History of cardiac firsts
Western Baptist’s history of cardiac “firsts” in our service area demonstrates our commitment to bringing quality, world-class technology to our patients:
- First heart catheterization procedure
- First percutaneous coronary angioplasty
- First directional coronary atherectomy
- First rotablator procedure
- First coronary laser angioplasty
- First intra aortic balloon pump inserted
- First therapeutic stent implanted
- First to use vasoseal collagen plug
- First with digital imaging
- First intravascular extraction catheter
- First to use pacemakers in a catheterization lab
- First dual chamber pacemaker
- First rate response pacemaker
- First to use ventricular assistive technology
- First radial approach cardiac catheterization
- First minimally invasive open heart procedures
- First implanted heart monitoring device
- First Enhanced External Counter Pulsation therapy (EECP)
