Extent of myocardial tissue damage during transmyocardial laser revascularization with the CO2heart laser®

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 251-259

  Krabatsch, Thomas ^a   Petzina, Rainer ^a   Baretti, Rufus ^a   Hausmann, Harald ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE;

CARDIOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYMES; GRAFTS; TISSUE; VAPORIZATION;

LASER SURGERY;

CREATINE KINASE; CREATINE KINASE MB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TISSUE INJURY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CORONARY DISEASE; CREATINE KINASE; HEART; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034763692     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10445470152611982     Document Type: Article

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