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
68 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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