 Heart & Vascular Care
At Spectrum Health, we have more services to meet your heart care needs. Our heart and vascular experts work together to determine an accurate diagnosis and best course of treatment for people with heart and vascular diseases and conditions.
Learn more about the Meijer Heart Center and the Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute.
- 1958: West Michigan's first open-heart surgery
- 1969: West Michigan's first coronary artery bypass
- 1980: West Michigan's first balloon angioplasty
- 1989: West Michigan's first implanted defibrillator
- 2003: Among first in the state to introduce drug-eluting stents
- 2004: State's first accredited 24/7 chest pain center
- 2004: One of the first in the nation equipped with 3-D X-ray equipment for three-dimensional cardiovascular imaging
- 2004: Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center opens its doors
- 2005: West Michigan's first prosthetic endovascular thoracic aneurysm graft procedure (repairs aneurysms of the aorta in the chest)
- 2006: West Michigan's first cardiovascular genetics program
- 2008: First surgeons in West Michigan to repair defective heart valves robotically
- 2008: West Michigan's first Impella miniature heart pump introduced in high-risk angioplasties
- 2009: Stereotaxis magnetic catheter navigation introduced
- 2009: West Michigan's first ventricular assist devices (VADs) implanted for heart failure patients as a planned "bridge" to heart transplant
- 2010: The Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute is formed
- 2010: West Michigan's first heart transplant
- 2011: State's first implantation of an MRI compatible pacemaker
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