He performed the first human heart catheterization on himself in 1929: Who is Werner Forssmann?
In 1929, when he was a 25-year-old intern doctor, a 4 French ureter catheter was introduced percutaneously through his left antecubital vein and extended to the right atrium of the heart, thus beginning a new era in human venous access and related treatments. This success earned him the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1956.