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Clinical evaluation of radioactive stents
- Publication date
- 19 September 2001
- Publisher
- Restenosis, the major problem after stent implantation, is caused by in-stent neointimal
hyperplasia. A number of metbods and techniques have been studied during the last
ten years to address tbis issue, but in-stent restenosis has remained at a rate of 15-25%
in most of tbe clinical trials. Several experimental and clinical trials showed that
brachytherapy, following a balloon angioplasty or stent implantation, reduced restenosis
by inhibiting neointimal hyper