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In October 1977, four weeks after the first successful transluminal coronary angioplasty by Grüntzig (2) the second procedure was performed in Frankfurt using the original double lumen balloon catheter. In 1982, we began to use the steerable technique with a short guide wire as described by Simpson (7) which remarkably facilitated coronary angioplasty and led to an extension of its indication. In December 1983, Kaltenbach introduced the long wire technique (5) which has become routine in Frankfurt and some other European centers.
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Vallbracht, C., Kober, G., Kaltenbach, M. (1989). Long wire technique for coronary angioplasty — the Frankfurt experience. In: Höfling, B., v. Pölnitz, A., Erdmann, E., Steinbeck, G., Strauer, B.E. (eds) Interventional Cardiology and Angiology. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-12114-6_2
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