Title :
Current status and future prospects for excimer laser angioplasty
Author_Institution :
Cedar Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. More than 6,000 patients have been successfully treated using excimer laser angioplasty techniques. Current limitations and possibilities for future instrument and system designs are discussed
Keywords :
excimer lasers; laser applications in medicine; radiation therapy; surgery; current status; excimer laser angioplasty; future prospects; instrument design; system designs; Angioplasty; Instruments; Medical treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379011