Geoffrey Hartzler, a key figure in the development of interventional cardiology in the United States, has died from cancer at the age of 65. He was one of the first cardiologists to learn the ...

Twenty-three years after Dr. Andreas Gruentzig of Switzerland nervously made medical history by threading a balloon-tipped tube into an artery supplying Adolph Bachman's heart, the blood vessel is ...

Jan. 11 -- Twenty-three years after Dr. Andreas Gruentzig of Switzerland nervously made medical history by threading a balloon-tipped tube into an artery supplying Adolph Bachman’s heart, the blood ...

Thirtyone years ago, he became the first man to have a balloon catheter passed up his groin to fix a blockaged blood vessel in his heart. MUMBAI: Swiss national Dolf Bachmannenjoys being the posterboy ...

Cardiovascular diseases are the No. 1 cause of death globally. More people die from heart attacks and cardiovascular diseases annually than any other cause. Since the pioneering first angioplasty by ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Several advances in interventional cardiology have been implemented since Andreas Gruentzig performed the first ...