Ulrich Sigwart

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Ulrich Sigwart (born March 9, 1941 in Wuppertal ) is a German cardiologist . He is particularly known for his pioneering role in the development and application of stents .

biography

Sigwart comes from a Swabian family of scholars of philosophers, theologians and medical professionals. After studying at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg , in Basel and the University of Münster (medical state examination 1967) at the Municipal Clinic in Lörrach and from 1968 to 1971 at the Framingham Union Hospital in Massachusetts and at Baylor College in Houston (Texas). In 1973 he was at the University Hospital Zurich and in the same year he became head of the cardiac catheter laboratory at the Gollwitzer-Meier Institute in Bad Oeynhausen . From 1979 to 1989 he headed the invasive cardiology department at the University Hospital in Lausanne . He was director of the invasive cardiology department at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London for more than twelve years from 1989 , before he was appointed to the chair of cardiology at the University of Geneva , which he held until his retirement in October 2006. In 2003 he founded - together with his wife Christine, b. Sartorius - an international foundation (Jonas Foundation) that offers children from marginalized backgrounds help with social integration through music, dance and theater.

In 1987 he published fundamental observations on intra-arterial stents, which he had designed and used for the first time in humans (1986 in Lausanne). Stents have fundamentally changed the way we treat coronary artery disease and other conditions. In 1994 Sigwart introduced a new method for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , which can replace the usual surgical intervention in many cases (percutaneous alcohol septum ablation, ASA, TASH). In the years 1974–1978 he created the basis for the automated evaluation of hemodynamic data and dealt with myocardial ischemia ; the Sigwart curve found its way into numerous textbooks. Sigwart wrote fundamental works on artificial heart valves, which have led to important improvements.

Honors

  • European Society of Cardiology Medal 1996.
  • ESC Grüntzig Award 1996.
  • Doctor honoris causa from the University of Lausanne 1999.
  • Forssmann Prize 2001.
  • Sven Effert Prize 2003.
  • King Faisal International Prize for Medicine 2004
  • Swiss Cardiac Society Grüntzig Award 2006.
  • Polzer Prize of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts 2007.
  • American College of Cardiology Maseri-Florio International Award 2007.
  • American College of Cardiology Paul Dudley White Award 2012.
  • American College of Cardiology Distinguished Scientist Award 2013.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the Royal College of Physicians. He is an honorary member of the Swiss, Russian and Polish Society for Cardiology.

Fonts

  • Automation in Cardiac Diagnosis. The Computer-Assisted Acquisition of Cardiac Catheterization Data. 1978.
  • with PH Heintzen (Ed.): Ventricular Wall Motion. Thieme Verlag, 1984.
  • with GI Frank (Ed.): Coronary Stents. Springer Verlag, 1992.
  • Endoluminal stenting. WB Saunders, 1996.
  • with Michel Bertrand and Patrick W. Serruys (eds.): Handbook on Cardiovascular Interventions. Churchill Livingstone, 1996.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ U. Sigwart, J. Puel, V. Mirkovitch, F. Joffre, L. Kappenberger: Intravascular stents to prevent occlusion and restenosis after transluminal angioplasty. In: N Engl J Med. 316, 1987, pp. 701-706.
  2. ^ U. Sigwart: Non-surgical myocardial reduction for hypertrophic obstructive myocardial infarction. In: Lancet. 346, 1995, pp. 211-214.
personal data
SURNAME Sigwart, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cardiologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Wuppertal