We here at the King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital take great pride in what the cardiac services department has been able to achieve over the past 20 years. It is worth noting that the tremendous growth of both scope and volume of service have occurred under MSD self administration that started in 1997. Some of the milestones of the department:

First EP Service outside Riyadh in 2000

First DES implanted in KSA 2002

First Off-Pump CABG in Saudi Arabia 2002

Pediatric cardiac surgery established in 2003

First Endoscopic Vein Harvesting in Saudi Arabia in 2004

First Mimimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Program in Saudi Arabia in 2004

First Cardiac MRI Service outside Riyadh and first Military hospital to offer this service in 2005

First Surgical Ventricular Restoration Surgery in Saudi Arabia in 2007

First TAVI western region 2012

First S/Q ICD in the middle east 2014

First Cryoablation for AF in KSA 2015

First Leadless Pacemaker KSA 2015

Mitral valve clip 2017