Intracoronary brachytherapy in the treatment of in-stent restenosis. Initial experience in Brazil
Arq. bras. cardiol
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77(3): 270-273, Sept. 2001. ilus
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em Inglês
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RESUMO
Intracoronary brachytherapy using beta or gamma radiation is currently the most efficient type of therapy for preventing the recurrence of coronary in-stent restenosis. Its implementation depends on the interaction among interventionists, radiotherapists, and physicists to assure the safety and quality of the method. The authors report the pioneering experience in Brazil of the treatment of 2 patients with coronary in-stent restenosis, in whom beta radiation was used as part of the international multicenter randomized PREVENT study (Proliferation REduction with Vascular ENergy Trial). The procedures were performed rapidly and did not require significant modifications in the traditional techniques used for conventional angioplasty. Alteration in the radiological protection devices of the hemodynamic laboratory were also not required, showing that intracoronary brachytherapy using beta radiation can be incorporated into the interventional tools of cardiology in our environment
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Braquiterapia
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Stents
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Doença das Coronárias
Tipo de estudo:
Ensaio Clínico Controlado
Limite:
Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Assunto da revista:
Cardiologia
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein/BR
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