronary gamma-radiation therapy to inhibit the recurrence of restenosis after stenting

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 344, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 250-256

  Leon, Martin B ^a,i   Teirstein, Paul S ^b   Moses, Jeffrey W ^a   Tripuraneni, Prabhakar ^b   Lansky, Alexandra J ^a   Jani, Shirish ^b   Wong, S Chiu ^c   Fish, David ^d   Ellis, Stephen ^e   Holmes, David R ^f   Kerieakes, Dean ^g   Kuntz, Richard E ^h  

^a LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g CHRIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; IRIDIUM 192; PLACEBO; TICLOPIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RESTENOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; STENTS;

EID: 0035945667     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200101253440402     Document Type: Article

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