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SIEGENTHALER, Walter E. (1923 – 2010)

1923 – 2010

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1979 CE

#12239

Nonoperative dilatation of coronary-artery stenosis: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Grüntzig developed the first successful balloon angioplasty for expanding lumens of narrowed arteries. Abstract "In percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a catheter system is introduced through a system…