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RE: Alternative to radiation in preventing restenosis
Chris,
Actually, the risk is in the operation itself. That is why there is a
"push" to reduce the occurrence of restenosis in cardiac patients following
angioplasty. Currently, the use of radiation to do afterloading into the
vessel or to install a permanently implant (stent) is expensive, in both
cost and the radiation safety aspects of the procedure. The use of
pharmaceutical treated stents will results in savings of medical costs.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com (H)
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Davey [mailto:chris.davey@cancerboard.ab.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 2:22 PM
To: RadSafe
Subject: Re: Alternative to radiation in preventing restenosis
I find it interesting that the assumption is that the risks of the radiation
exceed that of the chemical alternative.
. . .
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