Beta Radiation in Lesions > 15 mm: A START Subgroup

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 641-643

  Heuser, Richard ^a   Laskey, Warren ^b   Lansky, Alexandra ^c   Popma, Jeffrey ^d   Bonan, Raoul ^e  

^a ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; STRONTIUM; TICLOPIDINE; YTTRIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BETA RAYS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RECURRENCE; STENTS;

EID: 0242661981     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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