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		Andreas Gruentzig, MD In 1977 the first balloon angioplasty procedure on a coronary artery was performed in Zurich, Switzerland, by Andreas Gruentzig, a German-born physician.
		Gruentzig and Myler, using a direct method on patients already in the operating room and with chests opened for coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
		Truly a leader in his field, Andreas Gruentzig began a revolution in the treatment of coronary artery disease, a revolution that continues to bring new concepts into reality as the battle against heart disease goes on.
	www.emoryhealthcare.org /departments/heart/legends/andreas_gruentzig.html (862 words)

	Andreas Gruentzig Summary
		Andreas R. Gruntzig, 1939-1985, was a German radiologist who first developed successful angioplasty for expanding lumens of narrowed arteries.
		He expanded a short, about 3 mm, non-branching section of the LAD (Left Anterior Descending) artery (the front branch of the left coronary artery) which supplies the front wall and tip of the heart, aee coronary circulation, which had a high grade stenosis, about 80%, of the lumen.
		Gruentzig presented the results of his first four angioplasty cases at the 1977 American Heart Association AHA meeting, which lead to widespread acknowledgement of his pioneering work.
	www.bookrags.com /Andreas_Gruentzig (437 words)

	Gale-Edit - How Products are Made - Volumes - Angioplasty Balloon
		Andreas Gruentzig, working at the University Hospital of Zurich in Switzerland, is credited with performing the first balloon angioplasty to open a clogged coronary artery.
		Gruentzig worked throughout the 1970s perfecting a balloon catheter that was thin and flexible enough to do the job.
		Gruentzig died in a plane crash in 1985, but within 10 years of his introduction of angioplasty, the procedure was being performed on over 200,000 patients annually.
	www.gale-edit.com /products/volumes/balloon.htm (1885 words)

	The Journal of Invasive Cardiology
		Eberhardt Zeitler, who taught Andreas the basics of vascular intervention, Richard Myler, who ushered him into the United States, Bernie Meier, who supported his early work at Emory, and myself were instrumental in bringing together an international group of physicians dedicated to furthering Andreas Gruentzigâs work.
		In 1989 plans were put in place to form the Andreas Gruentzig Society and an inaugural dinner meeting was convened at a coronary interventional course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1990.
		Andreas Gruentzig could only have dreamed of his heritage and his ultimate contribution to mankind.
	www.invasivecardiology.com /article/3996 (1269 words)

	SCAI.org - Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
		Gruentzig said that he would like to return to Germany or perhaps move to the United States, perhaps to join the Cleveland Clinic.
		Andreas was an incredibly bright and intense guy and very committed to what he was doing, but at the same time he was always open and encouraging of others.
		Andreas once said, âNo matter what happens to the technique, I have made one contribution, and that is allowing physicians to work within the coronary arteries of the awake, alert patient.â In other words, no one had ever conceived that you could do any of the things that followed.
	www.scai.org /drlt1.aspx?PAGE_ID=4031 (1198 words)

	Balloon Angioplasty - Heart of Georgia Cardiology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Andreas Gruentzig, a young Swiss physician, surmised, in the mid-1970s, that placing and expanding a tiny deflated balloon catheter inside a blocked heart artery might eliminate the artery's blockage and improve blood flow.
		There were no such balloons made at the time, so Dr. Gruentzig manufactured the first set of trial heart artery balloons in his kitchen.
		He then did animal experiments and proved that "balloon angioplasty" (angio - refering to an artery or vein and plasty - meaning the surgical shaping of something) was a feasible procedure.
	www.heartgacardiology.com /test_balloon.htm (945 words)

	♥ GRUENTZIG Andreas
		Gruentzig a commencé un processus soigneux et rigoureux de promouvoir et de disséminer sa technique par des cours de démonstration et a partager l'expérience.
		Gruentzig began a careful, rigorous process of furthering and disseminating the technique through live demonstration courses and establishment of a PTCA registry at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to gather and share experience.
		Gruentzig's breakthrough was a synthesis of all that had come before and because of the brilliant way in which he fostered its acceptance, the field of interventional cardiology has forever altered the role of the cardiologist in treating coronary artery disease.
	www.heartandcoeur.com /celebrity/page_gruentzig.php (716 words)

	F5_Palmaz
		The most prevalent thing at that time was obviously Andreas Gruentzig's balloon angioplasty, which he presented in the mid-1970s.
		Andreas Gruentzig, the keynote speaker of the meeting, gave the last talk of the program.
		Gruentzig was brilliant and enthusiastic, but I was particularly impressed by his honesty.
	www.evtoday.com /PDFarticles/1104/F5_Palmaz.html (1846 words)

	Emory WHSC :: Press Releases :: Email this Press Release to a Friend
		In 1977, while living in Zurich, Switzerland, Dr. Gruentzig had inserted a catheter into a man's clogged coronary artery and inflated a tiny balloon, successfully opening a blockage and restoring blood flow to the patient's heart.
		At Emory, Gruentzig worked with other cardiologists to vigorously research and refine this intervention, soon to be known as "angioplasty," that was destined to revolutionize cardiology.
		Following Dr. Gruentzig's death in l985, The Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center of Emory University was created to continue cutting edge interventional cardiology research and to foster clinical excellence in the practice of interventional cardiology.
	www.whsc.emory.edu /press_releases_email.cfm?announcement_id_seq=639 (591 words)

	Gruentzig, The Father of Balloon Angioplasty - I Was There!
		At first, Gruentzig had to convince his superiors he was ready to do this in the human heart, especially after the pathologist advocated so strongly against it.
		I witnessed the caution Gruentzig gave his patient, which was the only approval that took place; there were no written consent forms at the time, no ethical committee, no internal review department, nothing but a conversation between the investigator and the patient, which may have been a lucky thing for the future of angioplasty.
		Gruentzig A. Transluminal dilation of coronary artery stenosis.
	www.cardiosource.com /rapidnewssummaries/index.asp?EID=11&DoW=Sun&SumID=56 (1153 words)

	Boston Scientific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dr. Andreas Gruentzig uses balloons of his own design to dilate the human peripheral arteries.
		Gruentzig practices dilating coronary arteries in dogs and cadavers using catheters he built in his kitchen.
		Gruentzig presents his canine coronary experiments at an AHA meeting in Miami.
	www.bostonscientific.ca /common_templates/singleDetailList.jsp?task=tskHistoryDetail.jsp§ionId=2&relId=1,13,17 (243 words)

	Angioplasty / PTCA Video Library
		Gruentzig on the subject of "complex angioplasty" which was, in September of 1985, a hotly debated topic.
		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.
		Gruentzig discusses the characteristics for "the ideal catheter", and makes some predictions about the future of interventional devices (from his 1985 interview).
	www.ptca.org /videos.html (659 words)

	Heart attack, heart disease, and cholesterol information from HealthCentersOnline - HeartCenterOnline
		In 1977, Meier referred the man to Dr. Andreas Gruentzig, who was offering an alternative to major bypass surgery--the much less invasive angioplasty.
		It is expected that in about one third of these patients, their angioplastied arteries will re- stenose, or narrow again, within 6 months, and many of these patients undergo repeat angioplasties.
		Gruentzig, Meier notes, died in an airplane crash in 1985.
	heart.healthcentersonline.com /newsstories/firstangioplastypatientalive.cfm (458 words)

	Angioplasty From Bench to Bedside to Bench -- King 93 (9): 1621 -- Circulation
		a 1969 immigrant to Zurich, Switzerland: Andreas Gruentzig.
		Gruentzig in front of the poster that described experimental percutaneous dilatation of coronary artery stenosis, 49th Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, Miami Beach, Fla, November 1975.
		Gruentzig A, Senning A, Siegenthaler W. Nonoperative dilatation of coronary artery stenosis: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).
	circ.ahajournals.org /cgi/content/full/93/9/1621 (5923 words)

	Amazon.com: "Andreas Gruentzig": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He worked with Andreas Gruentzig and was instrumental in his success in developing balloon angioplasty.
		Andreas Gruentzig based his work on Dotter's methods.
		Another option emerged in the 1970s when Andreas Gruentzig successfully introduced a form of treatment known as angioplasty.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Andreas-Gruentzig (564 words)

	Executive Briefing: John Simpson: Reluctant Entrepreneur
		But before he left for Jackson, Simpson sat through a presentation at Stanford by Andreas Gruentzig about a new procedure that he was working on where he would put a plastic balloon catheter into people’s coronary arteries, and inflate it to treat coronary artery disease.
		Although Simpson was initially skeptical of Gruentzig’s approach, he was sufficiently intrigued to pass up the traditional cardiology position in Jackson to remain at Stanford where this new specialty was emerging.
		Simpson saw Gruentzig’s technique as being difficult for most interventionalists to employ successfully, and which was limited to skilled operators such as its inventor.
	www.windhover.com /contents/monthly/exex/e_2003800077.htm (910 words)

	US Industry Today - Boston Scientific - The medical frontier
		Such a quest was launched more than 30 years ago by pioneers such as John Abele, co-founder of Boston Scientific (first known as Medi-tech), who labored to develop alternatives to traditional surgery, and Andreas Gruentzig, who performed revolutionary work in the as-yet-unknown procedure commonly called balloon angioplasty.
		These individuals included physicians such as Andreas Gruentzig, who revolutionized the balloon catheter, working evenings in his kitchens building many versions of his device using tiny bits of rubber, thread and epoxy glue.
		Gruentzig contacted Medi-tech in 1974, expressing interest in obtaining the company's steerable catheter for use with his balloon model; four years later the first percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties - or balloon angioplasties - were performed in America.
	www.usitoday.com /article_printview.asp?Articleid=836 (1252 words)

	Abstract
		Mason Sones’ serendipitous encounter with a patient led to the thought that one patient’s ‘complication’ might lead to another therapy and, as a result, studies were conducted.
		Andreas Gruentzig was instrumental in the development of several new techniques.
		Andreas Gruentzig a contribué à l’élaboration de plusieurs nouvelles techniques.
	www.pulsus.com /CARDIOL/21_12/holm_ed.htm (710 words)

	Angioplasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term has come to include all manner of vascular interventions typically performed in a minimally invasive or percutaneous method.
		One way to unblock a coronary artery is percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), which was first performed in 1977 by Andreas Gruentzig.
		A wire is passed from the femoral artery in the leg (or, less commonly, from the radial artery or brachial artery in the arm) to beyond the area of the coronary artery that is being worked upon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angioplasty (1161 words)

	MEDSANA - Grüntzig, Andreas Roland - Andreas Roland Grüntzig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Andreas Grüntzig entwickelte die perkutane transluminale Dilatation der Koronararterienstenose (perkutane transluminale Koronarangioplastie; Herzgefäss-Ballondilatation; PT[C]A) durch einen dehnbaren Ballonkatheter, die er erstmals am 16.
		Andreas Grüntzig kam 1957 in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland, studierte in Heidelberg Medizin und ging nach seinen Ausbildungsjahren in Chirurgie und Epidemiologie 1969 als Assistent der Angiologischen Abteilung an die Medizinische Poliklinik in Zürich.
		Andreas Grüntzig kam bei einem nie richtig aufgeklärten Flugzeugabsturzes am 27.Oktober 1985 ums Leben.
	www.medsana.ch /artikel.php?id=1267&box=1 (355 words)

	Cantone Ticino - Discorsi on. Pesenti
		Professor Bernhard Meier has worked closely with Andreas Gruentzig, who performed the first world coronary angioplasty at Zurich University Hospital on September 16th, 1977.
		Professor Meier followed Gruentzig when he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where unfortunately the latter died in a plane crash during a tornado on his way back home on October 1985.
		It is perhaps interesting to note that one of the first patients to undergo surgical intervention by Gruentzig was an 84 year old diabetic and obese rabbi living in Lugano, who suffered from severe angina pectoris and of an incipient gangrene of his left big toe.
	www.ti.ch /dss/Discorsi/2000/20000615-cardiologia.htm (747 words)

	Heart attack, heart disease, and cholesterol information from iVillage Total Health - Heart Health
		In 1977, Meier referred the man to Dr. Andreas Gruentzig, who was offering an alternative to major bypass surgery--the much less invasive angioplasty.
		It is expected that in about one third of these patients, their angioplastied arteries will re- stenose, or narrow again, within 6 months, and many of these patients undergo repeat angioplasties.
		Gruentzig, Meier notes, died in an airplane crash in 1985.
	heart.health.ivillage.com /newsstories/firstangioplastypatientalive.cfm (500 words)

	Drug Delivery Technology - Article Index
		Still performed routinely for those instances when angioplasty cannot correct the problem, the bypass is a surgical procedure requiring hospitalization, open surgery, and a recovery period that may last several days to weeks.
		Andreas Gruenzig developed the devices and procedure now commonly referred to as balloon angioplasty, which uses a long, flexible catheter with a small balloon mounted at the distal end.
		Under local anesthesia, an incision is made in the patient’s groin area, generally by an interventional cardiologist or radiologist, and the catheter is inserted into the femoral artery.
	www.drugdeliverytech.com /cgi-bin/articles.cgi?idArticle=38 (1426 words)

	Journey into the Heart - David Monagan - Penguin Group (USA) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Andreas Gruentzig, an East German “child of the rubble,” took center stage in revolutionizing cardiovascular care, developing the first tiny balloon-tipped probes in his Zurich apartment.
		Despite harsh skepticism, Gruentzig demonstrated that his gadgets could transform the lives of millions.
		After being lured to Emory University, Gruentzig’s career escalated to dizzying heights, and then concluded tragically with an Icarus- like ending.
	us.penguingroup.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781592402656,00.html (439 words)

	Angioplasty
		Many patients with serious disease or those who fail on medical therapy are treated with a "needle hole" or "percutaneous" (through the skin) procedure that is performed in the cardiac cath laboratory.
		It was introduced to the world by Dr. Andreas Gruentzig in the mid to late 1970's and is widely used today.
		Angioplasty is a technique used to dilate an area of arterial blockage with the help of a catheter that has an inflatable small sausage-shaped balloon at its tip.
	www.heartsite.com /html/ptca.html (1708 words)

	Lenox Hill Heart & Vascular: Gary Roubin, MD, PhD
		In 1983, he was awarded a two-year grant by the National Heart Foundation of Australia to undertake postdoctoral research with Andreas Gruentzig at Emory University.
		Later he was appointed Director of Research at the Andreas Gruentzig Cardiovascular Center of Emory University.
		In 1989 he moved to the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he was Professor of Medicine and Radiology and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and Interventional Cardiology Section at the University of Alabama Hospital.
	www.lenoxhillheartvascular.com /handler.cfm?event=practice,template&cpid=11393 (694 words)

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