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Aneurysmal formation after successful pulsed laser coronary angioplasty
F Nakamura1, J Kvasnicka, H L Decoster
1Unite d'Hémodynamique et de Cardiologie Interventionnelle, INSERM U 2, University Hospital Henri Mondor, University of Paris XII, Creteil, France.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|October 1, 1992
Abstract:
We report two cases of coronary artery aneurysmal formation as long term consequences of Ho:YAG and excimer laser coronary angioplasty. This case report suggests that pulsed laser angioplasty may result in severe vessel wall damage that may lead ultimately to aneurysmal formation.