A Hearty Happy 30th Birthday Angioplasty!
Happy Birthday to you!!! The procedure angioplasty turned 30 years old! Thirty years ago the late Dr. Andreas Gruentzig, a German physician working in Switzerland, developed the lifesaving procedure. What a visionary indeed.
Thirty years ago, 1 in 4 heart attack patients died, today over 95% survive! Dr. Gruentzig was a pioneer. What an amazing “medical breakthrough” he gave us…
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» This week in health and science - 9/21/07 - Women's Health Research News blog from IdeasForWomen.com
Sep 22, 2007 at 12:25 am
[…] Angioplasty celebrated its 30th birthday recently! Before then “1 in 4 heart attack patients died, today over 95% survive!” - from A Hearty Life. […]
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