<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parry, Nicola</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Leon, Martin B.</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Evolution of Interventional Cardiology</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014-10-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6-8</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">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.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume></record></records></xml>