print email comment close Angioplasty.org: History Center URL: http://www.ptca.org/history.html Description: This site provides "an archive of materials documenting the history of [this minimally invasive form of] interventional cardiology" that tries to open up a blocked coronary artery. It includes a timeline of catheterization procedures (including the first documented human cardiac catheterization in 1929), interviews with leaders in the field, and video clips. Also includes links to related information. From an independent educational health site. Extra Keywords heart stent balloon PTCA Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Library of Congress Subject Headings: Angioplasty Cardiology Medicine -- History LII Database Information: Record 19433 created by Maria Brandt on 10/24/2005 Last modification on 10/24/2005 Published: 10/26/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/19433