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ANGIOPLASTY AT 30: 2007
marks the 30th anniversary of coronary angioplasty. In
1977 in Zurich, Switzerland, a young physician
named Andreas
Gruentzig inserted a catheter into a patient's
coronary artery and inflated a tiny balloon, successfully
opening a blockage and restoring blood flow to
a human heart. Today over two million coronary
angioplasties (PTCAs) are
performed worldwide each year, making it more common
than bypass surgery |
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