Effects Of Holmium-YSGG Laser Irradiation On Arterial Tissue: Preliminary Results

H. Thomas Aretz; John R Butterly; Edward R. Jewell; Suzanne E Setzer; Stanley M. Shapshay

doi:10.1117/12.952112

15 June 1989 Effects Of Holmium-YSGG Laser Irradiation On Arterial Tissue: Preliminary Results

H. Thomas Aretz, John R Butterly, Edward R. Jewell, Suzanne E Setzer, Stanley M. Shapshay

Proceedings Volume 1067, Optical Fibers in Medicine IV; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952112
Event: OE/LASE '89, 1989, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

The effects of pulsed holmium-YSGG laser energy (2.1 μm) on arterial tissue were studied in vitro and in vivo. Delivered through silica optical fibers, the laser ablated calcified and noncalcified tissue in air and saline in a noncontact mode. Early in vivo healing studies in normal canine carotid arteries showed minimal chronic sequelae at 3 weeks.

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H. Thomas Aretz, John R Butterly, Edward R. Jewell, Suzanne E Setzer, and Stanley M. Shapshay "Effects Of Holmium-YSGG Laser Irradiation On Arterial Tissue: Preliminary Results", Proc. SPIE 1067, Optical Fibers in Medicine IV, (15 June 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.952112

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