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Werner Forssmann was a German physician who invented cardiac catheterization and won the Nobel Prize in 1956. He performed the first human cardiac catheterization on himself in 1929 and faced many challenges and controversies in his career.
Werner Forssmann was a German urologist who invented the technique of cardiac catheterization in 1929. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1956, along with André Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards, for their contributions to cardiac research.
Werner Forssmann was a German physician who performed the first heart catheterization on himself in 1929. He received the Nobel Prize for his discoveries concerning the circulatory system and its pathological changes.
Aug 16, 2024 · Werner Forssmann was a German surgeon who invented cardiac catheterization, a technique to examine the heart with a tube. He shared the Nobel Prize in 1956 with André F. Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards, who adapted and improved his method.
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In 1956, as a pioneer of interventional cardiology, Werner Forssmann shared the Nobel Prize with André Frédéric Cournand and Dickinson W. Richard. Forssmann's family was in difficult financial straits at the time and the Nobel Prize was an unexpected windfall.
- Ahmadreza Afshar, David P. Steensma, Robert A. Kyle
- 2018
Jan 30, 2015 · This piece states that Werner Forssmann was a medic during World War II. It would be more accurate to describe Forssmann as a medical officer. In 1939 he enlisted in the German armed forces.
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Forssmann was aware of studies in which horses and other animals had undergone intra-arterial catheterization in order to measure cardiac pressures. He envisioned human catheterization both for diagnostic purposes and to facilitate drug administration.
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