Prophylactic endovascular radiotherapy t
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Dieter Liermann; Heinz D. Bottcher; Jürgen Kollath; Bernd Schopohl; Gerd Strassm
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Article
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1994
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Springer
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English
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Purpose: Recurrent stenosis or occlusion by intimal hyperplasia occurs in up to 40% of patients with tantalum stent implantations in femoropopliteal arteries and greatly restricts their usefulness. We evaluated the effect of prophylactic endovascular radiotherapy on stenosed/occluded stents. Methods