Nanosecond, high-intensity pulsed laser ablation of myocardium tissue at the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelengths: In-vitro study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 464-473

  Sato, Shunichi ^a   Ogura, Makoto ^b   Ishihara, Miya ^a   Kawauchi, Satoko ^a   Arai, Tsunenori ^a   Matsui, Takemi ^a   Kurita, Akira ^b   Obara, Minoru ^a   Kikuchi, Makoto ^b   Ashida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser induced plasma; Photodisruption; Porcine myocardium; Q switched Nd:YAG laser; Thermal denaturation; Transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED RADIATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, LASER; ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RAYS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0035666718     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10002     Document Type: Article

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