CO Laser Angioplasty: System Operation

Co-operative Transport System and investigation of the co-operation

This paper deals with Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) and the concept of a Co-operative Transport System (CTS), in which the communication and the knowledge sharing is much more important. This distributed knowledge allows improving road transport operations more safety and efficiency. After showing some issues about development and advantages of a CTS, the communication part is discussed a...

Conventional angioplasty versus percutaneous transluminal laser angioplasty.

Editorial Laser Angioplasty

v in different stages of experimental and clinical investigation (Table 1). For those who do not follow the field closely, it must be quite confusing to understand where this "Star Wars" approach to cardiology stands. For those in the laser field, perhaps it is time to define precisely what we wish to accomplish with lasers and to be specific in our terminology. Originally, the phrase "laser an...

In search of the optimized excimer laser angioplasty system.

E xcimer laser coronary angioplasty has emerged as a useful therapy for selected patients with complex coronary artery disease. More than 5,000 patients worldwide have undergone excimer laser procedures with systems from three manufacturers.1,2 The laser operating characteristics and delivery catheter design vary significantly, and clinical study protocols were not equivalent. Data obtained on ...

Percutaneous coronary laser thermal angioplasty.

Percutaneous coronary laser thermal angioplasty was successfully performed before conventional balloon angioplasty in a 55 year old white man with a 90% left anterior descending artery stenotic lesion and angina at rest (Canadian Heart Association class IV). The lesion was reduced to 50% residual stenosis using a 1.7 mm laser-heated metallic capped fiber and two pulses of 8 W of argon laser ene...