Excimer laser angioplasty during aortocoronary bypass grafting.
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.
Blanche
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Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048.
Segalowitz
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Czer
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Wong
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Matloff
J M
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D016342:Angioplasty, Laser / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged