| 1929 |
Werner Forssmann performs the first transluminal cardiac catheterization |
| 1953 |
Sven Seldinger introduces percutaneous access |
| 1958 |
Mason Sones performs the first coronary angiography (via surgical brachial access) |
| 1963 |
Charles Dotter performs the first peripheral angioplasty |
| 1968 |
Eberhard Zeitler expands peripheral angioplasty across Europe |
| 1968 |
Melvin Judkins develops the percutaneous coronary angiography technique |
| 1977 |
Andreas Grüntzig performs the first percutaneous coronary balloon angioplasty |
| 1979 |
Geoffrey Hartzler performs the first coronary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction |
| 1986 |
Jacques Puel implants the first coronary stent (Wallstent) |
| 1991 |
Cannon and Roubin report the first stent implantation in acute myocardial infarction |
| 1994 |
Regulatory approval of the first scientifically evidence-based stent (Palmaz-Schatz) |
