Late incomplete apposition with excessive remodeling of the stented coronary artery following intravascular brachytherapy.
Intravascular brachytherapy may cause "exaggerated" vessel remodeling with late incomplete apposition in segments that have little disease, which are exposed to higher radiation doses. The long-term clinical impact of this finding is unclear.
Okura
Hiroyuki
H
Center for Research in Cardiovascular Interventions, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Lee
David P
DP
Lo
Sydney
S
Yeung
Alan C
AC
Honda
Yasuhiro
Y
Waksman
Ron
R
Kaluza
Grzegorz L
GL
Ali
Nadir M
NM
Bonneau
Heidi N
HN
Yock
Paul G
PG
Raizner
Albert E
AE
Mintz
Gary S
GS
Fitzgerald
Peter J
PJ
D000368:Aged; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000209:etiology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012307:Risk Factors; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*
D010761:Phosphorus Radioisotopes