Left Heart Catheterization by the Transbronchial Route

Left heart catheterization by the transbronchial route: technic and applications in physiologic and diagnostic investigations.

T HE development and application of technics for catheterization of the left side of the heart are proving of increasing importance in the study of patients with many types of cardiovascular disease. Two methods of left atrial puncture are commonly employed. The transbronchial method, devised by Allison and Linden' 2 and Facquet et al.3 and the posterior percutaneous route employed first by Bjo...

Left Heart Catheterization by the Transbronchial Route Technic and Applications in Physiologic and Diagnostic

T HE development and application of technics for catheterization of the left side of the heart are proving of increasing importance in the study of patients with many types of cardiovascular disease. Two methods of left atrial puncture are commonly employed. The transbronchial method, devised by Allison and Linden' 2 and Facquet et al.3 and the posterior percutaneous route employed first by Bjo...

A double-needle technic for transbronchial left heart catheterization.

Combined Percutaneous Retrograde Aortic and Transseptal Left Heart Catheterization.

Left heart catheterization in man has assumed increasing importance with the rapid advances in cardiac surgery for lesions of the left side of the heart. Zimmerman, Scott, and Becker (1950) were the first to perform left ventricular catheterization, passing a catheter in retrograde fashion from aorta to left ventricle. Subsequently the transbronchial (Facquet et al., 1952; Allison and Linden, 1...

From pump to molecules.

In response to Eduardo Marbán’s invitation to prepare a brief reminiscence on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Circulation Research, I recount here a few of the ideas and events that have marked my 47 years in research. My research career began when, fresh from a surgical internship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, I arrived at the then National Heart Institute in 1956. There, having watch...