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Angioplasty.org was created, in part, to establish an archive
of materials documenting the history of interventional cardiology.
We are endeavoring to preserve and share this history as
a tribute to the men and women who pioneered minimally invasive
treatment and to provide insight into the processes, conditions
and beliefs that nurture scientific innovation.
Early angioplasty course,
held by Andreas Gruentzig in Zurich
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Historical materials are available on the following
sections of this site:
40th Anniversary of Angioplasty
In 2017, the organizers of EuroPCR decided to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the first coronary angioplasty with a museum exhibit during their annual course at Le Palais des Congrθs de Paris.
For this exhibit, Angioplasty.Org created four videos from its extensive historical archive. These videos were displayed throughout the course and were viewed by many of the thousands of attendees. (Read more...)
35th Anniversary of Angioplasty
2012 is the 35th anniversary of the first percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) which was performed in 1977 by Dr. Andreas R. Gruentzig in Zurich, Switzerland. This angioplasty procedure utilized an expandable balloon, fashioned on a kitchen table in Gruentzig's apartment by Gruentzig's assistant, Maria Schlumpf. See the video of the first PTCA, as told by the people involved, including Adolph Bachmann, the first patient! (Read more...)
Angioplasty
Timeline
A pictorial history of interventional
medicine
Video / DVD Store
Purchase DVDs of our documentaries, "PTCA: A History" and "Vascular Pioneers: Evolution of a Specialty"
Burt's Stent Blog: Voice in the Ear
A collection of posts from the Editor's Blog pertaining to the history of interventional cardiology and radiology
Interviews
Written transcripts of interviews with
leaders in the field of cardiology
PTCA: A History
Information about an award-winning documentary film on the history of angioplasty
Angioplasty.Org's 30 Years of Documenting Stents and Balloons
On View at TCT
10,000 cardiologists in DC can see award-winning
filmmaker Burt Cohen's history of "the procedure that changed the
face of medicine" (October 22, 2007)
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