RE: Gamma Radiation Treatment of Coronary Arteries

["Karam, Andrew" <Andrew_Karam@URMC.Rochester.edu>]

I am familiar with doing this procedure using P-32 or Sr-90, which gives
similarly high dose to the artery but minimal dose beyond that.  The sources
we use are about 30 mCi of Sr-90 with a dose of about 10-15 Gy to the blood
vessel centerline.

Andy

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