Cleveland Clinic Firsts include:
• Isolation of serotonin, a key factor in hypertension (1940s)
• First coronary angiography (1958)
• Development and refinement of coronary bypass surgery (1967)
• First minimally invasive aortic heart valve surgery (1996)
• First successful larynx transplant (1998)
• Pioneering success in deep brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders (2006)
• First kidney surgery performed through a patient’s navel (2007)
• Nation’s first near-total face transplant (2008)
• Nation’s first transcatheter valve replacement and repair (2011)
• Discovery that adult brain neurons can regenerate (2011)
• Demonstration that bariatric surgery controls diabetes (2012)
• Discovery that an intestinal bacteria product (TMAO) can predict heart disease risk (2013)