Iris Publishers- Open access Journal of Cardiovascular Research | 40 Years of Angioplasty in Zurich; we Keep Having Flashbacks to the First-in-Human Coronary Angioplasty!

Authored by Nooraldaem Yousif and Robert Manka

Case Report

78 years old gentleman diagnosed as non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). The Culprit lesion was a mid left anterior descending artery (LAD) stenosis (arrow A), a similar lesion to the first in-man coronary angioplasty which was performed at the same cardiac center (University Heart Center Zurich) (arrow B) exactly the same day (arrow C) 40 years back (16^th September 1977) by Dr. Andreas R. Grüntzig! This time the lesion was treated with drug-eluting stent (arrow E) that considered a gold standard now. Another mind-blowing coincidence is that our patient was born in 1939 (arrow D), likewise Dr. Grüntzig and Mr. Bachman (the first angioplasty patient)! Figure.


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