Tissue ablation and gas formation of two excimer laser systems: An in vitro evaluation on porcine aorta

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-205

  Appelman, Yolande E A ^a   Piek, Jan J ^a   Verhoofstad, Geert G A M ^a   Gijsbers, Geert H M ^a   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

excimer laser; gas production; in vitro; tissue ablation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; EXCIMER LASER; GAS ANALYSIS; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SWINE; VOLUMETRY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; GASES; LASER SURGERY; SWINE;

EID: 0030030235     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:2<197::AID-LSM11>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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