THE FIRST CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY was
performed on September 16, 1977 by Dr. Andreas Gruentzig at University
Hospital in Zurich.
In this video clip, the story is told by the patient himself, Mr. Adolph Bachmann,
now
72 years
old,
and
his
physician,
Dr. Bernhard
Meier.
Gruentzig
not only invented coronary angioplasty, but opened an entirely new
branch of medicine that made possible treatment for a variety of diseases
without
the need
for surgery. (2:33)
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