Cournand, AF (English spelling)

Japanese: Cournand,A.F.(英語表記)CournandAF
Cournand, AF (English spelling)

… The first person to perform cardiac catheterization in humans was Werner Forssmann (1904-1979) of Germany in 1929. At the age of 25, he inserted a ureteral catheter through a vein in his left arm to the right atrium, and continued to perform cardiac catheterization a total of seven times. In 1941, André F. Cournand (1895-1988), an American born in France, performed cardiac catheterization of the right heart system from a systemic vein to the right atrium, right ventricle, and pulmonary artery, establishing right heart catheterization (Forssmann and Cournand were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine together with DW Richards in 1956). In 1950, HAZimmermann performed a catheterization technique from an artery to the left ventricle in a retrograde manner, which was succeeded by S.I. Seldinger's percutaneous arterial puncture technique in 1953, establishing left heart catheterization. …

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Japanese:

… 心臓カテーテル法を1929年に初めてヒトに行ったのはドイツのフォルスマンWerner Forssmann(1904‐79)で,彼は25歳の時に左腕の静脈より尿管カテーテルを右心房まで挿入したのをはじめとして,計7回心臓カテーテル法を試みた。フランス生れのアメリカ人クルナンAndré F.Cournand(1895‐1988)は41年,体静脈より右心房,右心室,肺動脈に至る右心系の心臓カテーテル法を行い,右心カテーテル法を確立した(フォルスマンとクルナンは1956年リチャーズD.W.Richardsとともにノーベル生理・医学賞を受賞)。ツィンマーマンH.A.Zimmermannは50年,動脈から逆行性に左心室に至るカテーテル法を行い,それがセルディンガーS.I.Seldingerの53年の経皮動脈穿刺(せんし)法に受けつがれて,左心カテーテル法が確立した。…

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