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