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October 28, 2005

The Live Demonstration Course
Just a quick addition to yesterday's remembrance of Andreas Gruentzig -- his other invention besides angioplasty was the "live demonstration course". He couldn't teach his technique to enough cardiologists by having them visit his lab in Zurich, so he used live TV and interactive audio and created a learning experience. From 28 docs in 1978 to 10,000 at this month's TCT, the live demonstration course has been one of the major ways physicians learn new techniques.

Gary Roubin of Lenox Hill Heart & Vascular Institute of NY worked with Gruentzig at Emory in Atlanta -- in this video clip, Dr. Roubin, who will be conducting his own live demonstration course in November, discusses not only the role of this educational tool, but his thoughts on how Gruentzig might view today's developments (stents, etc.) in the field he started.

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