# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-ganz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:28:04.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-ganz"
name: "William Ganz"
slug: "william-ganz"
description: "William Ganz was a Slovakia-born American cardiologist who co-invented the pulmonary artery catheter, often referred to as the Swan-Ganz catheter, with Jeremy Swan in 1970. The catheter is used to monitor heart conditions, especially in intensive care units. Ganz was also one of the first cardiologists to use enzymes to open clogged arteries, which can lead to heart attacks."
tagline: "American cardiologist (1919–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Ganz.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1919-01-07"
deathDate: "2009-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.410692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "William Ganz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ويليام غانتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ganz"
    title: "William Ganz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ganz"
    title: "William Ganz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ganz"
    title: "William Ganz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ganz"
    title: "William Ganz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC"
    title: "Ганц, Уильям"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ganz"
    title: "William Ganz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2578949"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump