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Phosphorus-32 brachytherapy successfully treats diffuse Cypher in-stent restenosis at 7-month follow-up.
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Treatment of in-stent restenosis after implantation of a drug-eluting stent is a critical issue. We provide the first report of the use of intravascular radiation therapy for this purpose in a 73-year-old diabetic patient stented for small-vessel bifurcation; treatment of Cypher diffuse in-stent restenosis with (32)P brachytherapy proved successful at clinical and angiographic follow-up at 7 months. This finding should encourage systematic studies on the safety and efficacy of IRT in this problematic setting.
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Ortolani et al. (2005) conducted a case report in Complex Cypher in-stent restenosis (n=1). (32)P brachytherapy was evaluated on Clinical and angiographic follow-up. Treatment of Cypher diffuse in-stent restenosis with (32)P brachytherapy proved successful at clinical and angiographic follow-up at 7 months in a single patient.
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