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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]]
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| 1986 || || The first atherectomy devices that remove material from the vessel wall are introduced.<ref name="Handbook of Polymer Applications in Medicine and Medical Devices: 8. Review of Research in Cardiovascular Devices"/> |||-|1987||Discovery||Study done by [[wikipedia:Cooperative North Scandinavian Enalapril Survival Study|Cooperative North Scandinavian Enalapril Survival Study]] (CONSENSUS), shows unequivocal survival benefit of [[wikipedia:angiotensin|angiotensin]] converting enzyme inhibitors in severe heart failure.<ref name=history-and-epidemiology/>||
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|1988||Development||[[wikipedia:Hemopump|Hemopump]], a temporary left ventricular assist blood pump, is put to clinical use. It is designed to allow for temporary support of a failing heart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasheart.org/Research/Devices/hemopump.cfm|title=Hemopump|author=|date=|accessdate=31 July 2016}}</ref>||[[wikipedia:The Texas Heart Institute|The Texas Heart Institute]], [[wikipedia:Houston|Houston]]
