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Also Known As heart catheterization

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coronary angioplasty: injection of contrast medium
coronary angioplasty: thrombolytic therapy
coronary angioplasty: unblocked artery
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André F. Cournand
American physiologist
Dickinson Woodruff Richards
American physiologist
Werner Forssmann
German physician