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Multi-hospital Eastern Atlantic Restenosis trial: Design,recruitment, and feasibility |
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| Authors: | James A. Hill Robert G. Macdonald Ralph Jugo John W. Hirshfeld Sheldon Goldberg Michael P. Savage George Vetrovec Michael Cowley Theodore A. Bass James R. Margolis Hall B. Whitworth Andrew S. Taussig Alfred A. Bove Carl J. Pepine |
| Abstract: | A randomized control trial was set up to examine factors that influence restenosis and determine the effects of corticosteroids on restenosis following successful PTCA. The rationale for the study agent chosen, design, recruitment, and feasibility, as well as initial patient demographic data and initial results are presented. |
| Keywords: | angioplasty PTCA corticosteroids |