| 2005 |
New EP Labs open, with bi-plane imaging |
| 2005 |
First new internal cardiac defibrillator implanted with fluid detection device to help avoid complications of congestive heart failure |
| 2004 |
Cyroplasty using a special angioplasty balloon that fills with a cold gas is first used to open blocked arteries in the legs. |
| 2003 |
Taxus V Clinical Trial – St. Mary is the only medical center in Pennsylvania approved to enroll patients for Boston Scientific’s paclitaxel-eluting stent system trial for complex, long lesions |
| 2002 |
First FDA-approved bi-ventricular ICD implant in Bucks County to treat congestive heart failure and ventricular tachycardia |
| 2002 |
First electrophysiology lab in Bucks County to utilize a state-of-the-art 3-dimensional computerized mapping system in the treatment of arrhythmias. |
| 2002 |
More than 3,300 procedures performed in Cardiac Cath Lab at St. Mary |
| 2002 |
More than 400 open-heart surgeries performed at St. Mary |
| 2002 |
The St. Mary Medical staff now includes nearly 50 cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons from some of the Nation’s top medical schools |
| 2001 |
First cardiac brachytherapy in Bucks County |
| 2000 |
First aortic stent graft in Bucks County |
| 1998 |
First electrophysiology lab in Bucks County for diagnosing and treating irregular heart beats |
| 1997 |
First open heart surgery in Bucks County |
| 1991 |
First of three digital cardiac catheterization labs opens |
