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Gruentzig in the angioplasty lab.jpg

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Andreas Gruentzig statue.jpg

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1987 Atlanta TV news video explaining stent

The Gianturco-Roubin Flex-Stent and the Gianturco-Roubin (GR II) Coronary Stents (Cook Inc) were the first Food and Drug Administration–approved coronary artery stents in February 2002 . The Palmaz-Schatz stent did not get approved until 1994,

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UAB - May 1993

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