Can transmyocardial CO2 laser channels supply nutritive blood flow into adjacent myocardium?

Takushi Kohmoto; Peter E. Fisher; Carolyn DeRosa; Craig R. Smith M.D.; Daniel Burkhoff

doi:10.1117/12.240043

17 May 1996 Can transmyocardial CO₂ laser channels supply nutritive blood flow into adjacent myocardium?

Takushi Kohmoto, Peter E. Fisher, Carolyn DeRosa, Craig R. Smith M.D., Daniel Burkhoff

Proceedings Volume 2671, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems VI; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.240043
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Clinical reports of transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMLR) suggest that this procedure is effective in relieving angina. However, experimental evidence of nutritive blood flow through the TMLR channels is not available. The purpose of this study was to test whether blood could flow through the TMLR channels created with the carbon-dioxide laser.

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Takushi Kohmoto, Peter E. Fisher, Carolyn DeRosa, Craig R. Smith M.D., and Daniel Burkhoff "Can transmyocardial CO₂ laser channels supply nutritive blood flow into adjacent myocardium?", Proc. SPIE 2671, Lasers in Surgery: Advanced Characterization, Therapeutics, and Systems VI, (17 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.240043

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