PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Parry, Nicola
ED  - Leon, Martin B.
TI  - The Evolution of Interventional Cardiology
DP  - 2014 Nov 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 6--8
VI  - 14
IP  - 13
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/13/6.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/13/6.full
AB  - Interventional cardiology had its beginnings in Andreas Gruentzig's (1939–1985) dream to “accomplish catheter-based percutaneous treatment of vascular disease in alert, awake patients” [Sievert H et al., eds. Percutaneous Interventions for Congenital Heart Disease. USA: CRC Press; 2007:29]. This article provides an overview of the advances in interventional cardiology that have occurred since Prof. Gruentzig performed the first balloon angioplasty in 1977 using a self-made catheter.