title: Clarence Agress pioneers experimental thrombolysis of the coronary artery in 1952.
abstract: In 1952, Clarence Agress performed an experiment on dogs to demonstrate his idea that a thrombus in a coronary artery could be dissolved without harm to the myocardium. Although this landmark in cardiology has been forgotten, credit to Agress is deserved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000266:history*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000266:history*; D004285:Dogs; D005342:Fibrinolysis; D049673:History, 20th Century; D014481:United States