Intravascular delivery of laser energy with metal-capped optical fibers: The potential hazard of distal embolism

Laser recanalization of occluded atherosclerotic arteries in vivo and in vitro.

George S. Abela, Sigurd J. Normann, Donald M. Cohen et al. · Circulation · 1985 · 164 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +15

Experimental angioplasty: Circumferential distribution of laser thermal energy with a laser probe

Timothy A. Sanborn, David P. Faxon, Christian C. Haudenschild et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1985 · 152 citations

Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Surgery +17

Acute and chronic complications of laser angioplasty: Vascular wall damage and formation of aneurysms in the atherosclerotic rabbit

Garrett Lee, Richard M. Ikeda, Jerold H. Theis et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 1984 · 115 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +14

Percutaneous coronary laser thermal angioplasty

Timothy A. Sanborn, David P. Faxon, Mirle A. Kellett et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1986 · 113 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +11

“Hot tip”: Another method of laser vascular recanalization

George S. Abela, Albert Fenech, Filippo Crea et al. · Lasers in Surgery and Medicine · 1985 · 66 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +12