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video history of interventional cardiology presents the story of angioplasty:
from its first use in the peripheral vessels by Charles Dotter in
1964, through skepticism and rejection in the U.S., its rebirth in
Europe at the hands of Eberhart Zeitler and others, and its ultimate
refinement for use in the coronary arteries by Andreas Gruentzig in
1977. |
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Early
Balloon Catheterand Maria Schlumpf in Zurich Kitchen (1975) |
The
video offers a documentary record of a compelling and sometimes eccentric
tale of personal vision and scientific innovation. Not long ago, the
concept of placing a catheter down the coronary artery was considered
madness by most.
Observers
and participants share their accounts of a time when the first angioplasty
balloon catheters were manufactured by hand on a kitchen table in
Zurich by "the group of four": Andreas Gruentzig, his assistant
and their spouses. |
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| You will glimpse the fear, excitement and triumph of the first PTCA, as told by the people who were in the room, including the first patient himself, Mr. Adolph Bachman. |
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Finally the film tells of the building momentum and careful efforts to develop, shepherd and protect the integrity of this breakthrough technology, and explores the implications of this history in today's highly competitive healthcare climate. |
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| PTCA: A HISTORY runs 72 minutes and combines personal photos, rare films and over two dozen interviews. Uniquely constructed, there is no narrator "telling the viewer what happened": the history is told entirely in first person accounts by the participants themselves! |
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