Myocardial Laser Revascularization

List of Contrbutors.
Preface.
1 Scientific and Historic Precedents.
(OH Frazier, Marianne Bergheim, and Kamuran A.Kadipasaoglu).
2 Laser-tissue Interaction.
(E. Duco Jansen and Peter Whittaker).
3 The biology of Laser-Tissue Interactions: in Vivo Comparisonsand Consequences. (Peter Whittaker and E. Duco Jansen).
4 Histopathologic Effects of Transmyocardial LaserRevascularization on Myocardium: Assessment of Channel Patency.
(Kamuran A. Kadipasaoglu, Egemen Tuzun, and OH Frazier).
5 Animal Models of Acute and Chronic Coronary Ischemia: Effectsof TMR on Perfusion and Left Ventricular Function.
(G. Chad Hughes and James E. Lowe).
6 Selection Criteria for Sole Therapy and Adjunctive Therapy inCombination with Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
(Charles R. Bridges and Kapil Gopal).
7 Results of Prospective Randomized Trials.
(Keith B. Allen and Keith A Horvath).
8 Combination Therapy with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
(Kapil Gopal and Charles R. Bridges).
9 Operative Techniques of Transmyocardial LaserRevascularization.
(Keith A. Horvath).
10 The Open Channel Hypothesis for TransmyocardialRevascularization: a Re-examination. (Peter Whittaker and Chad E.Darling).
11 Mechanisms of TMR: Angiogenesis. (Marc P Pelletier, VarunKapila, and Ray CJ Chiu).
12 Myocardial Sinusoids and Non-compaction: Embryology andRelevance to the Adult Coronary Circulation. (Ray C.J. Chiu,Stephen J. Korkola, and Kevin Lachapelle).
13 Remodeling of the Intrinsic Cardiac Nervous System FollowingChronic Transmyocardial Laser Therapy. (J. Andrew Armour).
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