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'''1960''' ''USA'' First replacement of heart valve with Starr-Edwards mechanical valve, developed by Albert Starr and Lowell Edwards. | '''1960''' ''USA'' First replacement of heart valve with Starr-Edwards mechanical valve, developed by Albert Starr and Lowell Edwards. | ||
'''1961''' ''USA'' Framingham Heart Study investigators coined the term "risk factors" for the development of coronary heart disease. High cholesterol level, blood pressure, and electrocardiogram abnormalities found to increase the risk of coronary heart disease. | |||
'''1961''' ''USA'' First use of external cardiac massage to restart a heart by J.R. Jude. | |||
'''1961''' ''USA'' First direct current defibrillation with external paddles by Bernard Lown and Barough Berkowitz. | |||
'''1960s''' First human implant of totally implantable pacemaker. | |||
'''1964''' ''USA'' First transluminal angioplasty performed on a narrowed artery in the leg by Charles T. Dotter. | |||
'''1965''' ''USA'' Michael DeBakey and Adrian Kantrowitz implanted mechanical devices to help a diseased heart. | |||
'''1967''' ''South Africa'' First whole heart transplant from one person to another by Dr Christiaan Barnard. | |||
'''1967''' ''USA'' Saphenous vein coronary bypass graft by Dr Rene Favaloro. | |||
'''1967''' ''Framingham'', USA Physical inactivity and obesity found to increase the risk of heart disease. | |||