Werner Forssmann

Werner Forßmann
Werner Forßmann
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a physician from Germany developed a procedure that allowed cardiac catheterization. In 1929, he safely passed the catheter into his heart.
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in medicine (shared ) (1956)
"for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system"
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Born
Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann 29 August 1904 Berlin, German Empire
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Died
1 June 1979 (aged 74) Schopfheim, West Germany
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Nationality
German
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Known for
Cardiac catheterization
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Fields
Medicine
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Alma mater
University of Berlin
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Awards
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1956)
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Germany
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1800+

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