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40 Years of Angioplasty by PCR
The History of Angioplasty in Five Minutes
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Charles Dotter came up with the idea of angioplasty, opening blockages from inside an artery using catheters – and avoiding open surgery. Although he had success in peripheral arteries, his idea was rejected by vascular surgeons in the U.S. as “crazy.”
But the idea traveled via Eberhard Zeitler and others to Europe, where a young angiologist, Andreas Gruentzig, made this crazy idea work in the coronaries.
This video tells the story of how angioplasty came about, and describes the first case, narrated by Bernhard Meier and the first patient, Adolph Bachmann.
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(These videos were produced as part of the EuroPCR 2017 celebration of "40 Years of Angioplasty by PCR."
More information and resources can be found at PCRonline.com) |
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