A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial on Restenosis Prevention by the Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Imatinib
Dietlind Zohlnhöfer, MD*,*,
Jörg Hausleiter, MD*,
Adnan Kastrati, MD*,
Julinda Mehilli, MD*,
Christoph Goos*,
Helmut Schühlen, MD*,
Jürgen Pache, MD*,
Gisela Pogatsa-Murray, MD*,
Uwe Heemann, MD
,
Josef Dirschinger, MD
and
Albert Schömig, MD*
* Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Munich, Germany; Klinik an der Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
2.Medizinische Klinik des Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany
1.Medizinische Klinik des Klinikums rechts der Isar, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany

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Figure 1 Bar graph demonstrating angiographic restenosis rates at six months and clinical restenosis rates at one year (need for target lesion revascularization [TLR], repeat coronary intervention, or bypass surgery). White bars = placebo; black bars = imatinib.
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Figure 2 Percent diameter stenosis in treatment groups.
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Copyright © 2005 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.