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Historical Background, Development, and Future Trends of Lasers in Cardiovascular Disease

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Lasers in Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery: Fundamentals and Techniques

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The acronym laser stands for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. The principle of laser theory was first described by Albert Einstein in 1917 [1]. It was not until 1958 that Townes and Schawlow in the United States and Prokhorov in the Soviet Union further expanded on laser theory, which eventually led to the construction of the first laser in I960. This was a solid-state ruby laser built by Theodore Maiman at the Hughes Laboratories [2].

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Abela, G.S. (1990). Historical Background, Development, and Future Trends of Lasers in Cardiovascular Disease. In: Abela, G.S. (eds) Lasers in Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery: Fundamentals and Techniques. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 103. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1489-9_2

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