Pioneering Research
Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute Milestones
- First national clinical trial of a stent-graft for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
- First national clinical trial of a stent to prevent stroke from blocked carotid arteries.
- First U.S. study proving the effectiveness of a leg stent.
- National clinical trials of new drug-eluting coronary stents.
- First national long-term studies of embolization therapy for uterine fibroids.
- First U.S. study of a microchip pressure sensor for AAA.
- Studies of high-speed cardiac CT and MRI imaging for ER chest-pain patients.
- First national studies of catheter-based closure of PFO and left-atrial appendage to prevent stroke.
- National studies of catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias.
Clinical trials have established the Institute as a regional leader in:
- Repairing abdominal aneurysms with short or angulated “necks” that normally required surgery.
- Repairing traumatic injury and aneurysms of the thoracic aorta.
- Successfully treating chronic total occlusions of the coronary arteries without surgery.
- Microchip pressure sensors for abdominal aortic aneurysms.