Fiber photo-catheters for laser treatment of atrial fibrillation

Optics and Lasers in Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 495-502

  Peshko, Igor ^a   Rubtsov, Vladimir ^b   Vesselov, Leonid ^c   Sigal, Gennady ^a   Laks, Hillel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Intelligent Optical Systems Inc   (United States)

^c Walsh Medical Devices Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation treatment; Fiber diffuser; Laser surgery; Photo catheter

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER SURGERY; MIRRORS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLID STATE LASERS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CLOSED-LOOP IRRIGATING CHAMBER; FIBER PHOTO-CATHETER; OPTICAL DIFFUSER; OPTICAL RADIATION; PHOTOCOAGULATION LESIONS;

CATHETERS;

EID: 33846520075     PISSN: 01438166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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