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9717410

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with severe angina pectoris, refractory to medical treatment, in which conventional revascularization (PTCA or bypass surgery) is not possible because they present advanced coronary artery disease with a poor distal bed, account for an important clinical problem due to an increasing incidence, combined with poor quality of life, an elevated risk of severe complications, repeated hospital admissions and high mortality rate. Laser transmyocardial revascularization provides a new therapeutic alternative for these patients. Although up to now there are only a few published series, with a small number of patients, the results obtained in the two ongoing multicentric studies in Europe and the United States (including more than 500 patients at present) are quite promising. It is a simple surgical procedure, but its associated mortality is not to be dismissed (in the beginning 12% and currently 5%), because patients are in an advanced evolutionary stage. In Spain this procedure has been available since April 1996 and the results have been encouraging. In our small series we have noted a significant symptomatic improvement and better quality of life.
pubmed:language
spa
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-8932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51 Suppl 3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[Transmyocardial revascularization with laser].
pubmed:affiliation
Servicio de Cardiología, Cirugía Cardíaca, Clínica Quirón, Barcelona.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Review