"Angioplasty, Laser" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A technique utilizing a laser coupled to a catheter which is used in the dilatation of occluded blood vessels. This includes laser thermal angioplasty where the laser energy heats up a metal tip, and direct laser angioplasty where the laser energy directly ablates the occlusion. One form of the latter approach uses an EXCIMER LASER which creates microscopically precise cuts without thermal injury. When laser angioplasty is performed in combination with balloon angioplasty it is called laser-assisted balloon angioplasty (ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED).
| Descriptor ID |
D016342
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.148.050.075 E02.594.060 E04.014.520.060 E04.100.814.529.124.075 E04.502.382.124.075 E05.157.016.075
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| Concept/Terms |
Angioplasty, Laser- Angioplasty, Laser
- Laser Angioplasty
- Angioplasties, Laser
- Laser Angioplasties
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angioplasty, Laser" by people in Profiles.
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Aneurysmal dilatation of the great saphenous vein stump after endovenous laser ablation. J Vasc Surg. 2008 Oct; 48(4):1037-9.
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Clinical and angiographic outcome in the laser angioplasty for restenotic stents (LARS) multicenter registry. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2001 Jan; 52(1):24-34.
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Comparison of debulking followed by stenting versus stenting alone for saphenous vein graft aortoostial lesions: immediate and one-year clinical outcomes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 May; 35(6):1560-8.
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Effect of plaque debulking and stenting on short- and long-term outcomes after revascularization of chronic total occlusions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 Jan; 35(1):151-6.