2003
Beta radiation in lesions > 15 mm: a START subgroup.
Heuser R, Laskey W, Lansky A, Popma J, Bonan R. Beta radiation in lesions > 15 mm: a START subgroup. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2003, 15: 641-3. PMID: 14608136.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlacebo groupLong lesionsStent restenosisSTART trialMajor adverse cardiac eventsAngiographic lesion characteristicsIntracoronary beta radiationAdverse cardiac eventsBinary restenosis rateIncidence of recurrentMean lesion lengthSignificant reductionLesion revascularizationRecurrent restenosisVessel revascularizationAngiographic parametersCardiac eventsClinical restenosisPatient demographicsRestenosis rateCoronary lesionsStent thrombosisLesion characteristicsRadiation groupRadiation therapy
2002
Clinical and angiographic outcomes after use of 90Strontium/90Yttrium beta radiation for the treatment of in-stent restenosis: results from the Stents and Radiation Therapy 40 (START 40) registry
Suntharalingam M, Laskey W, Lansky AJ, Waksman R, White L, Teirstien P, Massullo V, Rutherford B, Elman A, Kuntz RE, Popma JJ, Bonan R, Investigators T. Clinical and angiographic outcomes after use of 90Strontium/90Yttrium beta radiation for the treatment of in-stent restenosis: results from the Stents and Radiation Therapy 40 (START 40) registry. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2002, 52: 1075-1082. PMID: 11958904, DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(01)02712-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimum luminal diameterPlacebo groupStent restenosisAngiographic analysisInjury lengthBinary restenosisRevascularization ratesPlacebo armSTART trialSource trainTarget vessel revascularization rateMajor adverse cardiac eventsTarget lesion revascularization rateAdverse cardiac eventsLesion revascularization rateRepeat balloon angioplastyVessel revascularization rateTarget vessel revascularizationNative coronary arteriesManagement of patientsRate of restenosisQuantitative angiographic analysisResults of patientsLate aneurysm formationPercent diameter stenosis