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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996;111:791-799
© 1996 Mosby, Inc.

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY

TRANSMYOCARDIAL LASER REVASCULARIZATION: CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH TWELVE-MONTH FOLLOW-UP

Denton A. Cooley, MD, O. H. Frazier, MD, Kamuran A. Kadipasaoglu, PhD§, Matthias H. Lindenmeir, MD§, Seckin Pehlivanoglu, MD§, Jeffrey W. Kolff, MS§, Susan Wilansky, MD§, Warren H. Moore, MD§

From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.

Received for publication May 5, 1995 Revisions requested July 12, 1995; revisions received Nov. 2, 1995 Accepted for publication Nov. 7, 1995. Address for reprints: Kamuran A. Kadipasaoglu, PhD, Texas Heart Institute, MC 1-268, P.O. Box 20345, Houston, TX 77225-0345.

Abstract

We are investigating a new technique for myocardial revascularization in which an 800 W carbon dioxide laser is used to drill 1 mm diameter channels into a beating heart after left thoracotomy. Clotting occludes the channels on the subepicardium, and in the long-term setting, blood from the left ventricular cavity flows through these channels to perfuse the ischemic subendocardium. To test the efficacy of this technique in a preliminary clinical trial, we used it as sole therapy for 21 consecutive patients. All patients had hibernating myocardium, reduced coronary flow reserve, or both, had distal diffuse coronary artery disease, and had angina refractory to normal therapy. Eight patients were excluded from follow-up because of death (n = 5), rerevascularization (n = 2), or diaphragmatic paralysis resulting in postoperative respiratory incapacity (n = 1). In the remaining 13 patients available for follow-up, the mean angina class (Canadian Cardiovascular Society) was 3.7 ± 0.4 before operation and 1.8 ± 0.6 12 months after operation (p < 0.01). Mean resting left ventricular ejection fraction was 48% ± 10% before operation and 50% ± 8% at 12-month follow-up. At 12 months, resting mean subendocardial/subepicardial perfusion ratio had increased by 20% ± 9% in septal regions treated by laser but decreased by 2% ± 5% in untreated regions (n = 11, p < .001). These results suggest that revascularization by this laser technique positively affects subregional myocardial perfusion and may result in clinical benefits for patients with reversible myocardial ischemia. Studies to date have not demonstrated significant changes in global and regional ventricular contractile function. (J THORACCARDIOVASCSURG1996;111:791-9)




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T. Kohmoto, P. E. Fisher, A. Gu, S.-M. Zhu, C. M. DeRosa, C. R. Smith, and D. Burkhoff
Physiology, Histology, and 2-Week Morphology of Acute Transmyocardial Channels Made With a CO2 Laser
Ann. Thorac. Surg., May 1, 1997; 63(5): 1275 - 1283.
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P. Whittaker and R. A. Kloner
Transmural Channels as a Source of Blood Flow to Ischemic Myocardium?: Insights From the Reptilian Heart
Circulation, March 18, 1997; 95(6): 1357 - 1359.
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T. Kohmoto, M. Argenziano, N. Yamamoto, K. A. Vliet, A. Gu, C. M. DeRosa, P. E. Fisher, H. M. Spotnitz, D. Burkhoff, and C. R. Smith
Assessment of Transmyocardial Perfusion in Alligator Hearts
Circulation, March 18, 1997; 95(6): 1585 - 1591.
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E. D. Jansen, M. Frenz, K. A. Kadipasaoglu, T. J. Pfefer, H. J. Altermatt, M. Motamedi, and A. J. Welch
Laser-Tissue Interaction During Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
Ann. Thorac. Surg., March 1, 1997; 63(3): 640 - 647.
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