Direct Myocardial Revascularization: History, Methodology, Technology, Vol. 211 Book

	Preface
1	Early Methods of Myocardial Revascularization	1
2	The Vineberg Procedure in the Era of Transmyocardial Revascularization A New Paradigm for an Old Operation	17
3	TMR: Is it Still a Physiological Impossibility?	45
4	Increased Perfusion Via Laser-Mediated Myocardial Channels? Importance of Appropriate Models and Endpoints	61
5	Physiology and Histology of Acute Myocardial Channels Made With Different Lasers	81
6	Potential Laser Wavelengths for Percutaneous Endomyocardial Revascularization	97
7	Initial Use of an Ultraviolet Laser for TMR	121
8	The First Clinical TMR Trial: Historical Perspective	143
9	Initial Clinical Experience With a Holmium:YAG Laser: A Case Study Demonstrating Increased Myocardial Perfusion	155
10	Nuclear Imaging Techniques for the Evaluation of TMLR	163
11	Myocardial Angiogenesis: Biology and Therapy	179
	Index	201