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Successful brachytherapy of coronary vasospasm
  1. T Chatterjee1,
  2. P D Juelke2,
  3. P Thum2,
  4. P Erne1
  1. 1Division of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Luzern, Lucerne, Switzerland
  2. 2Division of Radiotherapy, Kantonsspital Luzern
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr T Chatterjee, Division Cardiology, Kantonsspital Luzern, 6006 Lucerne 16, Switzerland;
    chatterjeetushar{at}hotmail.com

Abstract

Brachytherapy is a proposed treatment for in-stent restenosis and is the subject of several clinical trials and debates. The standard treatment of patients with variant angina is to eliminate vasoconstrictive factors and to administer vasodilating drugs. This is the first description of successful brachytherapy for coronary spasm.

  • brachytherapy
  • restenosis
  • angina
  • coronary spasm

https://doi.org/10.1136/heart.89.9.e25

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      BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
      Heart 2003; 89 1018-1018 Published Online First: 15 Aug 2003. doi: 10.1136/heart.89.9.1018