Zoltán Szabó (23 October 1929 – 6 December 2015) was a Hungarian heart surgeon,

cardiologist Cardiology () is the study of the heart. 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 di ...

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of the Városmajor Heart and Vascular Centre. Szabo served as the Director of the Városmajor Heart and Vascular Centre from 1981 until 1992. In January 1992, he performed Hungary's first successful

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following years of research. Szabó retired from the Városmajor Heart and Vascular Centre on 1 July 1992. He then served as the director of Biotronik Hungária Kft from 1992 until 2004. He was also a professor emeritus at

Semmelweis University Semmelweis University (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Semmelweis Egyetem'', ) is a research-led medical school in Budapest, Hungary, founded in 1769. With six faculties and a doctoral school it covers all aspects of medical and health sciences. ...

from 1995 until his death in 2015. He was awarded the Széchenyi Award in 1997. Szabó was also the recipient of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary Commander's Cross, as well as the Batthyány-Strattmann László Award. Zoltán Szabó died in Budapest following a long illness on 6 December 2015, at the age of 86.

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