Sustained attenuation of neointimal coverage over the stent following brachytherapy for in-stent restenosis - Angioscopic findings

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 846-850

  Awata, Masaki ^a   Kotani, Jun Ichi ^a   Nanto, Shinsuke ^a   Uematsu, Masaaki ^a   Morozumi, Takakazu ^a   Hori, Masatsugu ^b   Nagata, Seiki ^a  

^a KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary angioscopy; In stent restenosis; Neointima; Vascular brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTIMA; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTENOSIS; STENT; THROMBUS;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANGIOSCOPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 33745528556     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.846     Document Type: Article

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