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Werner Forssmann
Cardiology · Cardiology
Bad Kreuznach, Germany
15H-Index
625Citations
189Total Impact
GLNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1956)0
Overview
Werner Forssmann is a cardiology specialist at Auguste-Viktoria-Krankenhaus. Based in Bad Kreuznach.
For Patients
- Pioneered the Cardiac catheterization, a technique still used by doctors worldwide
- Research was cited 625 times by other doctors and scientists
- Based at Auguste-Viktoria-Krankenhaus in Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Biography
Werner Forssmann was a German physician who performed the first cardiac catheterization on himself in 1929, threading a catheter into his own heart. This act of self-experimentation founded interventional cardiology. Nobel Prize 1956.
Affiliations & Institutions
Research Impact
6Publications
625Total Citations
Publication Timeline
Published In
Journal of Molecular MedicineDroste eBooksLangenbeck s Archives of SurgeryAktuelle Urologie
Key Publications
Die Sondierung des Rechten Herzens
Selbstversuch : Erinnerungen eines Chirurgen
Geschichtliche Entwicklung und Methodik der Herzkatheterung; ihr Anwendungsgebiet unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Lungenerkrankungen
Nachtrag
Untersuchungen zur selektiven pharmakologischen Beeinflussung der glatten Muskulatur des Urogenitaltrakts - Grundlagen und klinische Anwendungen
Areas of Expertise
Pioneering Techniques
Medical Specialties
Clinical Knowledge & Procedures
Legacy Timeline
The life and contributions of Werner Forssmann
1929
First cardiac catheterization
Inserted a catheter through his own arm vein into his heart, then walked to radiology for an X-ray
1956
Nobel Prize
For discoveries concerning heart catheterization