Alain Cribier, FACC, FESC (25 January 1945 – 16 February 2024) was a French interventional cardiologist, Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiology at the University of Rouen's Charles Nicolle Hospital. Alain Cribier was best known for performing the world's first transcatheter aortic valve implantation in 2002, first transcatheter mitral commissurotomy in 1995, and first balloon aortic valvuloplasty in 1986.[1][2][3]
Alain Cribier | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 January 1945 |
| Died | 16 February 2024 (aged 79) Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | MD (University of Paris) |
| Occupation | Cardiologist |
| Known for | Pioneering surgical procedures |
Early life
editAlain Cribier was born on 25 January 1945.[4] He had Romanian ancestry and, as a child, spent many holidays with his uncle in Brăila, which Cribier described as his "favourite place".[5][dead link]
Education
editCribier obtained his MD medical degree at the University of Paris and completed his early residency training there. Cribier began his cardiology residency at the University of Rouen in 1972 and in 1976 he spent a year in an interventional cardiology fellowship at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California.[6][7]
Career
editIn 1983, Cribier was promoted to a Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Catheterization Lab at the University of Rouen.[8] He developed and performed the world's first balloon aortic valvuloplasty in 1986.[9] He performed the world's first mitral commissurotomy in 1995. Following discovery that the balloon aortic valvuloplasty for severe aortic stenosis was not effective in 80% of patients after one year he performed the first ever transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in 2002.[10] This procedure has now spread across the world and has saved countless patients' lives. In 1996, Cribier founded the Indo-French Foundation of Interventional Cardiology.[11]
In 2011, Cribier was made Professor Emeritus at the Department of Cardiology at the University Hospital Charles Nicolle in Rouen, France.[12]
From 2013, Cribier ran the MTC (Medical Training Center) in Rouen, a multidisciplinary centre dedicated to learning medicine through simulation, video-conferences and training between surgeons, physicians and experts.[12]
Death
editCribier died on 16 February 2024, at the age of 79.[13]
Awards and memberships
edit- FACC – Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- FESC – Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
- Ray C. Fish Award[14]
- In 2017, Cribier received the Scientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation.
- In 2016, Cribier received the Legend of Medicine Award, C3 meeting in Orlando (USA) and the Gold Medal Award from the European Society of Cardiology in Rome, Italy.[12]
- In 2015, Cribier received the Life Time Achievement Award, India-Live meeting in Chennai, India.[12]
See also
edit- John G. Webb – performed the first transapical transcatheter aortic valve implantation in 2006
References
edit- ^ Cribier, Alain (25 November 2002). "Percutaneous Transcatheter Implantation of an Aortic Valve Prosthesis for Calcific Aortic Stenosis". Circulation. 106 (24): 3006–3008. doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000047200.36165.B8. PMID 12473543.
- ^ "Profile: Alain Cribier". Cardiovascular News. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Ozkan, Judith (March 2017). "Alain Cribier- the Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiology". European Heart Journal. 38 (9): 615–616. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehx073. PMID 30052868.
- ^ Alain G. Cribier Archived 17 February 2024 at the Wayback Machine PCR Online
- ^ http://m.stiri.tvr.ro/un-cardiolog-din-franta--cu-origini-romanesti--are-sanse-sa-fie-propus-pentru-premiul-nobel-in-medicina--alain-cribier-a-salvat-milioane-de-vieti-printr-o-procedura-de-implantare-a-valvei-aortice_941861.html
- ^ "Profile: Alain Cribier". Cardiovascular News. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Dr. Alain Cribier, Who Pioneered Heart Valve Replacement with Catheter, Receives Texas Heart Institute's Ray C. Fish Award for scientific achievement, contributions to cardiology". Texas Heart Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Profile: Alain Cribier". Cardiovascular News. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ "Dr. Alain Cribier, Who Pioneered Heart Valve Replacement with Catheter, Receives Texas Heart Institute's Ray C. Fish Award for scientific achievement, contributions to cardiology". Texas Heart Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ Alain, Cribier (15 March 2012). "Development of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): A 20-year odyssey". Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases. 105 (3): 146–152. doi:10.1016/j.acvd.2012.01.005. PMID 22520797.
- ^ "Profile: Alain Cribier". Cardiovascular News. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Alain Cribier Invivox Profile". INVIVOX. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "Professeur de renom au CHU de Rouen, Alain Cribier est mort à l'âge de 79 ans". Paris Normandie. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ^ "Dr. Alain Cribier, Who Pioneered Heart Valve Replacement with Catheter, Receives Texas Heart Institute's Ray C. Fish Award for scientific achievement, contributions to cardiology". Texas Heart Institute. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2015.