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International Cooperation , Radiography, Interventional , Radiology, Interventional/organization & administration , Societies, Medical/organization & administration , Congresses as Topic , Cooperative Behavior , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Radiography, Interventional/history , Radiology, Interventional/history , Societies, Medical/historySubject(s)
Coronary Angiography/trends , Job Description , Radiography, Interventional/trends , Radiologists/trends , Specialization/trends , Coronary Angiography/history , Diffusion of Innovation , Forecasting , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Radiography, Interventional/history , Radiologists/history , Specialization/historySubject(s)
Cardiac Catheterization/statistics & numerical data , Cardiologists/statistics & numerical data , Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/statistics & numerical data , Physicians, Women/statistics & numerical data , Radiologists/statistics & numerical data , Women, Working/statistics & numerical data , Cardiac Catheterization/history , Cardiac Catheterization/trends , Cardiologists/history , Cardiologists/trends , Female , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/history , Percutaneous Coronary Intervention/trends , Physicians, Women/history , Physicians, Women/trends , Radiography, Interventional/history , Radiography, Interventional/statistics & numerical data , Radiography, Interventional/trends , Radiologists/history , Radiologists/trends , Time Factors , Women, Working/historyABSTRACT
Occlusion balloon catheters of 5.2- or 6-French have been used for a few decades in various endovascular treatments of body trunk vascular lesions. However, these catheters may be difficult to place in cases of excessive vessel tortuosity, small vessels, and anatomic complexity. Recently, the introduction of the double lumen microballoon catheters for body trunk vascular lesions has allowed operators to advance them into more distal, smaller, and more tortuous vessels. Since the launch of the first generation microballoon catheters onto the market in Japan in 2011, the microballoon catheters have evolved and are now generally available for clinical use. The purpose of this article is to review the evolution and current clinical applications of the microballoon catheters in the field of interventional radiology.
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Balloon Occlusion/instrumentation , Embolization, Therapeutic/instrumentation , Endovascular Procedures/instrumentation , Abdomen , Aneurysm/diagnostic imaging , Aneurysm/therapy , Balloon Occlusion/history , Catheters/history , Chemoembolization, Therapeutic/instrumentation , Endovascular Procedures/history , Esophageal and Gastric Varices/therapy , History, 21st Century , Humans , Kidney Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Kidney Neoplasms/therapy , Liver Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Liver Neoplasms/therapy , Radiography, Interventional/history , Radiography, Interventional/instrumentation , Radiography, Interventional/methodsSubject(s)
Radiography, Interventional/history , Czechoslovakia , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Male , United StatesSubject(s)
Angiography/history , Biomedical Research/history , Radiography, Interventional/history , Radiology, Interventional/history , Czechoslovakia , Education, Medical/history , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Mentors/history , Radiology, Interventional/education , United StatesSubject(s)
Radiography, Interventional , Radiology, Interventional , Cardiovascular Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Cardiovascular Diseases/radiotherapy , Decision Making , History, 20th Century , History, 21st Century , Humans , Hungary , International Cooperation , Radiography, Interventional/history , Radiography, Interventional/methods , Radiography, Interventional/trends , Radiology, Interventional/history , Radiology, Interventional/methods , Radiology, Interventional/trendsSubject(s)
Cardiac Catheterization/trends , Cardiology/trends , Heart Diseases/therapy , Radiography, Interventional/trends , Societies, Medical/trends , Accreditation/trends , Cardiac Catheterization/history , Cardiology/education , Cardiology/history , Cardiology/organization & administration , Diffusion of Innovation , Education, Medical/trends , Forecasting , Heart Defects, Congenital/therapy , Heart Diseases/diagnosis , History, 21st Century , Humans , Organizational Innovation , Organizational Objectives , Quality of Health Care/trends , Radiography, Interventional/history , Societies, Medical/history , Societies, Medical/organization & administrationABSTRACT
The surgeon and urologist Werner Forßmann (1904-1979) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1956. At the time of the prize ceremony, several newspapers portrayed Forssmann as an unknown rural physician who suddenly had become an international star. Drawing on nominations and reports in the Nobel Prize Archive for Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm as well as correspondence from the private archive of the Forßmann family, this paper reconstructs why the Nobel Committee chose to award Forßmann. We show that Forssmann's work was appreciated in medical textbooks and that he enjoyed a relatively sound reputation in the international scientific community even before he became a Nobel Prize laureate. At a more general level, we use his example to explore some mechanisms of scientific recognition.