André Frédéric Cournand

André Frédéric Cournand

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956

“for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system”

André Frédéric Cournand was a French-American physician and physiologist. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system.

Field
Medicine · Cardiology
Lifespan
1895–1988