Andreas Gruentzig

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Andreas R. Gruentzig, 1939–1985, was a German angiologist who first developed successful balloon angioplasty for expanding lumens of narrowed arteries. His first successful coronary angioplasty treatment on a human was performed in 1977, in Zurich, Switzerland. Wikipedia

Born:
1939
Died:
1985

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    Andreas was an incredibly bright and intense guy and very committed to what he was doing, but at the same time he was always open and encouraging of others. That's what all of his courses that he initially began were about-to share the knowledge. He was
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