Endovascular brachytherapy prevents restenosis after femoropopliteal angioplasty: Results of the Vienna-3 randomised multicenter study

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-9

  Pokrajac, Boris ^a   Pötter, Richard ^a   Wolfram, Roswitha M ^a   Budinsky, Alexandra C ^a   Kirisits, Christian ^a   Lileg, Brigitte ^a   Mendel, Helmuth ^b   Sabeti, Schila ^a   Schmid, Rainer ^a   Minar, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Brachytherapy; Peripheral vascular disease; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; IRIDIUM 192; PLACEBO; THROMBIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBOLISM; ENDOVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FEMOROPOPLITEAL ANGIOPLASTY; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 20144362078     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2004.08.015     Document Type: Article

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