[Clinico-morphologic results of laser myocardial revascularization in ischemic heart disease].

Transmyocardial laser revascularization was applied in 58 patients with ischemic heart disease. The objective criterion of the method efficiency was an increase in myocardium perfusion due to newly formed blood vessels under influence of laser irradiation. The laser treatment has improved cardiac function and general condition of the patients. The surgery did not exert considerable influence on the contractile capacity of the myocardium in the patients treated.