Comparison of ablation efficacy of excimer, pulsed-dye, and holmium-YAG lasers relevant to shock waves

Laser ablation of human atherosclerotic plaque without adjacent tissue injury

Warren S. Grundfest, Frank Litvack, James S. Forrester et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1985 · 330 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +16

Effects of carbon dioxide, Nd-YAG, and argon laser radiation on coronary atheromatous plaques

George S. Abela, Sigurd J. Normann, Donald M. Cohen et al. · The American Journal of Cardiology · 1982 · 320 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +16

The excimer laser: Gross, light microscopic and ultrastructural analysis of potential advantages for use in laser therapy of cardiovascular disease

Jeffrey M. Isner, Roberta Fortin Donaldson, Lawrence I. Deckelbaum et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1985 · 203 citations

Natural Sciences, Pathology, Surgery +17

Percutaneous transluminal laser angioplasty for treatment of peripheral vascular disease. Clinical experience with 16 patients.

Robert Ginsburg, R. Scott Mitchell, David Profitt · Radiology · 1985 · 187 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Interventional Cardiology +13

Laser angioplasty with angioscopic guidance in humans

George S. Abela, James M. Seeger, Enrico Barbieri et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 1986 · 187 citations

Medicine, Surgery, Biomedical Optics +11