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Myocardial perfusion after transcutaneous/percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization
Marcus Wiemer1, Peter Wielepp, Thomas Butz
1Kardiologische Klinik Herz- und Diabeteszentrum Georgstr. 11 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. mwiemer@hdz.nrw.de
Zeitschrift Fur Kardiologie
|March 19, 2003
Abstract:
The effectiveness of transcutaneous and percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization in patients with endstage coronary artery disease and angina refractory to pharmacological therapy has been proved by various studies. Angiogenesis associated with an improvement of microcirculation and myocardial perfusion may be responsible for the reduction of angina and the improved physical performance. Myocardial perfusion studies published so far are compared to our own results utilizing positron emission tomography before and after percutaneous myocardial laser revascularization.