Treatment of diffuse in-stent restenosis with rotational atherectomy followed by radiation therapy with a rhenium-188mercaptoacetyltriglycine-filled balloon
Seong-Wook Park, MD, PhD, FACC*,
Myeong-Ki Hong, MD, PhD*,
Dae Hyuk Moon, MD, PhD ,
Seung Jun Oh, PhD ,
Cheol Whan Lee, MD*,
Jae-Joong Kim, MD, PhD* and
Seung-Jung Park, MD, PhD, FACC*
* Department of Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

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Figure 1 Safety box containing a radioisotope-filled syringe shielded with polyethylene and lead.
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Figure 2 An example of radiation therapy with a 188Re-MAG3filled balloon catheter. (A) Diffuse in-stent restenosis (arrow) at the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. (B) Final angiogram after radiation therapy. (C) Six-month follow-up angiogram.
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