Abstract
The first cardiac catheterization in a living human was performed in 1929 by Werner Forssmann.1 Forssmann was a young urologist in training who catheterized his right atrium from his left anticubital vein and took a picture of the catheter in the right atrium. He also showed that it was safe to exercise with a catheter in the right atrium since he had to walk to the radiology department. Copyright © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Keywords: acute coronary syndrome, management, history
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