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| 1984 || || American surgeon {{w|Leonard L Bailey}} transplants a baboon heart into {{w|Baby Fae}}, at Loma Linda Medical Center. The baby survives for three weeks.<ref name="Handbook of Polymer Applications in Medicine and Medical Devices: 8. Review of Research in Cardiovascular Devices"/> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1984 || || Oyer and Portner use the Novacor electronically powered implantable left ventricular assist device as the first successful bridge to transplant.<ref>{{cite book|title=Textbook of Organ Transplantation Set|edition=Allan D. Kirk, Stuart J. Knechtle, Christian P. Larsen, Joren C. Madsen, Thomas C. Pearson, Steven A. Webber|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=GzMWBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA555&dq=%22in+1984%22+%22novacor%22+%22transplant%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3n6nkm8rZAhVPrVkKHasDCg0Q6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q=%22in%201984%22%20%22novacor%22%20%22transplant%22&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Handbook of Polymer Applications in Medicine and Medical Devices: 8. Review of Research in Cardiovascular Devices"/> ||
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|1986||Development||French physician [[wikipedia:Jacques Puel|Jacques Puel]] and German [[wikipedia:cardiologist|cardiologist]] [[wikipedia:Ulrich Sigwart|Ulrich Sigwart]] are attributed to be the first to use the [[wikipedia:coronary stent|coronary stent]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Roguin|first1=Ariel|title=Historical Perspectives in Cardiology|journal=Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventsions|date=2011|volume=4|pages=206–209|doi=10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.110.960872|url=http://circinterventions.ahajournals.org/content/4/2/206.full|issue=2}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:Toulouse|Toulouse]], [[wikipedia:France|France]]
