Title: Biology of restenosis and targets for intervention
Abstract: Restenosis is usually defined as a re-narrowing of the arterial lumen occurring after a vascular intervention intended to treat ischemic lesions. This loss of lumen area results from the injury caused by all forms of vascular intervention, including direct repair (patch angioplasty, endarterectomy) and intraluminal approaches (balloon angioplasty, atherectomy, stent angioplasty). While there are clear differences between arteries and veins (review in), this review will also include discussion of stenosis after vein bypass grafting or creation of arteriovenous fistula dialysis access because stenosis in these cases also results from injury.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-06-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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