Norberto Esteban Galiano, Argentine-born Brazilian cardiac surgeon (1942 –

First report in the world about coronarian artery opening employing catheterization

With R. Macruz, S. Ariê, E. Armelin, C. Frack, F. Pileggi et al. Enfarte agudo do miocárdio e choque. Tratamento por recanalização arterial através do cateterismo cardíaco. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 25:197-204, 1972

First to perform a coronary angioplasty using Swan-Ganz balloon catheter (1974)

Devised systemic biventricular heart technique (1975) developed by Oliveira & Zerbini

With L.B. Puig, W. Ciongoli, G.V. Cividane, S. Teofilo Jr. et al. Lower epigastric artery as a free graft. A new alternative in direct myocardial revascularization. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 50(4):259-61, 1988 

With J.L. Haddad, A.A. Salgado, L.E. San Martín, C.A. Zapata, J.P. Silva & D. Bittencourt. Mammary-coronary anastomosis: a new technique of approach through the brachial route for angiographic study and angioplasty. Arq. Bras. Cardiol. 57(5):371-4, 1991