BERT

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BERT

Beta Energy Restenosis Trial. A trial assessing the safety and efficacy of balloon angioplasty followed by beta radiation treatment (90Sr) at 3 doses using the Novoste Beta-Cath delivery system Primary endpoint In-hospital MACE.
 
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Beta-radiation post-angioplasty is safe and feasible, results in decreased restenosis due to a major change in post-angioplasty late lumen loss index.
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BERT

Cardiology A clinical trial–Beta Energy Restenosis Trial—designed to evaluate the safety and feasibility of Novoste's Beta-Cath system at 3 radiation doses. See Beta-Cath System, Coronary artery disease.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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