Lucien Campeau (June 20, 1927March 15, 2010) was a

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cardiologist Cardiology () is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular hear ...

. He was a full professor at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

. He is best known for performing the world's first transradial coronary

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. Campeau was one of the founding staff of the

Montreal Heart Institute The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) (French: ''Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal''), in Montreal, Quebec, is a specialty hospital dedicated to the development of cardiology, which is affiliated with the Université de Montréal. The MHI is found ...

, joining in 1957. He is also well known for developing the

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Education

Campeau received his M.D. degree from the

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in 1953 and completed a fellowship in Cardiology at

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from 1956-57. He later became a professor at

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in 1961 and was one of the co-founders of the Montreal Heart Institute. In his lifetime, Campeau was awarded the Research Achievement Award of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. In 2004, he was name
“Cardiologue émérite 2004”
by the Association des cardiologues du Québec.

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