title: Excimer laser angioplasty during aortocoronary bypass grafting.
abstract: Laser coronary angioplasty using the 308-nm Excimer laser was successfully performed intraoperatively during coronary artery bypass grafting. It achieved a reduction of the left anterior descending artery stenosis from 99% to 25% as seen on angioscopy, without evidence of vascular perforation or intimal disruption. The Excimer laser offers the opportunity for intraoperative endovascular remodeling and recanalization and has a potential role as an adjunct to existing standard coronary artery bypass grafting protocol.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Blanche
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Segalowitz
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Czer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Matloff
mesh_terms: D016342:Angioplasty, Laser / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged