Coster A A, Fox K R
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 1989 Apr;79(4):182-5. doi: 10.7547/87507315-79-4-182.
Several investigators have reported that the presence of calcium may totally preclude resection of plaque material from the lumen of an occluded vessel. Because the authors did not support these findings, they tested the hypothesis and studied the effects of pulsed argon ion laser energy on other non-plaque but dense calcified tissue, such as cortical bone, and found that bone can be cut with ease and safety. Fresh bovine specimens were irradiated with a Spectra Physics model 170 argon ion laser, and the irradiated areas were examined, measured, and photographed.
几位研究人员报告称，钙的存在可能完全排除从阻塞血管管腔切除斑块物质的可能性。由于作者不支持这些发现，他们对这一假设进行了验证，并研究了脉冲氩离子激光能量对其他非斑块但致密钙化组织（如皮质骨）的影响，发现可以轻松且安全地切割骨头。用光谱物理170型氩离子激光照射新鲜的牛标本，并对照射区域进行检查、测量和拍照。
