DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2302021690
Endovascular Brachytherapy: Effect on Acute Inflammatory Response after Percutaneous Femoropopliteal Arterial Interventions1
Martin Schillinger, MD,
Wolfgang Mlekusch, MD,
Roswitha M. Wolfram, MD,
Alexandra C. Budinsky, MD,
Markus Exner, MD,
Helmut Rumpold, MD,
Oswald Wagner, MD,
Boris Pokrajac, MD,
Richard Pötter, MD and
Erich Minar, MD
1 From the Departments of Angiology (M.S., W.M., R.M.W., A.C.B., H.R., O.W., E.M.), Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics (M.E.), and Radiotherapy and Radiobiology (B.P., R.P.), University of Vienna, Medical School, Waehringer Guertel 1820, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Received December 13, 2002; revision requested February 27, 2003; final revision received May 8; accepted July 2. Address correspondence to M.S. (e-mail: martin.schillinger@akh-wien.ac.at).

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Inflammatory response after PTA or stent implantation, as measured with the change of CRP, SAA, and fibrinogen levels from baseline to 8, 24, and 48 hours after the intervention. Box plots indicate median, IQR (from the 25th to the 75th percentile), and total range.
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