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t m c » p u l s e | s e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 4 21 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

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