St. Joseph's has always been a leader in cardiovascular care - pioneering new procedures and advancing healthcare technology.

• First coronary care unit in the Southwest (1964)
• First Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Arizona (1966)
• First computerized EKG program in Arizona (1967)
• First heart-lung transplant in Arizona (1984); one of the first worldwide
• First Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (1987) in the Valley
• One of the first in the Valley to use the carotid stent, developed as an alternative treatment to carotid endarterectomy for patients who have blocked carotid arteries
• First in the Valley to offer cardiac CT and CT angiography for individuals at high-risk of developing coronary artery disease (2005)
• Only Adult Congenital Heart Center in Arizona and regionally (2005)
• Named in Solucient's 100 Top Hospitals: Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success Study three years in a row (2003 - 2005).