Excimer laser assisted angioplasty for the treatment of critical limb ischemia

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-248

  Laird Jr , John R ^a,d   Reiser, C ^b   Biamino, G ^c   Zeller, T ^d  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Spectranetics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d Hertzcentrum Bad Krozingen ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty, balloon, laser assisted; Arterial occlusive disease; Ischemia; Leg

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; EXCIMER LASER; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; LASER ANGIOPLASTY; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MORBIDITY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; REVIEW; SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 4043173482     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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