Clarence Agress pioneers experimental thrombolysis of the coronary artery in 1952
E Shapiro
Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
In 1952, Clarence Agress performed an experiment on dogs to demonstrate his idea that a thrombus in a coronary artery could be dissolved without harm to the myocardium. Although this landmark in cardiology has been forgotten, credit to Agress is deserved.
