Fiber Optic Delivery System For The Excimer Laser Recanalization Of Human Coronary Arteries In Open Heart Surgery

R. S. Taylor; K. E. Leopold; R. K. Brimacombe; W. J. Keon; L. A. J. Higginson

doi:10.1117/12.945283

21 June 1988 Fiber Optic Delivery System For The Excimer Laser Recanalization Of Human Coronary Arteries In Open Heart Surgery

R. S. Taylor, K. E. Leopold, R. K. Brimacombe, W. J. Keon, L. A. J. Higginson

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Proceedings Volume 0906, Optical Fibers in Medicine III; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945283
Event: 1988 Los Angeles Symposium: O-E/LASE '88, 1988, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The first use of excimer laser radiation delivered through a fiber optic cable to recanalize totally occluded right coronary arteries on human patients is described.

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R. S. Taylor, K. E. Leopold, R. K. Brimacombe, W. J. Keon, and L. A. J. Higginson "Fiber Optic Delivery System For The Excimer Laser Recanalization Of Human Coronary Arteries In Open Heart Surgery", Proc. SPIE 0906, Optical Fibers in Medicine III, (21 June 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945283

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