Angiographic and clinical outcomes at 8 months of cutting balloon angioplasty and β‐brachytherapy for native vessel in‐stent restenosis (BETACUT): Results from a stopped randomized controlled trial
Schlüter M, Tübler T, Lansky AJ, Kähler S, Berger J, Mathey DG, Schofer J. Angiographic and clinical outcomes at 8 months of cutting balloon angioplasty and β‐brachytherapy for native vessel in‐stent restenosis (BETACUT): Results from a stopped randomized controlled trial. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2005, 66: 320-326. PMID: 16216024, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStandard balloonClinical outcomesCB angioplastyBalloon angioplastyStent restenosisInterim analysisMajor adverse cardiac eventsNative vesselsAdverse cardiac eventsOverall patient populationImmediate angiographic outcomeTreatment of choiceQuantitative coronary angiographyΒ-brachytherapyAngiographic restenosisBeta-radiation treatmentLesion revascularizationAngiographic outcomesCardiac eventsConsecutive patientsCoronary angiographyStudy armsIntracoronary brachytherapyPatient populationTreatment modalities