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CardioExchange, an NEJM practice community for medical professionals dedicated to improving cardiac patient care, was active from 2009 to 2015. CardioExchange fostered discussion between clinicians from across the globe.

November 14th, 2009

William Ganz, Pioneer of Catheterization, Dies  

Dr. William Ganz, co-inventor of the Swan-Ganz Catheter, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 90. The New York Times offers has a detailed obituary. Here at CardioExchange, you can download his landmark article from the New England Journal of Medicine in 1970:

Catheterization Of The Heart In Man With Use Of A Flow Directed Balloon Tipped Catheter
Swan, H. J. C. et al., N Engl J Med 1970 Aug 27; 283:447-451.

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