[Laser angioplasty technology]. / Tekhnologiia lazernoi angioplastiki.

The authors propose a laser angioplasty technology that differs in that pulse-periodic nitric N2-laser (wavelength, approximately 337 nm; power, 0.5 W; pulse energy, 5 mJ; repetition frequency, approximately 100 Hz) is used as a source of laser radiation. The technology has an environmental purity (a working nitrogen-helium mixture) and a vast resource (approximately 10(7) pulses). A conical-profile quartz fiber (focon) that can accumulate and transmit the bulk of laser energy is employed to transmit laser light.