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Remembering Gruentzig: From Stents to
Live Courses (3:46)
Dr. Gary Roubin Lenox Hill Heart & Vascular Institute of NY, who worked with
Gruentzig at Emory in Atlanta, discusses how Gruentzig might view today's
developments
(stents, etc.) in the field he started. He also discusses the genesis of the
live demonstration course. view video
The First Coronary
Angioplasty (2:33)
A recounting of the first PTCA performed in September 1977 by Andreas Gruentzig;
told by Bernhard Meier, the attending physician, and Adolph Bachmann, the first
patient! view video
Devices, Ethics and Money:
20 Years Later (7:16)
A discussion about how the interventional "industry" has
changed over the past 20 years. This clip features medical pioneers and industry
leaders Spencer B. King, Geoffrey Hartzler, David Auth, Richard Myler, William
Cassarella and John Abele. view
video
Intravascular Ultrasound and Early Stenting
(:47)
In this short clip, Dr. Paul Yock, a pioneer of Intravascular Ultrasound
imaging (IVUS) discusses how suddenly seeing the artery from inside the vessel
greatly changed the way in which stents were deployed. view video
Gruentzig and the Stent (2:32)
Dr. Richard Schatz, co-inventor of the Palmaz-Schatz stent that revolutionized
the treatment of coronary artery disease, discusses Gruentzig's influence
on him. view video
"Transluminal Angioplasty" (1:30)
A short excerpt from an early film (1964) by Charles Dotter, the visionary radiologist
who invented the concept of and coined the word "angioplasty". Dr. Dotter narrates
the film and uses humorous editing to expound what was at that time a radical
concept. view video
Werner Forssmann's "Self-Experiment" (2:11)
The story of Werner Forssmann's experiment on himself in 1929, one for which
he was fired, but three decades later received the Nobel Prize in Medicine, as
told by angioplasty pioneer, Richard K. Myler, MD, view video
The Discovery of Coronary Arteriography (1:09)
How selective coronary imaging was first "discovered", almost by
accident, is
told here in the words of Mason Sones view
video
Angioplasty in the Treatment of Heart Attack (3:02)
Dr. Geoffrey Hartzler retells the first time (1980) that he used angioplasty
to stop a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) which was in progress. This
modality is now the treatment of choice. view video
Complex Angioplasty (1:53)
Gruentzig on the subject of "complex angioplasty" which was, in September
of 1985, a hotly debated topic. Concerned about how the envelope
of interventional
therapy was being pushed, Gruentzig offered these thoughts. view video
Complications (1:28)
Taken from an interview with Andreas Gruentzig in September 1985, one month before
a plane crash claimed his life; in this clip, Dr. Gruentzig discusses why the
subject of complications is so important -- to him and to the patient. view video
The Ideal Catheter (2:01)
Gruentzig discusses the characteristics for "the ideal catheter", and makes some
predictions about the future of interventional devices (from his 1985 interview).
Required viewing for those in the profession who viewed him merely as a "balloon-a-tic". view video
Recent Advances in
Gene Therapy
and Angiogenesis (2:58)
In this clip, taken from our exclusive interview, Dr. Jeffrey Isner of St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center in Boston, MA discusses his ground-breaking work and recent results
in gene therapy and angiogenesis in both the peripheral (leg) vessels and the
coronary arteries. view
video
PTCA: A History (72:00)
This video history presents the story of angioplasty: from its first use in the
peripheral vessels by Charles Dotter in 1964, through skepticism and rejection
in the U.S., its rebirth in Europe at the hands of Eberhart Zeitler and others,
and its ultimate refinement for use in the coronaries by Andreas Gruentzig. Purchase the DVD -- $29.95
Vascular Pioneers: Evolution of a Specialty
(52:00)
Features exclusive interviews
with the physicians who pioneered these procedures, Michael DeBakey, Juan Parodi,
Tom Fogarty, Frank Veith, among them. Our documentary tells
the
dynamic history of this young field of medicine, and presents a lively discussion
as
20 influential
interventionalists and vascular surgeons address the controversies and potentials
inherent in the adoption of medical innovation. Purchase the DVD -- $29.95
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