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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:640-647
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original Article: Cardiovascular

Laser–Tissue Interaction During Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization

Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Heart Institute, Houston and Biomedical Laser and Spectroscopy Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas; and Institute of Applied Physics and Pathological Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Accepted for publication September 23, 1996.

Background. The clinical procedure known as transmyocardial revascularization has recently seen its renaissance. Despite the promising preliminary clinical results, the associated mechanisms are subject to much discussion. This study is an attempt to unravel the basics of the interaction between 800-W CO₂ laser radiation and biological tissue.

Methods. Time-resolved flash photography was used to visualize the laser-induced channel formation in water and in vitro porcine myocardium. In addition, laser-induced pressures were measured. Light microscopy and birefringence microscopy were used to assess the histologic characteristics of laser-induced thermal damage.

Results. The channel depth increased logarithmically with time (ie, with pulse duration) in water and porcine myocardium. Pressure measurements showed the occurrence of numerous small transients during the laser pulse, which corresponded with channel formation, as well as local and partial channel collapse during the laser pulse. Twenty millimeters of myocardium was perforated in 25 ms. Increasing the pulse duration had a small effect on the maximum transversable thickness, but histologic analysis showed that thermal damage around the crater increased with increasing pulse duration.

Conclusions. Several basic aspects of the interaction of high-power CO₂ laser radiation with myocardial tissue and tissue phantoms were studied in vitro. Although the goal of this study was not to unravel the mechanisms responsible for the beneficial effects of transmyocardial revascularization, it provided important information on the process of channel formation and collapse and tissue damage.

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