Werner Forssmann

Werner Forssmann

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1956

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

Werner Forssmann was a German physician. He won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1956 for his discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system.

Field
Medicine · Cardiology
Lifespan
1904–1979