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Genetic risk for restenosis after coronary balloon angioplasty.
Atherosclerosis - 1 May 2004
Horibe Hideki, Yamada Yoshiji, Ichihara Sahoko, Watarai Masato, Yanase Masanobu, Takemoto Kenji, Shimizu Seiji, Izawa Hideo, Takatsu Fumimaro, Yokota Mitsuhiro
Abstract excerpt
Plain old balloon angioplasty (POBA) is a useful therapeutic strategy especially for angioplasty of small coronary arteries. An association study was performed to identify genes that confer susceptibility to restenosis after POBA. The study population comprised 730 individuals (424 men, 306 women) who underwent successful POBA in at least one major coronary artery and were examined angiographically 6 months after...
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