History of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology: A Revolution in Medicine that Changed Hearts
The History of Invasive and Interventional Cardiology:
A Revolution in Medicine that Changed the Hearts of Many
America has come a long way since improvements in medical technology and treatment have been made. As time has progressed, modern medicine has continued to shape America and its medicinal practices, moving it towards becoming a much more medically advanced nation. Ranging from the birth of catheterization to the Interventional Era of Development of surgeries, drugs, imaging, and care, the history of invasive and interventional cardiology is a field of modern medicine that has stepped up to another level, transformed the way medicine is utilized, and ultimately, changed the way America has saved lives.
The Birth of Catheterization
Invasive and interventional cardiology is the study of a group of methods in which diagnostic testing and non-surgical interventional treatments are used for treating patients who suffer from various heart diseases and disorders. This field covers a variety of therapies ranging from stents to intravascular ultrasounds. Invasive and interventional cardiology began with the birth of catheterization starting from the early ancient Egyptians going back to 400 B.C. During 400 B.C., catheters were fashioned by hollow reeds and pipes were used as cadavers to study function of cardiac valves, then in 3000 B.C., ancient Egyptians performed the first types of catheterization which started from the bladder using metal pipes (Choudhury, Rahman, Azam, and Hashem 75). With the very basic beginnings of inserting pipes and tubes, these ideas began to shape the minds of doctors. The first major breakthrough that led to the birth of catheterization was a description of blood flow and blood itself by William Harvey in his “earth-shaking” publication De Motu Cordis in 1628 (Braunwald 2031). The direction of blood and its flow was a crucial concept to understanding the pathways that could be used to drive these catheters; and this is just what
A Revolution in Medicine that Changed the Hearts of Many
America has come a long way since improvements in medical technology and treatment have been made. As time has progressed, modern medicine has continued to shape America and its medicinal practices, moving it towards becoming a much more medically advanced nation. Ranging from the birth of catheterization to the Interventional Era of Development of surgeries, drugs, imaging, and care, the history of invasive and interventional cardiology is a field of modern medicine that has stepped up to another level, transformed the way medicine is utilized, and ultimately, changed the way America has saved lives.
The Birth of Catheterization
Invasive and interventional cardiology is the study of a group of methods in which diagnostic testing and non-surgical interventional treatments are used for treating patients who suffer from various heart diseases and disorders. This field covers a variety of therapies ranging from stents to intravascular ultrasounds. Invasive and interventional cardiology began with the birth of catheterization starting from the early ancient Egyptians going back to 400 B.C. During 400 B.C., catheters were fashioned by hollow reeds and pipes were used as cadavers to study function of cardiac valves, then in 3000 B.C., ancient Egyptians performed the first types of catheterization which started from the bladder using metal pipes (Choudhury, Rahman, Azam, and Hashem 75). With the very basic beginnings of inserting pipes and tubes, these ideas began to shape the minds of doctors. The first major breakthrough that led to the birth of catheterization was a description of blood flow and blood itself by William Harvey in his “earth-shaking” publication De Motu Cordis in 1628 (Braunwald 2031). The direction of blood and its flow was a crucial concept to understanding the pathways that could be used to drive these catheters; and this is just what
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