In Memoriam: Em. Professor Dr. Anders Lunderquist (1925–2023)
2024; Ubiquity Press; Volume: 108; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5334/jbsr.3631
ISSN2514-8281
Autores Tópico(s)Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
Resumoa giant of interventional radiology passed away.Anders Lunderquist was born in Lycksele, North of Umea, Sweden, in 1925.He accomplished medical studies at the University of Lund and became involved in the development of the world's first clinically usable artificial kidney, invented by Professor Nils Alwall in 1946.However, Anders did not pursue a career in nephrology.He turned to radiology, starting residency training at the county hospital in Kalmar, a small city facing the island of Öland.Anders, who grew up in a forest environment, became attached to the untamed insular beauty, and he enjoyed spending holidays with his wife in their summerhouse on Öland.Under the guidance of Professor Olle Olson, who shaped the new department of radiology at the University Hospital of Lund and fostered radiological research, Anders committed to diagnostic angiography, still in its adolescence in those days.In 1965, he presented a PhD dissertation on 'Angiography in carcinoma of the pancreas.'Following the post-World War I avant-garde work of the Portuguese school of angiography headed by Antonio Egas Moniz, Lund evolved as a center of excellence in clinical angiography.Erik Boijsen, 3 years elder than Anders, also pioneered selective visceral catheter angiography at the same department.For many years, angiographists flocked to Lund from all over the world to get exposure to angiographic techniques under the teaching of Erik and Anders.Both radiologists were among the driving forces of the European College of Angiography.This society counted 75 members, mainly originating from Northern Europe, and merged with the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology to form a new society called the 'Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe,' in Vienna in 1985.The radiology department of Lund University produced eminent academic Swedish angiographists, including Leif Ekelund, Ulf Tylen, and Jan Göthlin.Many angiographists from Europe and overseas were trained in Lund.The clinical and surgical activities were a stimulating environment for angiographists, largely supported by the research conducted by the visceral surgeons Philip Sandblom, Stig Bengmark, and Ingemar Ihse, promoting hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery.Prime-quality diagnostic angiography was crucial for creative visceral surgery in the era preceding cross-sectional imaging.Anders was one of the most skilled angiographists in his era.He adopted a pragmatic approach to radiological-clinical problems and practiced patient-oriented radiology
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