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Interventional nuclear medicine in the prevention of restenosis following angioplasty.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12195087     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Restenosis is an unsolved clinical and economic limitation of angioplasty. Local irradiation is a new concept to overcome this problem. The magnitude of this health problem becomes apparent when one recognizes that 166132 percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures were performed in Germany in 1999. Each angioplasty has subsequent costs of 6384 DM, which can be reduced to 2161 DM by 50% restenosis reduction due to irradiation [1]. The number of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures is growing by at least 10% per year.
Authors:
Jörg Kotzerke; H Hanke; M Höher
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Congresses    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nuclear medicine communications     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0143-3636     ISO Abbreviation:  Nucl Med Commun     Publication Date:  2002 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-08-26     Completed Date:  2002-11-20     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8201017     Medline TA:  Nucl Med Commun     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  843-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Ulm, Germany. joerg.kotzerke@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angioplasty / adverse effects
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary / methods*
Animals
Brachytherapy / methods*
Coronary Restenosis / diagnosis,  etiology,  prevention & control*,  radiotherapy*
Humans
Rabbits
Radiation Dosage
Radioisotopes / diagnostic use,  therapeutic use*
Rhenium / diagnostic use,  therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Radioisotopes; 7440-15-5/Rhenium

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