Martin Kaltenbach

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Martin Kaltenbach (born September 23, 1928 in Lörrach , Baden) is a German internist and cardiologist. He was head of the cardiology department at the Center for Internal Medicine at the JW Goethe University in Frankfurt . Among other things, he developed the climbing step for coronary ischemia diagnostics and, together with Andreas Grüntzig, was a pioneer of percutaneous catheter interventions.

Life

Kaltenbach was born as the youngest of three children of the engineer and machine manufacturer Hans Kaltenbach and the piano teacher Lise Kaltenbach, born Maurer.

First, like his brother Dieter Kaltenbach , he attended the Rudolf Steiner School in Basel . In the fourth grade he switched to the elementary school in Loerrach because of border problems. Then he went to the humanistic Hebelgymnasium in Lörrach. After the eighth high school class (lower prima) he transferred to the natural science Hans-Thoma-Gymnasium in Lörrach. In 1948 he passed the Abitur with distinction.

School time was interrupted by the Second World War. In 1943, Kaltenbach began an apprenticeship as a machine fitter in his father's company . In September 1944 he was called up for military service. He was postponed because of a mission to "jump" in the French Vosges. At the beginning of 1945 he was called up for military training in Menzenschwand in the Black Forest. There he was used as a group leader. However, together with other comrades, he rejected the suggested voluntary entry into the Waffen SS . After completing his training, he was called up for the Volkssturm in Haagen-Wiesental .

education

After a nursing internship in the municipal hospital in Lörrach , Kaltenbach began studying medicine in Freiburg / Breisgau in 1948. After three semesters, he passed the pre-physics course . He then interrupted his studies and finished his apprenticeship as a machine fitter with a qualification as a skilled worker. He then continued his studies in Freiburg and did his physics. He completed two clinical semesters in Basel with clinical traineeships in surgery and ophthalmology. He finished his studies in Marburg / Lahn with an internship in urology, surgery, ophthalmology and gynecology. He passed the state examination in Marburg in 1955. There he received his doctorate in 1955 with a thesis on the subject of studies on reflex zones of the kidney .

Professional career

In 1955, Kaltenbach began as a compulsory assistant in the city hospital in Lörrach with activities in surgery, gynecology and internal medicine. After 5/4 years of compulsory work, he became an assistant doctor in internal medicine until 1958. Until 1962 he continued his advanced training in internal medicine and cardiology. In 1962 he entered the second medical university clinic in Frankfurt . In 1965 further training in cardiology followed at the University Clinic in Zurich.

In 1966 he completed his habilitation at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main with the thesis Assessment of the performance reserves of heart patients through work trials . In 1967 Kaltenbach completed further training in invasive cardiology and coronary angiography at the Clevelandclinic in Cleveland / Ohio . In 1971 he was appointed professor and in 1972 head of the department for cardiology at the Center for Internal Medicine (Theodor-Stern Kai) at the JW Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Services

Kaltenbach played a key role in setting up the cardiology department at the JW Goethe University Hospital.

As a university lecturer, he gave lectures on internal medicine, cardiology and designed the examination course for clinical subjects (UKliF) from 1966 to 1993. He held regular winter seminars at the JW Goethe University in Riezlern with the aim of building trust between students and professors, especially in the post- 1968 generation .

As a scientist, following his dissertation , he worked on a method for measuring pain sensitivity and physical therapy; he checked the validity of the spiroergometric oxygen deficit and developed the climbing step for coronary ischemia diagnosis. With the help of repeated ergometric work tests under double-blind conditions, he was able to demonstrate the effectiveness of nitrates, beta blockers and calcium antagonists as well as the ineffectiveness of coronary dilators of the Intensain , Persantin and Ildamen types and, together with Hopf, was the first to describe the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with calcium antagonists of the verapamil type . Together with Kretschmann, he defined the coronary nomenclature for manual and electronic documentation of findings. In 1970, 1972 and 1978 he and other cardiologists organized the first international symposia on the subject of 'coronary heart disease' in Germany. Kaltenbach was involved in the first coronary interventions by Andreas Grüntzig and carried out the first interventions in Germany. He is co-founder of the German Heart Foundation and the Foundation for Heart Research and introduced the German Heart Foundation's Kaltenbach doctoral scholarship. Kaltenbach developed smoke prevention among schoolchildren under the name "Rauchzeichen" of the German Heart Foundation. Kaltenbach conducted scientific studies and published meta-studies (synopses) on the health effects of noise, especially aircraft noise.

Publications (selection)

  • with H. Klepzig: The spirographic deficit in the attempt at work. In: Z. Circulatory Research. 50, 1961, pp. 705-712.
  • with H. Klepzig and B. Tschirdewahn: The climbing step - a simple device for precisely measurable and reproducible stress tests. In: Medical Clinic. 59, 1964, pp. 248-254.
  • with I. Tiedemann and W. Schellhorn: Effectiveness of five different long-acting nitro derivatives on angina pectoris. In: Dtsch. med Wschr. 97, 1972, pp. 1479-1484.
  • as Associate Editor: Coronary Heart Disease. Thieme, Stuttgart 1972, 1974, 1978.
  • The stress examination of cardiac patients Cardiological diagnostics. Boehringer, Ingelheim 1974.
  • with R. Hopf and M. Keller: Calcium antagonistic therapy for hypertrophic-obstructive cardiomyopathy. In: Dtsch Med, weekly. 101, 1976, pp. 1284-1287.
  • with R. Hopf, G. Kober and others: Treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with verapamil. In: Br Heart J. 42, 1979, pp. 35-42.
  • as ed. with S. Epstein: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1982.
  • The long wire technique-a new technique for steerable balloon catheter dilatation of coronary artery stenoses. In: European Heart J. 5, 1984, pp. 1004-1009.
  • as Associate Editor: Coronary Heart Disease. Thieme, Stuttgart 1970, 1972, 1978, 1982.
  • with RE Vlietstra: Concise Cardiology. Steinkopf, Darmstadt / Springer, New York 1991.
  • Cardiology - information. Steinkopff, Darmstadt 1988.
  • as editor: Cardiology compact. Steinkopff, Darmstadt 2000.
  • The first coronary angiolasties in Germany. In: Z. Kardiol. 94, 2005, pp. 152-162.
  • with C. Vallbracht: Rotational angioplasty - a new catheter procedure. In: Fortschr. Med. 112, 1987, pp. 82-84.

Honorary positions and memberships

Awards

Outside of work

  • Founding member of the Rockenberg Association for juvenile prisoners in 1977
  • Buchschlager discussions on theological and social issues since 1998
  • Member of the board at the Rhein-Main-Institut for labor, structural and environmental research since 1999

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Professor Martin Kaltenbach turns 80 - press release - herzstiftung.de
  2. ↑ Referent W. Kohlrausch, co-referee HE Bock.
  3. ↑ a b Short biography of Prof. Dr. Kaltenbach. (PDF) Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Kaltenbach, M., Maschke, c., Klinke, R., Health Effects of Aircraft Noise, Deutsches Ärzteblatt 2008; 105 (31–32): 548–56 DOI: 10.3238 / arztebl.2008.0548
  5. ↑ Kaltenbach, M./Maschke, Chr./Heß, F./Niemann, H./Führ, M., Health Impairments, Annoyance and Learning Disorders Caused by Aircraft Noise - Synopsis of the State of Current Noise Research, International Journal of Environmental Protection, Jan. 2016, Vol. 6 (1), PP. 15-46.
  6. ^ Munzinger-Archiv GmbH, Ravensburg: Martin Kaltenbach - Munzinger Biographie. In: www.munzinger.de. Retrieved January 4, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kaltenbach, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German internist and cardiologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Loerrach , Baden