‘A true visionary has passed’: A tribute to Alain Cribier, MD, FACC, FESC

G. Alain Cribier, MD, FACC, FESC, long considered a father of interventional cardiology and a mentor to many, died Feb. 16 at age 79 years, the American College of Cardiology announced.
Cribier, who performed the first ballon aortic valvuloplasty in 1985, would go on to perform the first-in-human transcatheter aortic valve replacement on a man, aged 57 years, with severe aortic stenosis who presented in cardiogenic shock in April 2002. The historic moment ushered in a new era of treatment for people with severe aortic stenosis; TAVR is now considered standard of care.
“His legacy extends

G. Alain Cribier, MD, FACC, FESC, long considered a father of interventional cardiology and a mentor to many, died Feb. 16 at age 79 years, the American College of Cardiology announced.
Cribier, who performed the first ballon aortic valvuloplasty in 1985, would go on to perform the first-in-human transcatheter aortic valve replacement on a man, aged 57 years, with severe aortic stenosis who presented in cardiogenic shock in April 2002. The historic moment ushered in a new era of treatment for people with severe aortic stenosis; TAVR is now considered standard of care.
“His legacy extends