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- Pre-eminent experience is a prerequisite for superior care. From its inception, the Indiana Heart Institute has been a leader in cardiological diagnosis, treatment and education.
- 1998 First in State to perform Percutaneous Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization (PTMR)
- 1997 First in State to perform Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization (TMR)
- 1996 First in State to perform Ventricular Reduction
- First in State to perform videoscopic saphenous vein removal
- 1995 First Indiana provider to initiate Minimally Invasive Coronary Bypass program
- 1992 Established first public Early Cardiac Care education program through Hilbert Endowment to the St.Vincent Foundation (more than 10,000 people were educated in 1997)
- Founding member of the National Cardiovascular Network, a national linking of cardiovascular centers of excellence
- 1991 First in Indiana with fully operational Chest Pain Clinic for rapid triage, treatment and education.
- 1989 Second in US to perform Coronary Atherectomy
- First in State to perform Coronary procedure
- First interactive cardiovascular television program: Heartline
- 1988 First in State to organize and host Cardiopulmonary Rehab Symposium
- 1980 First Balloon Angioplasty in Indiana
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