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  Andreas, age 3    Andreas Grüntzig was a war baby, born in 1939 in Dresden, Germany. His father, Wilmar Grüntzig, PhD, taught science, but the Luftwaffe weather unit drafted him, and he probably died during the final defense of Berlin. His body was
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   Andreas Gruentzig - September, 1985    - brief video … and a number of other videos regarding coronary angioplasty development
   A Tribute to Andreas Gruentzig    - brief video
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  “ We performed the first coronary angioplasty [at UAB] in 1982, and the technology raced ahead in the years to follow.  Particularly important was the development of the stent, a tiny spring  ‘like that in your ball-point pen, only a bit larger,’ p
NEJM correspondence re 23 year followup of patient who underwent first PTCA in 1977.JPG
Left coronary angiogram before first PTCA (in 1977) and 23 years after ....JPG
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