TRANSCATHETER ENDOMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION - A FEASIBILITY TEST

Authors
WEBER HP HEINZE A RICHTER U RUPRECHT L ZHUANG S UNSOLD E
Citation
Hp. Weber et al., TRANSCATHETER ENDOMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION - A FEASIBILITY TEST, The thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, 46(2), 1998, pp. 74-76
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Surgery
Journal title
The thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon → ACNP
ISSN journal
01716425
Volume
46
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
74 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0171-6425(1998)46:2<74:TELR-A>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
By means of a special catheter system, a total of 76 endomyocardial la ser channels were percutaneously produced in a controllable manner at selected sites in 6 beating canine hearts. Acute patency of channels ( length =4-11 mm, diameter = 0.5-1.2 mm) was documented angioscopically and histologically. This minimally invasive method might be useful fo r revascularising certain patients with ischemic heart disease without resorting to open-chest surgery.