Transmyocardial laser revascularization: Is the enthusiasm justified?
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Transmyocardial laser revascularization.
Low-powered lasers were first used in the early 1980s to produce transventricular channels as an adjunct to coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Early results were encouraging, but because of the combined procedure, could not be attributed directly to use of the laser [1]. High-powered lasers were introduced into clinical practice in 1990 [2]. These lasers are powerful enough to create ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0160-9289,1932-8737
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960240412