Inaccuracy in manual multisegmental irradiation in coronary arteries.

Purpose: Retrospective evaluation of the accuracy of manual multisegmental irradiation with a source train for irradiation of long (re)stenotic lesions in coronary arteries, following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).

Material And Methods: Thirty-six patients were treated with intracoronary irradiation following PTCA with manual multisegmental irradiation. These patients were included in the multicenter, multinational 'European Surveillance Registry with the Novoste Beta-Cath system' (RENO).