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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    Title :

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


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Optical Fibers in Medicine III ; 1988 ; Los Angeles,CA,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1988-06-21





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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