William Ganz and His Legacy
Authors: Tomas Ganz, Peter Ganz
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2019)

Letters21 May 2019William Ganz and His LegacyTomas Ganz, PhD, MD and Peter Ganz, MDTomas Ganz, PhD, MDDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California (T.G.)Search for more papers by this author and Peter Ganz, MDUniversity of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (P.G.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L19-0033 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read with interest the historical review “Swan, Ganz, and Their Catheter: Its Evolution Over the Past Half Century” (1). As William Ganz's sons, we witnessed his professional career in Czechoslovakia and later in the United States and his role in the development of the catheter that bears his name. We started our respective careers as an interventional cardiologist (Peter) and an intensivist (Tomas) at a time when the Swan–Ganz catheter became widely used. We respect the courage of the authors, who bravely tackled this complex history, but we wish to make some corrections and comments.William ...References1. Thakkar AB, Desai SP. Swan, Ganz, and their catheter: its evolution over the past half century. Ann Intern Med. 2018;169:636-42. [PMID: 30398637]. doi:10.7326/M17-2145 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Ganz V, Hlavova A, Fronek A, Linhart J, Prerovsky I. Measurement of blood flow in the femoral artery in man at rest and during exercise by local thermodilution. Circulation. 1964;30:86-9. [PMID: 14197841] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Swan HJ, Ganz W, Forrester J, Marcus H, Diamond G, Chonette D. Catheterization of the heart in man with use of a flow-directed balloon-tipped catheter. N Engl J Med. 1970;283:447-51. [PMID: 5434111] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Chatterjee K. The Swan-Ganz catheters: past, present, and future. A viewpoint. Circulation. 2009;119:147-52. [PMID: 19124674] doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.108.811141 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Ganz W, Tamura K, Marcus HS, Donoso R, Yoshida S, Swan HJ. Measurement of coronary sinus blood flow by continuous thermodilution in man. Circulation. 1971;44:181-95. [PMID: 4935053] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Ganz W, Buchbinder N, Marcus H, Mondkar A, Maddahi J, Charuzi Y, et al. Intracoronary thrombolysis in evolving myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 1981;101:4-13. [PMID: 6450527] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California (T.G.)University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (P.G.)Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L19-0033. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoSwan, Ganz, and Their Catheter: Its Evolution Over the Past Half Century Anjali B. Thakkar and Sukumar P. Desai Metrics 21 May 2019Volume 170, Issue 10Page: 734-735KeywordsCathetersCyclic adenosine monophosphateJewish peopleKneesResearch laboratoriesSafetyScientistsShockStrokeVasodilators ePublished: 21 May 2019 Issue Published: 21 May 2019 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2019 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...