Charles Theodore Dotter

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Charles Theodore Dotter (1920-1985) was a vascular radiologist who is generally credited with developing interventional radiology[1]. Dotter, together with Dr Melvin P. Judkins, described angioplasty in 1964[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Payne M (2001). "Charles Theodore Dotter. The father of intervention.". Tex Heart Inst J 28 (1): 28–38. PMID 11330737. Full text
  2. ^ DOTTER C, JUDKINS M. "TRANSLUMINAL TREATMENT OF ARTERIOSCLEROTIC OBSTRUCTION. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW TECHNIC AND A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF ITS APPLICATION". Circulation 30: 654–70. PMID 14226164. 
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Dotter Interventional Institute