Clinical Results of Intracoronary Brachytherapy (ICBT) for Multiple In-Stent Restenosis

DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.1980

Stadler, Peter ; Schäfer, Christof ; Chaber, Silvia ; Putnik, Kurt ; Treutwein, Marius

; Koelbl, Oliver ; Muders, Frank

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Background and Purpose: Treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR) with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) alone is often followed by early re-restenosis. The present study focused on the effect of intracoronary brachytherapy (ICBT) on multiple in-stent restenosis (MISR) after repeated PCI. Patients and Methods: 40 patients (27 mate, 13 female, age: 66 9 years) with MISR (two to six ISRs, ...