Baylor Firsts

In addition to opening the first heart-specialty hospital in North Texas, Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital 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 Heart and Vascular Hospital.

  • 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 atherectomy
  • First coronary atherectomy
  • First combined heart-lung and heart transplantation Domino in Texas
  • First combined heart/kidney transplant in North Texas 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 AACVPR-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 carotid stent
  • First arterial catheterization
  • First modular aortic stent graft

First in Heart and Vascular Care in North Texas

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 vascular laboratory opens
  • 1968: Birth of Baylor's open-heart surgery program
  • 1975: Start of interventional radiology program

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