| 1966 | |
Coronary Care Unit established as part of Surgical Intensive Care Unit.
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| 1967 | |
Mobile Coronary Care Unit introduced to Richmond – rejected by the community.
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| 1968 | |
Public access defibrillation- rejected by the business community and physicians.
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| 1969 | |
Aggressive management of acute myocardial infarction; i.e. coronary arteriography, thrombolysis, and Nitroprusside
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| 1971 | |
Successful outpatient coronary arteriography at the Medical College of Virginia
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| 1972 | |
Outpatient cardiac specialty institute - Virginia Heart Institute
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| 1974 | |
Early results of outpatient catheterization presented at annual Medical Society of Virginia meeting.
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| 1975 | |
Conservative medical management of critical coronary stenosis
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| 1976 | |
Outpatient cardiac rehabilitation transferred to drug management system.
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| 1980 | |
Beta-Blocker to control ventricular arrhythmias and improve left ventricular function
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| 1988 | |
U.S. Public Health approves outpatient cardiac catheterization as safe in ambulatory facilities and supports Medicare payment.
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| 1990 | |
VHI creates Chest Discomfort Center. |
