Skip to main content

Historical Account Cardiology

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
  • 418 Accesses

Abstract

That it will ever come into general use, notwithstanding its value, is extremely doubtful because its beneficial application requires much time and gives a good bit of trouble; both to the patient and practitioner. Its hue and character are foreign and opposed to all our habits and associations

About «the stethoscope», The London Times 1834

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Buying options

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   149.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD   199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD   279.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Raju TN. The Nobel chronicles. 1956: Werner Forssmann (1904-79); Andre Frederic Cournand (1895-1988); and Dickinson Woodruff Richards, Jr (1895-1973). Lancet. 1999;353:1891.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Mueller RL, Sanborn TA. The history of interventional cardiology: cardiac catheterization, angioplasty, and related interventions. Am Heart J. 1995;129:146–72.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Hales S. Statistical essays, containing haemastaticks: 2. London: W Innys, R Manby, and T Woodward; 1733.

    Google Scholar 

  4. Baim DS. Cardiac catheterization history and current practice standards. In: Baim DS, editor. Grossman's cardiac catheterization, angiography, and intervention. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006. p. 3–13.

    Google Scholar 

  5. Cournand A. Cardiac catheterization; development of the technique, its contributions to experimental medicine, and its initial applications in man. Acta Med Scand Suppl. 1975;579:3–32.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Forssmann W. The catheterization of the right side of the heart. Klin Wochenschr. 1929;8:2085–7.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Klein O. Determining human cardiac output (minute volume) using Fick’s principle (extraction of mixed venous blood by cardiac catheterization). Munch Med Wochenschr. 1930;77:1311–2.

    Google Scholar 

  8. Padilla T, Cossio P, Berconsky I. Sondeo del corazon: tecnica. Semana Medica. 1932;2:79–82.

    Google Scholar 

  9. Cournand A, Riley RL, Breed ES, Baldwin ED, Richards DW, Lester MS, Jones M. Measurement of cardiac output in man using the technique of catheterization of the right auricle or ventricle. J Clin Invest. 1945;24:106–16.

    Article  PubMed Central  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Dexter L, Haynes FW, Burwell CS, Eppinger EC, Sagerson RP, Evans JM. Studies of congenital heart disease. Ii. The pressure and oxygen content of blood in the right auricle, right ventricle, and pulmonary artery in control patients, with observations on the oxygen saturation and source of pulmonary "capillary" blood. J Clin Invest. 1947;26:554–60.

    Article  PubMed Central  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Farinas PL. A new technique for the arteriographic examination of the abdominal aorta and its branches. Am J Roentgenol. 1941;46:641–5.

    Google Scholar 

  12. Zimmerman HA, Scott RW, Becker NO. Catheterization of the left side of the heart in man. Circulation. 1950;1:357–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Limon Lason R, Rubio Alvarez V, Bouchard F. Intracardiac catheterization. V. Catheterization of the left cavities in man; simultaneous registering of pressure and intracavitary electrocardiogram. Arch Inst Cardiol Mex. 1950;20:271–85.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Seldinger SI. Catheter replacement of the needle in percutaneous arteriography; a new technique. Acta Radiol. 1953;39:368–76.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Ryan TJ. The coronary angiogram and its seminal contributions to cardiovascular medicine over five decades. Circulation. 2002;106:752–6.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Sones FM Jr, Shirey EK. Cine coronary arteriography. Mod Concepts Cardiovasc Dis. 1962;31:735–8.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Judkins MP. Selective coronary arteriography. I A percutaneous transfemoral technic. Radiology. 1967;89:815–24.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Schoonmaker FW, King SB 3rd. Coronary arteriography by the single catheter percutaneous femoral technique. Experience in 6,800 cases. Circulation. 1974;50:735–40.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  19. Wilson WJ, Lee GB, Amplatz K. Biplane selective coronary arteriography via percutaneous transfemoral approach. Am J Roentgenol Radium Therapy, Nucl Med. 1967;100:332–40.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. Swan HJ, Ganz W, Forrester J, Marcus H, Diamond G, Chonette D. Catheterization of the heart in man with use of a flow-directed balloon-tipped catheter. N Engl J Med. 1970;283:447–51.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  21. Dotter CT, Judkins MP. Transluminal treatment of arteriosclerotic obstruction. Description of a new technic and a preliminary report of its application. Circulation. 1964;30:654–70.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  22. Gruentzig A. Perkutane rekanalisation chronischer arterieller verschlusse mit einem neuen dilatationskatheter modifikation der Dotter-Technik. Deutsch Med Wochenschr. 1974;99:2502–10.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. Meier B. The world’s longest follow-up after percutaneous coronary intervention, 37 years and still going strong. Eur Heart J. 2015;36:1154.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  24. Gruntzig A. Transluminal dilatation of coronary-artery stenosis. Lancet. 1978;1:263.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  25. Gruntzig AR, Senning A, Siegenthaler WE. Nonoperative dilatation of coronary-artery stenosis: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. N Engl J Med. 1979;301:61–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  26. Rentrop KP, Blanke H, Karsch KR, Kreuzer H. Initial experience with transluminal recanalization of the recently occluded infarct-related coronary artery in acute myocardial infarction – comparison with conventionally treated patients. Clin Cardiol. 1979;2:92–105.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  27. Meyer J, Merx W, Schmitz H, Erbel R, Kiesslich T, Dorr R, Lambertz H, Bethge C, Krebs W, Bardos P, Minale C, Messmer BJ, Effert S. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty immediately after intracoronary streptolysis of transmural myocardial infarction. Circulation. 1982;66:905–13.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  28. Hartzler GO, Rutherford BD, McConahay DR, Johnson WL Jr, McCallister BD, Gura GM Jr, Conn RC, Crockett JE. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with and without thrombolytic therapy for treatment of acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 1983;106:965–73.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  29. Simpson JB, Zimmerman JJ, Selmon MR, Shoor PM, Cipriano PR, Martin F, McAuley BJ, Fogarty TJ, Hayden WG. Transluminal atherectomy: initial clinical results in 27 patients [abstract]. Circulation. 1986;74:203.

    Google Scholar 

  30. Zacca NM, Raizner AE, Noon GP, Short D 3rd, Weilbaecher D, Gotto A Jr, Roberts R. Treatment of symptomatic peripheral atherosclerotic disease with a rotational atherectomy device. Am J Cardiol. 1989;63:77–80.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  31. Greenfield JC Jr. An explosion of technology. Am J Cardiol. 1988;62:1F–2F.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  32. Cumberland DC, Sanborn TA, Tayler DI, Moore DJ, Welsh CL, Greenfield AJ, Guben JK, Ryan TJ. Percutaneous laser thermal angioplasty: initial clinical results with a laser probe in total peripheral artery occlusions. Lancet. 1986;1:1457–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  33. Mulliken JB, Goldwyn RM. Impressions of Charles Stent. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1978;62:173–6.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  34. Dotter CT. Transluminally-placed coilspring endarterial tube grafts. Long-term patency in canine popliteal artery. Investig Radiol. 1969;4:329–32.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  35. Maass D, Zollikofer CL, Largiader F, Senning A. Radiological follow-up of transluminally inserted vascular endoprostheses: an experimental study using expanding spirals. Radiology. 1984;152:659–63.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  36. Sigwart U, Puel J, Mirkovitch V, Joffre F, Kappenberger L. Intravascular stents to prevent occlusion and restenosis after transluminal angioplasty. N Engl J Med. 1987;316:701–6.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  37. Serruys PW, Strauss BH, Beatt KJ, Bertrand ME, Puel J, Rickards AF, Meier B, Goy JJ, Vogt P, Kappenberger L, et al. Angiographic follow-up after placement of a self-expanding coronary-artery stent. N Engl J Med. 1991;324:13–7.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  38. Serruys PW, de Jaegere P, Kiemeneij F, Macaya C, Rutsch W, Heyndrickx G, Emanuelsson H, Marco J, Legrand V, Materne P, et al. A comparison of balloon-expandable-stent implantation with balloon angioplasty in patients with coronary artery disease. Benestent Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1994;331:489–95.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  39. Fischman DL, Leon MB, Baim DS, Schatz RA, Savage MP, Penn I, Detre K, Veltri L, Ricci D, Nobuyoshi M, et al. A randomized comparison of coronary-stent placement and balloon angioplasty in the treatment of coronary artery disease. Stent Restenosis Study Investigators. N Engl J Med. 1994;331:496–501.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  40. Schomig A, Neumann FJ, Kastrati A, Schuhlen H, Blasini R, Hadamitzky M, Walter H, Zitzmann-Roth EM, Richardt G, Alt E, Schmitt C, Ulm K. A randomized comparison of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy after the placement of coronary-artery stents. N Engl J Med. 1996;334:1084–9.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  41. Leon MB, Baim DS, Popma JJ, Gordon PC, Cutlip DE, Ho KK, Giambartolomei A, Diver DJ, Lasorda DM, Williams DO, Pocock SJ, Kuntz RE. A clinical trial comparing three antithrombotic-drug regimens after coronary-artery stenting. Stent Anticoagulation Restenosis Study Investigators. N Engl J Med. 1998;339:1665–71.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  42. Moses JW, Leon MB, Popma JJ, Fitzgerald PJ, Holmes DR, O'Shaughnessy C, Caputo RP, Kereiakes DJ, Williams DO, Teirstein PS, Jaeger JL, Kuntz RE. Sirolimus-eluting stents versus standard stents in patients with stenosis in a native coronary artery. N Engl J Med. 2003;349:1315–23.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  43. Stone GW, Ellis SG, Cox DA, Hermiller J, O'Shaughnessy C, Mann JT, Turco M, Caputo R, Bergin P, Greenberg J, Popma JJ, Russell ME. A polymer-based, paclitaxel-eluting stent in patients with coronary artery disease. N Engl J Med. 2004;350:221–31.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  44. Gao R, Yang Y, Han Y, Huo Y, Chen J, Yu B, Su X, Li L, Kuo HC, Ying SW, Cheong WF, Zhang Y, Su X, Xu B, Popma JJ, Stone GW, Investigators AC. Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds versus metallic stents in patients with coronary artery disease: ABSORB China trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;66:2298–309.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  45. Steinberg DH, Staubach S, Franke J, Sievert H. Defining structural heart disease in the adult patient: current scope, inherent challenges and future directions. Eur Heart J Supplements. 2010;12(Supplement E):E2–9.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  46. Rubio-Alvarez V, Limon R, Soni J. Intracardiac valvulotomy by means of a catheter. Arch Inst Cardiol Mex. 1953;23:183–92.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  47. Bridges ND, Hellenbrand W, Latson L, Filiano J, Newburger JW, Lock JE. Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale after presumed paradoxical embolism. Circulation. 1992;86:1902–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  48. Inoue K, Owaki T, Nakamura T, Kitamura F, Miyamoto N. Clinical application of transvenous mitral commissurotomy by a new balloon catheter. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1984;87:394–402.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  49. Andersen HR, Knudsen LL, Hasenkam JM. Transluminal implantation of artificial heart valves. Description of a new expandable aortic valve and initial results with implantation by catheter technique in closed chest pigs. Eur Heart J. 1992;13:704–8.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  50. Cribier A, Eltchaninoff H, Bash A, Borenstein N, Tron C, Bauer F, Derumeaux G, Anselme F, Laborde F, Leon MB. Percutaneous transcatheter implantation of an aortic valve prosthesis for calcific aortic stenosis: first human case description. Circulation. 2002;106:3006–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  51. Mirabel M, Iung B, Baron G, Messika-Zeitoun D, Detaint D, Vanoverschelde JL, Butchart EG, Ravaud P, Vahanian A. What are the characteristics of patients with severe, symptomatic, mitral regurgitation who are denied surgery? Eur Heart J. 2007;28:1358–65.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  52. Goldberg SL, Feldman T. Percutaneous mitral valve interventions: overview of new approaches. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2010;12:404–12.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  53. Alfieri O, Maisano F, De Bonis M, Stefano PL, Torracca L, Oppizzi M, La Canna G. The double-orifice technique in mitral valve repair: a simple solution for complex problems. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001;122:674–81.

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  54. St Goar FG, Fann JI, Komtebedde J, Foster E, Oz MC, Fogarty TJ, Feldman T, Block PC. Endovascular edge-to-edge mitral valve repair: short-term results in a porcine model. Circulation. 2003;108:1990–3.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  55. Condado JA, Acquatella H, Rodriguez L, Whitlow P, Velez-Gimo M, St Goar FG. Percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral valve repair: 2-year follow-up in the first human case. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2006;67:323–5.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  56. A Report From the American Heart Association. Heart disease and stroke statistics—2010 update. Circulation. 2010;121:e46–e215.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  57. Schatz RA. A view of vascular stents. Circulation. 1988;79:445.

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

We are thankful to Maria Schlumpf for her important contribution and background information on Andreas Grüntzig.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Oliver Gaemperli .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2018 Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature

About this chapter

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this chapter

Gaemperli, O., Fuchs, T.A., Lüscher, T.F. (2018). Historical Account Cardiology. In: Lanzer, P. (eds) Textbook of Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Interventions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55994-0_107

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55994-0_107

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-55993-3

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-55994-0

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics