Rhenium-186 ((186)Re) and rhenium-188 ((188)Re) are promising radionuclides for the inhibition of restenosis after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty or other vascular interventions. Until now the maximal dose tolerance of endothelial cells has not been clearly known.
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3 72076, Tuebingen, Germany. alexander.sauter@klinikum.uni-tuebingen.de
