Here are four cardiology firsts Becker's reported on in January:
- New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital performed the first "domino" heart transplant on babies.
- Boston-based Tufts Medical Center broke the New England regional adult heart transplant record with 61 transplants in 2023.
- Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health performed the first renal denervation, a procedure that drops high blood pressure, in the state.
- Nearly a year after a newborn received the world's first partial heart transplant, the transplanted valves and arteries are functioning well and growing along with the child's heart — a key measure of success in the procedure paving the way for future advancements.