Chronic total occlusion due to diffuse in-stent restenosis: Is brachytherapy the solution?

International Journal of Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-38

  Nikolsky, E ^a   Gruberg, Luis ^a,b   Rosenblatt, E ^a   Grenadier, E ^a   Boulos, M ^a   Bernstein, Z ^a   Huber, A ^a   Gitman, R ^a   Bar Deroma, R ^a   Markiewicz, W ^a   Beyar, R ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Radiation; Restenosis; Stents

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA RADIATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRACORONARY BRACHYTHERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESTENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12144289623     PISSN: 14628848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14628840310004892     Document Type: Article

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