November 11 – On This Day in Medical History

Medical milestones, landmark publications, and notable births and deaths associated with November 11.

Events

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Births

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Deaths

2009Vilem (William) Ganz (1919-2009), Slovakian-born American cardiologist. Designed the Swan-Ganz catheter – pulmonary artery catheter (1970) and pioneer of early reperfusion therapy (intracoronary thrombolysis) for myocardial infarction

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