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Heart & Vascular Milestones

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Distinguishing milestones of the Heart and Vascular Program include:

  • Named Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care, as a part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program (2022).
  • Named by American College of Cardiology as a Heart of Quality Patient Care hospital (2021).
  • Named Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care, as a part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program (2021).
  • Saint Agnes TAVR team performs its 500th Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure, continuing to be the most experienced in the Valley (2020).
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack for 5 Years in a Row (2015-2019).
  • Recognized U.S. News & World Report as one of the Best Regional Hospitals in California (2018-2019). 
  • Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack for 4 Years in a Row (2015-2018).
  • Named Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care, as a part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program (2017).
  • Saint Agnes is first in the Valley to provide the only leadless pacemaker available in the United States – the Micra® TPS (Transcatheter Pacing System) (2017).
  • Saint Agnes TAVR team celebrates its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), earning the distinction of not only being the first, but also the most experienced in the Valley to perform this minimally invasive alternative to open chest valve surgery (2017).
  • Healthgrades Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Attack for 3 Years in a Row (2015-2017).
  • Performed the Central Valley’s first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure (2016).
  • Saint Agnes is first in the Valley to offer patients a first-of-its-kind fully dissolving coronary stent, the Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold (2016). 
  • Saint Agnes named Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care, as a part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program (2016).
  • First in the Valley to use 4D Cardiac Ultrasound System (2015).
  • Earns Women's Choice Award as one of America’s Best Hospitals for Heart Care (2015).
  • Saint Agnes receives highest possible rating from Society of Thoracic Surgery for overall coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (2014).
  • Saint Agnes heart team is first in Valley to perform non-surgical heart valve replacement on high-risk adult patients (2014). 
  • Named a 5-Star Rated Hospital for the Treatment of Heart Attack two years in a row (2010-11) and 5-Star Rated for Valve Replacement Surgery by HealthGrades (2011).
  • Named a Mentor Hospital for Heart Attack Care by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Saint Agnes is among 22 hospitals nationwide - and among only three in California - to receive this distinction, 2008 to present.
  • Performed first Cath Lab ASD/PFO closure in Central Valley (2005).
  • Designated a Blue Cross of California Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Center of Expertise (2003). 
  • First hospital on the West Coast to perform a total endoscopic coronary artery bypass operation (TECAB) using the daVinci Robotic Surgical System (2002).
  • First in Valley to utilize Cardiac 3-D Color Mapping System for electrophysiology studies (2001). 
  • First in Valley to utilize the daVinci Robotic Surgical System in a minimally invasive cardiac surgery procedure (2001). 
  • Solucient's Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals for Cardiac Bypass Surgery, Coronary Angioplasty and Acute Myocardial Infarction (MI) care (2001).
  • Performed first endovascular stent procedure for a triple abdominal aneurysm repair (AAA) (2000).
  • Solucient's Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals for Cardiac Bypass Surgery (1999).
  • Performed first minimally invasive cardiac surgery procedure (1996).
  • First accredited Noninvasive Vascular Laboratory in the Central Valley (1995).
  • Introduced coronary stent technology to the Valley (1993).
  • Introduced percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) (1981).
  • Opened the Valley's first cardiac rehabilitation program (1979).