Vascular brachytherapy for treatment of cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
A high restenosis rate often follows treatment of coronary stenoses in cardiac allograft vasculopathy. We report successful coronary brachytherapy of a second in-stent restenosis in a patient after heart transplantation.
Klauss
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Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Klinikum InnenstadtUniversity of Munich, Munich, Germany. klauss@medinn.med.uni-muenchen.de
Stempfle
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Theisen
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Kantlehner
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Poellinger
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Reichart
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Schiele
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D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects