Gruentzig Uses Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, via a Balloon Catheter, to Unclog Diseased Arteries
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Science and Technology Series
- Categories: Science, Medicine, Health
- Subcategories: Biology, Biologists, Scientists, Doctors, Physicians, Nurses, Epidemics, Diseases
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, German History
- Geographical Location: Switzerland
- Date: September 16, 1977
Article abstract: Gruentzig developed the balloon catheter method to carry out percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, a technique that clears narrowing of coronary arteries, successfully countering the disease.
Summary of Event
Arteriosclerosis—often called hardening of the arteries—is a disease in which arteries become hard and inelastic. The disease may affect a few arteries or it may be spread widely throughout the body. In some cases, arteriosclerosis causes hemorrhages because the diseased arterial walls become brittle and rupture....
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