Balloon Angioplasty - The Legacy of Andreas Grüntzig, M.D. (1939-1985)

In 1974, at the Medical Policlinic of the University of Zürich, German-born physician-scientist Andreas Grüntzig (1939-1985) successfully applied a balloon-tipped catheter to re-open a severely stenosed femoral artery, a procedure which he initially called percutaneous transluminal dilatation. Trans...

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Main Authors: Matthias eBarton, MD, FAHA, Johannes eGrüntzig, MD, Marc eHusmann, MD, Josef eRösch, MD
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
Atherosclerosis
Coronary Artery Disease
Peripheral Vascular Diseases
nobel prize
Alexis Carrel
Robert Hegglin
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcvm.2014.00015/full
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