Usefulness of the angiographic pattern of in-stent restenosis in predicting the success of gamma vascular brachytherapy

Costantino O. Costantini, Alexandra J. Lansky, Gary S. Mintz, Kazuyuki Shirai, George Dangas, Roxana Mehran, Gregg W. Stone, Martin B. Leon

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Abstract

The prognostic role of the angiographic pattern of in-stent restenosis after gamma vascular brachytherapy was assessed from a pooled data set of 4 clinical trials comprising 295 irradiated patients with matched baseline and follow-up angiograms. The binary angiographic restenosis rate increased with worsening in-stent restenosis patterns; however, target lesion revascularization and major adverse cardiac event rates increased for focal, diffuse, and proliferative patterns of in-stent restenosis but not for total occlusions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1214-1217
Number of pages4
JournalAmerican Journal of Cardiology
Volume92
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Nov 2003
Externally publishedYes

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