XeCl excimer laser coronary angioplasty: a convergence of favourable factors.
The results of recent studies on the application of an XeCl laser to coronary angioplasty are presented. Several points are examined: the quality of the cut in human post-mortem artery, the cutting rates and threshold fluences in different media, the risks of carcinogenesis and thrombosis, and the transmission of suitable fluences in optical fibres. Recent human in vivo procedures are reported.
Avrillier
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Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Université Paris XIII, Villetaneuse, France.
Ollivier
J P
JP
Gandjbakhch
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I
Delettre
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E
Bussiere
J L
JL
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002712:Chlorides; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D014978:Xenon
D002712:Chlorides; D014978:Xenon; C048006:xenon chloride