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Reputation for innovation

Hospitals with a reputation for innovation in cardiology often attract the most highly skilled professionals and provide the most comprehensive services. When making decisions about healthcare providers, find out about their track record as pioneers in heart disease.

Yale-New Haven physicians have been leaders in developing new cardiac diagnostic tools and treatments to help both adults and children with heart disease.

Milestones in cardiac medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital

• William Glenn, MD, and William Sewell, MD, created the first working heart-lung machine in 1949. The device, which was built from an erector set, is part of the Smithsonian's permanent collection.
• Surgeons at Yale-New Haven Hospital performed the first open heart surgery in Connecticut in 1956.
• Obstetricians at YNHH were the first to monitor fetal heartbeats in 1957.
• Surgeons at YNHH performed the first heart transplant operation in Connecticut in 1984.
• The world's first fetal cardiovascular center opened at YNHH in 1985.
• Surgeons at YNHH performed the first heart-lung transplant operation in New England in 1988.
• The first successful heart transplant from an unmatched donor was performed at YNHH in 1992.
• The first Battista Heart Reduction surgery in Connecticut was performed at YNHH in 1996.
• The first documented heart transplants of adult twins were performed at YNHH, one in 1995 and one in 1997.

 

Yale-New Haven has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report for its cardiac services.

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Last revised: May 22, 2007 (dh)

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