Transmyocardial laser revascularization. Postmortal myocardial histomorphology of laser channels in 10 patients 1 to 18 days after treatment with a CO2-laser;Transmyokardiale Laserrevaskularisation. Histopathologische Befunde an Laserkanalen bei 10 postoperativ verstorbenen Patienten 1 bis 18 Tage nach Behandlung mit einem CO2-Laser

Pathologe

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 374-384

  Schweitzer, W ^a,d   Schneider, J ^b   Maass, D ^c   Hardmeier, Th ^b  

^a Institut für Pathologie des Kantonsspitals   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Herzzentrum Bodensee ^*  (Switzerland)

^d KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

autopsy; histology; laser surgery; myocardial revascularization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; REVASCULARIZATION;

ANGINA PECTORIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030813463     PISSN: 01728113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002920050229     Document Type: Article

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