title: [Laser therapy application in invasive cardiology. Current state and future trends].
abstract: Coronary invasive treatment methods with laser utilization are presented. Described are techniques which already have a practical application and those of which usefulness is still controlled in clinical conditions. The laser illumination is grouped into 3 categories of applied power: low, medium and high. Hot balloon angioplasty, laser thermal angioplasty, excimer and holmium laser utilization, transmyocardial laser revascularization are described as high power techniques. The medium power laser utilization in photodynamic therapy is presented as well. The article shows new perspectives of low power laser application in photodynamic diagnosis and photostimulation of coronary arteries or cardiac muscle.
authors.affiliation: Pracownia Hemodynamiki, Klinika Chirurgi Serca AM, 50-369 Wrocław ul. M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 66. aderkacz@chirs.am.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Arkadiusz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Derkacz
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods