The evolution of management of acute coronary syndromes (unstable angina and Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction): part II.
The first cardiac catheterization in a living human was performed in 1929 by Werner Forssmann.(1) Forssmann was a young urologist in training who catheterized his right atrium from his left anticubital vein and took a picture of the catheter in the right atrium. He also showed that it was safe to exercise with a catheter in the right atrium since he had to walk to the radiology department.
Richard Conti
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