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      Plaque Removal and Thrombus Dissolution with the Photoacoustic Energy of Pulsed-Wave Lasers – Biotissue Interactions and Their Clinical Manifestations

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      Cardiology
      S. Karger AG
      Laser, Thrombolysis, Coronary, Thrombus, Atherosclerosis, Plaque

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          Abstract

          Pulsed-wave lasers ablate atherosclerotic plaque and dissolve coronary thrombus by emission of photoacoustic energy initiating photomechanical, photochemical and photothermal transformation. The newly discovered process of ‘inertially confined ablation’ ascribes to pressure generation and plaque vaporization during lasing. Tremendous pressure within the lased plaque and gas bubble formation account for adverse clinical manifestations such as perforations, acute vessel closure and dissections. Pulsed-wave lasers can be applied for selected patients with lesions considered ‘nonideal’ for balloon angioplasty who present with acute ischemic syndromes. Due to strong optical absorption by thrombi in the ultraviolet (excimer), visible (dye), and mid-infrared (holmium) wavelengths, these lasers can also dissolve clots and therefore serve as an emerging option in patients with complicated acute myocardial infarction who fail to respond to thrombolytic drugs and exhibit thrombotic lesions deemed unsuitable for standard balloon angioplasty.

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          Journal
          CRD
          Cardiology
          10.1159/issn.0008-6312
          Cardiology
          S. Karger AG
          0008-6312
          1421-9751
          1996
          1996
          19 November 2008
          : 87
          : 5
          : 384-391
          Affiliations
          Interventional Cardiovascular Laboratories, Division of Cardiology, McGuire VA Medical Center, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Va., USA
          Article
          177125 Cardiology 1996;87:384–391
          10.1159/000177125
          8894258
          eb1fb416-4a08-4ca5-8b82-6f992e3eda4f
          © 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 28 August 1995
          : 03 November 1995
          Page count
          Pages: 8
          Categories
          General Cardiology, Review

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Laser,Plaque,Atherosclerosis,Thrombus,Thrombolysis,Coronary

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