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| Werner Forssmann | |
 A bust of Werner Forßmann
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| Born | August 29, 1904 Berlin |
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| Died | June 1, 1979 |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Known for | Cardiac catheterization |
Werner Forßmann, (August 29, 1904 – June 1, 1979) was a physician from Germany. He is credited with the first human cardiac catheterization, performed in 1929, while working in Eberswalde. Ignoring his department chief, and tying his assistant to an operating table to prevent his interference, he placed a uretheral catheter into a vein in his own arm, advanced it into the right atrium of his own heart,[1] and walked down a flight of stairs to the radiology department, where he had the confirmatory X-ray taken, showing the catheter in his heart.[1] Although he was later fired from another hospital for this, he received his Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 for his pioneering feat into cardiological studies.
Forßmann was born in Berlin. He studied medicine at the University of Berlin, graduating in 1929.
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References
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External links
- Biographical Sketch of Werner Forßmann with video clip
- Nobel Biography
- www.aerztezeitung.de: Der Herzkatheter-Selbstversuch: Dichtung und Wahrheit (in German)
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