Nd Yag laser angioplasty: A safe procedure in peripheral vascular surgery

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-135

  Nazzal, Munier ^a   Kaidi, Asthton ^b   Thanh, Phan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b Doctors Hospital of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty, ballon, laser assisted; Laser, surgery; Peripheral vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAIN; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SMOKING; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; ULCER; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0031798888     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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