PLC Medical Systems
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Firm's Heart Laser carbon dioxide transmyocardial revascularization laser reduces average angina class to 1.5 from an average preoperative class of 3.8 after three years follow-up according to a study presented Nov. 9 at the American Heart Association conference in Dallas by Keith Horvath, MD, Northwest University Medical Center. Of the 70 patients followed in the 8-hospital study, 23% reported having no angina and 58% were in angina class 1 or 2 after three years. Functional improvement on exercise treadmill times increased by 28% after 24 months and survival rates at one and three years were 84% and 78% respectively. The independent study represents the longest follow-up of TMR patients, PLC said