Alain Cribier Explained

Alain Cribier
Birth Date:25 January 1945
Birth Place:Paris, France
Death Place:Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Nationality:French
Education:MD (University of Paris)
Occupation:Cardiologist
Known For:Pioneering surgical procedures

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]

Early life

Alain 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]

Education

Cribier 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

In 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

Cribier died on 16 February 2024, at the age of 79.[13]

Awards and memberships

See also

Notes and References

  1. Cribier. Alain. Percutaneous Transcatheter Implantation of an Aortic Valve Prosthesis for Calcific Aortic Stenosis. Circulation. 25 November 2002. 3006–3008. 10.1161/01.CIR.0000047200.36165.B8. 12473543. 106. 24. free.
  2. Web site: Profile: Alain Cribier. Cardiovascular News. 15 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415151120/http://www.cxvascular.com/cn-archives/cardiovascular-news-issue-6/profile-alain-cribier. 15 April 2015. dead.
  3. Alain Cribier- the Professor of Medicine and Director of Cardiology. European Heart Journal. 38. 9. 615–616. March 2017. 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx073. 30052868. Ozkan. Judith. free.
  4. https://www.pcronline.com/About-PCR/40-years-angioplasty/Spotlight-on/Alain-Cribier Alain G. Cribier
  5. 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
  6. Web site: Profile: Alain Cribier. Cardiovascular News. 15 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415151120/http://www.cxvascular.com/cn-archives/cardiovascular-news-issue-6/profile-alain-cribier. 15 April 2015. dead.
  7. Web site: 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. 15 April 2015. 28 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128232947/http://www.texasheart.org/AboutUs/News/2013-12-10news_Cribier_Ray_C_Fish_Award.cfm. live.
  8. Web site: Profile: Alain Cribier. Cardiovascular News. 15 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415151120/http://www.cxvascular.com/cn-archives/cardiovascular-news-issue-6/profile-alain-cribier. 15 April 2015. dead.
  9. Web site: 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. 15 April 2015. 28 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128232947/http://www.texasheart.org/AboutUs/News/2013-12-10news_Cribier_Ray_C_Fish_Award.cfm. live.
  10. Alain. Cribier. Development of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI): A 20-year odyssey. Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases. 15 March 2012. 105. 3. 146–152. 10.1016/j.acvd.2012.01.005. 22520797. free.
  11. Web site: Profile: Alain Cribier. Cardiovascular News. 15 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150415151120/http://www.cxvascular.com/cn-archives/cardiovascular-news-issue-6/profile-alain-cribier. 15 April 2015. dead.
  12. Web site: Alain Cribier Invivox Profile. INVIVOX. en. 25 January 2017. 2 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202025725/https://www.invivox.com/profile/256-cribier-alain. dead.
  13. News: Professeur de renom au CHU de Rouen, Alain Cribier est mort à l'âge de 79 ans . 17 February 2024 . Paris Normandie . 17 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240217214722/https://www.paris-normandie.fr/id495141/article/2024-02-17/professeur-de-renom-au-chu-de-rouen-alain-cribier-est-mort-lage-de-79-ans . live .
  14. Web site: 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. 15 April 2015. 28 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128232947/http://www.texasheart.org/AboutUs/News/2013-12-10news_Cribier_Ray_C_Fish_Award.cfm. live.

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