Advancing heart surgery since 1967.

History
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 

Since that time, CSA has performed over 40,000 open-heart operations, meeting their goal and providing many firsts for the hospital, state, and country. In 1985, they performed Tennessee's first heart transplant operation. Since 1993, CSA has performed an average of 20 heart transplants a year. Since 1994, they have used HeartMate, a mechanical left ventricular assist device, as a temporary bridge to heart transplantation. In 1991, St. Thomas Hospital established a Cryopreserved Homograft Valve Bank, allowing CSA to replace aortic roots and perform the Ross procedure.

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1981
1982
1985
1988
1991

1981-Apri
l Clinical trials for development of dual chambered (DDD) pacemaker
1982-November
CSA performs 10,000th coronary bypass operation at Saint Thomas
1985-March
First heart transplant in Tennessee done at Saint Thomas
1988-July
Began use of automatic implantable cardiac defibrillator
1991-June
Established cryopreserved homograft valve and homograft saphenous vein bank at Saint Thomas