Laser Angioplasty

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124 relevant articles (4 outcomes, 11 trials/studies) found for this Therapy

Description: A technique utilizing a laser coupled to a catheter which is used in the dilatation of occluded blood vessels. This includes laser thermal angioplasty where the laser energy heats up a metal tip, and direct laser angioplasty where the laser energy directly ablates the occlusion. One form of the latter approach uses an EXCIMER LASER which creates microscopically precise cuts without thermal injury. When laser angioplasty is performed in combination with balloon angioplasty it is called laser-assisted balloon angioplasty (ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, LASER-ASSISTED).

Also Known As:

Angioplasty, Laser; Angioplasties, Laser; Laser Angioplasties

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Therapeutics: 5195

Laser Therapy: 3009

Laser Angioplasty: 124

Laser-Assisted Balloon Angioplasty: 39

Catheterization

Angioplasty: 9443

Laser Angioplasty: 124

Laser-Assisted Balloon Angioplasty: 39

Operative Surgical Procedures: 4

Laser Therapy: 3009

Laser Angioplasty: 124

Laser-Assisted Balloon Angioplasty: 39

Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures: 18

Vascular Surgical Procedures: 56

Angioplasty: 9443

Laser Angioplasty: 124

Laser-Assisted Balloon Angioplasty: 39

Experts

1.	Hernandez-Vila, Eduardo: 1 article (03/2005)
2.	Kohsaka, Shun: 1 article (03/2005)
3.	Ferguson, James J: 1 article (03/2005)

Related Diseases

1.	Pathologic Constriction (Stenosis) 11/01/1992 - "Procedural success was documented by a significant reduction in mean percent diameter stenosis from 89 +/- 4% (S.D.) to 53 +/- 4% after laser angioplasty (p < 0.0001) and subsequently to 20 +/- 4% after autoperfusion balloon angioplasty (p < 0.0001)" 12/01/1991 - "Stand-alone laser angioplasty relieved residual stenosis of less than 30% in six (26%) of 23 femoropopliteal arteries, making balloon dilatation dispensable" 09/01/1993 - "Operative transluminal laser angioplasty as the sole treatment for late stenoses of femorodistal artery bypass graft: experimental and clinical studies." 01/01/1990 - "Clinical trials of laser angioplasty (laser-assisted balloon angioplasty) have shown acceptable results in the treatment of stenosis or short occlusions in the iliac and superficial femoral arteries, but results in patients with long occlusions or disease below the knee remain well below the results achieved by standard surgical therapy" 03/01/2005 - "Direct stenting and placement of a distal protection device after laser angioplasty in a saphenous vein graft with severe stenosis." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
2.	Thrombosis (Thrombus) 06/23/2008 - "CONCLUSION: Laser angioplasty is feasible, safe and effective for the challenging treatment of patients with AMI and thrombus-laden lesions" 05/01/1992 - "This study suggests that (1) continuous-wave laser angioplasty using modified optical fibers can recanalize thrombotic vascular occlusion, (2) laser angioplasty by hot-tip probe could evacuate fresh thrombus more than microlens fiber on angioscopy, and (3) angiographic % AST did not correlate with angioscopic % AST." 05/01/1992 - "Angioscopy provided cross-sectional topographic views of thrombosed lumen and showed charring and shrinkage of thrombus following laser angioplasty" 08/01/1990 - "Thus, excimer laser angioplasty was found to result in fewer complications and, as a consequence, less thrombosis and platelet accumulation than did thermal laser angioplasty." 01/01/1990 - "Detection of arterial thrombosis after laser angioplasty by platelet scintigraphy." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
3.	Spasm (Spasms) 11/01/1989 - "The present study was designed to investigate the role of energy profile on the development of arterial spasm during laser angioplasty" 11/01/1989 - "In contrast, spasm was never observed in any of the 16 arteries in which laser angioplasty was performed using a pulsed laser (0.95 to 6.37 joules/cm2, 10 to 50 Hz, 48 to 370 seconds)" 11/01/1989 - "Preliminary clinical experience with laser angioplasty has suggested that arterial spasm may complicate attempts to employ laser light to accomplish vascular recanalization" 01/01/1996 - "BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Although laser angioplasty has been demonstrated to be effective for the treatment of long, complex coronary arterial atherosclerotic stenoses, there is an associated risk of acute arterial spasm, dissection, and perforation as well as a significant restenosis rate" 12/01/1992 - "Failure of laser angioplasty occurred in five patients of series 1 and 2, and nine patients of series 3. Frequently observed complications included coronary spasm in 18 to 32%, dissections in 16% to 33%, and vessel closure in 18 to 27%" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
4.	Ischemia 06/01/2004 - "Data from the recently completed Laser Angioplasty for Critical Limb Ischemia Phase 2 Trial (LACI) suggest that this is a viable treatment strategy for patients with CLI who are otherwise not good candidates for bypass surgery." 03/01/1996 - "Initial treatment was begun using therapy by percutaneous balloon and laser angioplasty, then proceeding to bypass surgery if severe ischemia persisted" 01/01/2001 - "STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty patients with acute myocardial infarction complicated by continuous chest pain and/or ischemia who had a total of 54 obstructive lesions were treated with percutaneous excimer coronary laser angioplasty (ELCA)" 01/01/2008 - "Both groups underwent laser angioplasty and stenting for relief of continuous chest pain and ischemia within 24 h of infarction onset" 01/01/1988 - "Clinical trials for Argon Laser angioplasty of patients with severe ischemia of the lower extremities are presented" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
5.	Myocardial Infarction 12/01/2004 - "In conclusion, laser angioplasty is an effective and reliable treatment for acute myocardial infarction." 10/01/1996 - "There were no significant differences between the laser angioplasty group and the balloon angioplasty group in the incidence of myocardial infarctions (1 patient vs 3, respectively, p = 0.36), coronary bypass surgery (4 patients vs 2, respectively, p = 0.34), repeat angioplasty (10 patients vs 8, respectively, p = 0.46) or primary clinical end point (15 patients vs 12, respectively, p = 0.34)" 01/13/1996 - "Myocardial infarction, coronary bypass surgery, and repeat angioplasty occurred in 4.6%, 10.6%, and 21.2%, respectively, of the patients in the laser angioplasty group compared with 5.7%, 10.8%, and 18.5% of the balloon angioplasty group" 01/01/1993 - "To date, application of laser angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction (MI) has not been reported" 08/01/1991 - "There were three acute occlusions during laser angioplasty but no myocardial infarctions, emergency bypass surgeries, or deaths" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
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