Abstract
In Fig. 1 an artist’s view of laser angioplasty is shown. The goal is to transport energy from short pulsed lasers through fibers via a catheter system, probably a balloon-dilatation catheter, to photoablate plaques in coronary and peripheral arteries.
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Müller, G., Berlien, HP., Biamino, B., Dörschel, K., Kar, H. (1988). Photoablation Threshold of Human Aorta as a Function of Wavelength. In: Waidelich, W., Waidelich, R. (eds) LASER Optoelectronics in Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72870-9_10
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