test 9 angioplasty history Flashcards
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1929
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- First documented human cardiac catheterization
2
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1941 KNOW IT
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- Cournand & Richards – Employ cardiac catheter as diagnostic tool for the first time
3
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1956
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Share the Nobel Prize
4
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1958
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– Developed the concept of the diagnostic coronary angiogram
5
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1964
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– Introduced the concept of transluminal angioplasty
6
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1967 KNOW IT
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- Dr. Rene Favaloro – Performs first saphenous vein graft surgery in Cleveland
7
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1974
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– Performs first peripheral human balloon angioplasty
8
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1976
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– Presents results of animal studies of coronary angioplasty at the American Heart Association meeting
9
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1977
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– First intraoperative human coronary balloon angioplasty (San Francisco)
– First cath lab PTCA on awake patient (Zurich)
10
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1978
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– First PTCA cases performed in America (San Francisco & New York)
11
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1982
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- Over-the-wire coaxial balloon systems introduced –
steerable guide wires developed
12
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1986
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- Coronary atherectomy devices introduced
- First use of stents in humans reported
13
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1987-1994
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- number of interventional devices invented, perfected and approved (lasers, rotational atherectomy devices, intravascular ultrasound, stents)
14
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1997
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- Over one million angioplasties performed world-wide – most common medical intervention in world
15
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2001
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- Almost two million angioplasties performed world-wide
