The interaction between excimer laser energy and vascular tissue

Microvasculature Can Be Selectively Damaged Using Dye Lasers: A Basic Theory and Experimental Evidence in Human Skin

R. Rox Anderson, John A. Parrish · Lasers in Surgery and Medicine · 1981 · 581 citations

Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Dermatology +17

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

Laser-dissolution of coronary atherosclerotic obstruction

Garrett Lee, Richard M. Ikeda, Joseph A. Kozina et al. · American Heart Journal · 1981 · 175 citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +12

Pulsed ultraviolet lasers and the potential for safe laser angioplasty

Warren S. Grundfest, I. Frank Litvack, Tsvl Goldenberg et al. · The American Journal of Surgery · 1985 · 152 citations

Natural Sciences, Surgery, Biomedical Optics +11