Ganz was also one of the first cardiologists to use enzymes to open clogged arteries, which can lead to heart attacks.

Ganz, who was Jewish, was sent to a Nazi labor camp in Hungary during World War II.

[1] After World War II, Ganz graduated from Charles University in 1947 at the top of his class.

[1] Ganz gained a position at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he remained for the rest of his career.

Additionally, Ganz had a role in the development of thrombolysis, in which enzymes break down blood clots.