A journey with Charles Dotter: his contribution to transluminal angioplasty

Voices from the past, messages to build the future: Episode #1
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 vascular medicine. Despite Dotter's visionary work, his name was nearly forgotten. Why was Dotter's disruptive innovation initially rejected? Stay tuned to uncover more about Dotter's legacy and the evolution of interventional medicine.

Video snippets courtesy of Burt Cohen http://angioplasty.org/

More about the history of angioplasty on PCRonline: https://www.pcronline.com/About-PCR/4...

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