Jones J W, Richman B W
Department of Surgery at University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia.
Mo Med. 2001 Apr;98(4):148-51.
Mounting evidence that Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization (TMR) is a safe and effective treatment for angina arrives as an increasing number of patients having angioplasties and coronary artery bypass grafts experience failure with time. Like angioplasty and coronary bypass, TMR is in fact a palliative rather than a cure for atherosclerotic heart disease.
越来越多接受血管成形术和冠状动脉搭桥术的患者随着时间推移出现手术失败,与此同时,越来越多的证据表明经心肌激光血运重建术(TMR)是治疗心绞痛的一种安全有效的方法。与血管成形术和冠状动脉搭桥术一样,实际上TMR是对动脉粥样硬化性心脏病的一种姑息治疗而非治愈手段。