First in Heart and Vascular Care in North Texas

At Baylor, patients are our first love. And we remember a long line of "firsts."

At Baylor, we've always been at the forefront of innovative, quality heart care. Our dedication to your heart health shines through:

1954: Vascular surgery program begins
1962: Start of the cardiac catheterization program
1965: Non-invasive vasculary laboratory opens
1968: Birth of Baylor's open-heart surgery program
1975: Start of interventional radiology program

And we remember a long list of other firsts. In addition to opening the first heart-specialty hospital in North Texas, Baylor has paved the way in heart and vascular care with breakthrough techniques. Just look at these North Texas firsts from the Vascular and Interventional Radiology department at Baylor:

• First coronary balloon angioplasty
• First vascular balloon angioplasty
• First abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery
• First carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention
• First arterial stent
• First vascular venous stent
• First implantable defibrillator
• First coronary atherectomy
• First combined heart-lung and heart transplantation Domino in Texas
• First combine heart/kidney transplant in North Teas and fifth in the world
• First implant of St. Jude stentless valve in the United States after FDA approval
• First Gamma Radiation seed implant for coronary stent restenosis
• First percutaneous transmyocardial revascularization
• First Medicare-certified cardiac rehabilitation program
• First modular aortic endovascular stent graft
• First biventricular pacemaker defibrillator for heart failure
• First three-dimensional computer mapping system for arrhythmia diagnosis and management
• First non-surgical vascular bypass (transjugular intrahepatic portosystematic shunt)
• First atherectomy
• First carotid stent
• First arterial catheterization
• First modular aortic stent graft