Single-pulse 30-J holmium laser for myocardial revascularization - a study on ablation dynamics in comparison to CO 2 laser-TMR

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 969-980

  Brinkmann, Ralf ^a,b   Theisen, Dirk ^a,c   Brendel, Tobias ^a,d   Birngruber, Reginald ^a  

^a MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c Polytechnic of Lübeck   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION; HOLMIUM LASER; LASER RADIATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE; PULSE ENERGY; TRANSMYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION;

CAMERAS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; HOLMIUM; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLARIZATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; STROBOSCOPES; TISSUE;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 0033308034     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.796319     Document Type: Article

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