Myocardium tissue ablation with high-peak-power nanosecond 1,064- and 532-nm pulsed lasers: Influence of laser-induced plasma

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 136-141

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

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; LASER; NEODYMIUM LASER; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART; LASER SURGERY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; MYOCARDIUM; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036366539     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10081     Document Type: Article

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