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Radiation may help keep arteries unclogged
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Radiation may help keep arteries unclogged
By LINDA A. JOHNSON
Associated Press
Monday, January 29, 2001
Zapping arteries with radiation after clearing out blockages
dramatically cuts the chances they will clog up again, researchers
say.
Two new studies suggest that the technology can help eliminate the
most discouraging complication of angioplasty -- the tendency of
newly reopened heart arteries to squeeze shut again within a few
weeks.
Both technolog...
