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1991
First patient in
the world left the
hospital with an
electric, portable,
battery-powered
LVAD.
2000
The Texas Heart Institute
becomes the first in the
world to use adult stem
cells to treat patients with
severe heart failure.
2003
The Texas Heart Institute becomes the first
nationally ranked cardiovascular center in
the United States to open a cath lab medical
simulation training center.
2001
The Texas Heart Institute
marks 100,000th open
heart surgery.
2004
First center to receive FDA approval for
human trials of adult stem cells to treat
patients with advanced heart failure.
2002
Dedication of the Texas
Heart Institute at St.
Luke's Episcopal Hospi-
tal–The Denton
A. Cooley Building.
2006
The Texas Heart Institute marks
1,000th heart transplant.
2012
The Texas Heart
Institute leads largest
heart failure stem cell
clinical trial to date.
2014
Daniel Timms, Ph.D., and his team
work to further development of the
BiVACOR total artificial heart.
2011
First successful implantation
of a continuous-flow total artificial
heart in a human.
Heart History
