Abstract
The first experimental studies on. the ablation of thrombi and atheromatous plaques by laser energy have been done in the early 1980s (1, 2). The feasibility of percutaneous transluminal laser angioplasty (PTLA) in men in peripheral (3, 4), coronary (5), and carotid arteries (6) were demonstrated by clinical pilot studies. At the Department of Radiology of the Karl-Franzens-University Graz, Austria, a research program on PTLA is underway since 1984. In the present study we report our clinical experience with PTLA of peripheral arterial occlusions.
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