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Carolin Ahlinder

Stockholm, Sweden

A journey with Charles Dotter: his contribution to transluminal angioplasty

In this interview, Chiara De Biase and Jean Marco embark on a journey through the history of interventional medicine, focusing on Charles Dotter, the pioneer of transluminal angioplasty, and Andreas Grüntzig.

In this first episode, they discuss Dotter's groundbreaking contributions, including the first interventional transluminal angioplasty in 1964, which revolutionized...

Salman Ahmed

Karachi, Pakistan

Tarique Memon

New Taipei City

Transluminal angioplasty: Why was Dotter's disruptive innovation initially rejected?

In this interview, Chiara De Biase and Jean Marco embark on a journey through the history of interventional medicine, focusing on Charles Dotter, the pioneer of transluminal angioplasty, and Andreas Grüntzig.

In this second episode, they highlight three key reasons for Charles Dotter's failure to spread his method widely in the...

Ammar Al-Khaldi

Najaf, Iraq

Muthanna Hameed Al Quraishi

Baghdad, Iraq

How did Dotter's method make its way to Europe and result in Andreas Grüntzig’s balloon catheter?

In this episode, Chiara De Biase and Jean Marco discuss how Eberhard Zeitler, inspired by Dotter's work, introduced the method in Germany. Grüntzig, known for his solid medical background and empathetic demeanor, received crucial support from colleagues. His determination, teamwork, and commitment led to the development of a flexible...

Mohamed Alami

Casablanca, Morocco

Stefano Albani

Aosta, Italy

Victor Aldana

Ibagué, Colombia

Aleksander Araszkiewicz

Poznan, Poland

Ali Ali

Cottingham, United Kingdom

Gokhan Alici

Istanbul, Türkiye

From the legs to the coronaries: How Andreas Grüntzig reached his dream

In this final episode, Chiara De Biase and Jean Marco trace the journey of transluminal angioplasty from Charles Dotter in the US to Andreas Grüntzig in Europe. Grüntzig's vision was to apply balloon angioplasty to treat coronary artery stenosis, for which he defined clear goals and working axes....

Kaisar Alimbayev

Astana, Kazakhstan

Elnur Alizade

Istanbul, Türkiye

Mohammed Allami

Duhok, Iraq

Sulaiman Alrashidi

ON, Canada

Nazar H. Sudan

Iraq