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NewYork-Presbyterian Heart "Firsts"
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's proud history includes some of the world's foremost cardiothoracic care and research achievements. We share some highlights that have taken place over the last century.
1940 |
We performed the first successful catheterization of the human heart, for which Andre Frederic Cournand and Dickinson W. Richards shared the Nobel Prize with Werner Forssmann of Germany in 1956. |
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1965 |
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We established a model for the nation in providing advanced monitoring for heart attack victims by the opening of our Coronary Care Unit. |
1976 |
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The intra-aortic balloon pump, now used worldwide, was developed by David Bregman. |
1984 |
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Eric A. Rose performed the first successful heart transplant in a child. |
1990 |
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Bruce Lerman was the first in the New York area to employ radio waves to treat rapid heart rate. |
1990 |
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Our physicians pioneered the implantation of left ventricular assist devices as bridges to transplantation. |
1993 |
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Ronald Crystal led the first human gene therapy trial for cystic fibrosis. |
1995 |
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Todd Rosengart and associates first tested transmyocardial revascularization (TMR), a new application of laser technology in cardiac surgery. |
1997 |
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Antonio Gotto and associates became the first to demonstrate that the cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor (Lovastatin) can reduce the risk of heart disease by one-third, even in healthy adults. |
2001 |
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Michael Argenziano performed the first totally endoscopic robotically assisted open-heart operation in the United States. |
2002 |
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Michael Argenziano and Craig R. Smith perform the first totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) operation in United States history. |
2004 |
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For the first time, a baby is born free of Holt-Oram syndrome, a disfiguring heart ailment, after preimplantation genetic testing at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. |
