laser angioplasty การใช้

• 1985-First laser angioplasty procedure in the United States to clear a coronary artery.
• Laser angioplasty is more expensive than the balloon technique because the laser device costs about $ 200, 000 beyond the standard cardiac-catheterization equipment.
• An entire NASA office tracks thousands of spin-offs from space technology ranging from life-saving laser angioplasty and programmable pacemakers to better golf balls and enriched baby food.
• But those earlier findings were not based on the kind of scientifically rigorous study that the Dutch cardiologists used to compare balloon and laser angioplasty directly for the first time.
• Additional  firsts from Texas Heart Institute include the first bridge-to-transplant with an LVAD in 1978, the first laser angioplasty procedure in America in 1985, and the first laser coronary endarterectomy procedure in America in 1985.