Intravascular ultrasound volumetric assessment of intimal hyperplasia in stents treated with intracoronary radiation.
Iridium-192 (gamma)-radiation is effective in preventing recurrent in-stent restenosis by reducing neointimal hyperplasia as illustrated by intravascular ultrasound study and plaque area-length plot. This analytic technique will further our understanding of vessel behavior to radiant energy source both inside and outside the stented coronary artery segments.
Limpijankit
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Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, California 94305-5218, USA.
Waksman
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Yock
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Fitzgerald
P J
PJ
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D015607:Stents; D017539:Tunica Intima / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014463:Ultrasonography