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Werner Forssmann

German physician, Nobel prize winner (1904-1979)

  • Fame55.8
  • Momentum5.4
  • Doctors rank#179
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame55.8
  • Momentum5.4
  • Doctors rank#179
  • Wikipedia5.8K
Lived 1904–1979, aged 75Germany
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    54 languages
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  • Era
    1904–1979
    Aged 75
  • Awards
    2
    recognised works
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Updated 2026-06-20

Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann was a German researcher and physician from Germany who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Medicine for developing a procedure that allowed cardiac catheterization. In 1929, he put himself under local anesthesia and inserted a catheter into a vein of his arm. Not knowing if the catheter might pierce a vein, he put his life at risk. Forssmann was nevertheless successful; he safely passed the catheter into his heart.

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Momentum5.4
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Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
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