Lucien Campeau

Lucien Campeau
Born	(1927-06-20)June 20, 1927 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Died	March 15, 2010 Ste-Agathe, Québec, Canada
Occupation	Cardiologist
Employer(s)	Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal

Lucien Campeau (June 20, 1927 – March 15, 2010) was a Canadian cardiologist. He was a full professor at the Université de Montréal. He is best known for performing the world's first transradial coronary angiogram. Campeau was one of the founding staff of the Montreal Heart Institute, joining in 1957. He is also well known for developing the Canadian Cardiovascular Society grading of angina pectoris.

Education

Campeau received his M.D. degree from the University of Laval in 1953 and completed a fellowship in Cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1956 to 1957. He later became a professor at University of Montreal 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 named “Cardiologue émérite 2004” by the Association des cardiologues du Québec.

Further reading

• "L'Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal rend hommage au Dr Lucien Campeau" [Montreal Heart Institute Pays Hommage to Dr. Lucien Campeau] (Press release). Université de Montréal. March 18, 2010. Archived from the original on April 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
• Miller, Reed (April 1, 2010). "Lucien Campeau, radial access pioneer, dies". heartwire. theheart.org. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
• Bourassa, Martial G. (May 2010). "In Memoriam - Lucien Campeau (1927-2010)". Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 26 (5): 265. doi:10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70385-8. PMC 2886558.
• Burt Cohen http://www.ptca.org/news/2010/0401_CAMPEAU_RADIAL.html angioplasty.org (April 2010)