Does laser type impact myocardial function following transmyocardial laser revascularization?

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 906-911

  Estvold, Soren K ^a   Mordini, Frederico ^a   Zhou, Yifu ^a   Yu, Zu X ^a   Sachdev, Vandana ^a   Arai, Andrew ^a   Horvath, Keith A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ho:YAG laser; laser tissue interaction; myocardial function

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DOBUTAMINE; HOLMIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HOLMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INTERACTION;

EID: 78751654097     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.21012     Document Type: Article

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