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40 Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 Along with clinical programs and services, Kettering cardiovascular physicians and surgeons conduct research through the Kettering Cardiovascular Institute. Lahey Clinic (Burlington, Mass.). The Dr. Emanuel and Sheila Landsman Heart & Vascular Center at Lahey Clinic combines cardiovascular medicine, cardiovascular and thoracic surgery and vascular surgery to provide a full range of heart care in one place. Physicians at the Landsman Center are specialized in treating cardiovascular disease in diabetic patients, and the center is participating in a clinical trial that follows patients closely over five years to determine the best treatment for their conditions. Lahey Clinic is also home to The Cardiovascular Health Center for Women, where a team of female cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons treat women's specific heart care needs. Lankenau Hospital (Ardmore, Pa.). Lankenau Hospital takes a progressive approach to preventing, diagnosing and treating heart disease and has a team with advanced technologies at its disposal. Francis Sutter, DO, a cardiac surgeon affiliated with Lankenau Hospital, is pioneering minimally invasive robotic heart surgery and has the best coronary bypass outcomes in Pennsylvania. In 2013, Lankenau Hospital will open the Lankenau Heart & Vascular Pavilion. Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City). Lenox Hill Hospital is home to the Aortic Wellness Center, which is one of the few places in the nation to offer integrated care for aortic diseases. The nation's first minimally invasive coronary surgery was performed in 1994 by surgeons at Lenox Hill's Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Before then, the first angiocardiogram in the nation was performed at Lenox Hill Hospital in 1938. Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood, Ill.). The Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine at Loyola University Medical Center was the first hospital in Illinois to staff a Heart Attack Rapid Response Team, which is a group of interventional cardiologists, nurses and technicians who are on call every day. Also, Loyola has achieved a 15-minute door-to-balloon time for heart attacks, one of the fastest in the nation. The center has been ranked as one of the top 50 in the nation for cardiology and heart surgery for 10 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report. Martin Memorial Medical Center (Stuart, Fla.). The Frances Langford Heart Center at Martin Memorial Medical Center offers a full spectrum of heart care, from diagnostic to interventional services and rehabilitation. In addition to its cardiovascular surgery team of surgeons, physician assistants and anesthesiologists, the center has specially trained registered nurses and technicians who are dedicated to open-heart surgeries. In the cardiovascular intensive care unit, the ratio of nurses to patients in the immediate recovery period is 1:1. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston). Massachusetts General Hospital's Corrigan Minehan Heart Center has 11 condition-specific programs, such as the Thoracic Aortic Center and the Corrigan Women's Heart Health Program. In 1990, heart center researchers opened the Cardiovascular Research Center, dedicated to discovering treatments for heart disease. More recently, scientists at the research center found a master heart stem cell that holds promise for recreating heart tissue to repair damaged hearts. Maury Regional Medical Center (Columbia, Tenn.). Maury Regional Medical Center is home to southern middle Tennessee's only heart center. The hospital offers interventional procedures and is a Level III accredited chest pain center. The hospital also addresses the emotional and mental effects of heart disease. Local members of Mended Hearts, a national non-profit organization, provide additional emotional support for Maury Regional Medical Center heart surgery patients and their families. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). Mayo Clinic's Division of Cardiovascular Surgery and the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases is one of the largest in the world, as physicians treat about 55,000 patients each year. In 2012, Mayo Clinic researchers participated in a study that monitored people climbing Mount Everest, which may provide insight into aging patients and heart disease. What the climbers experience on the mountain mimics aspects of heart disease due to the high altitude. Medical Center of Central Georgia (Macon). The Georgia Heart Center in The Luce Heart Institute at The Medical Center of Georgia offers comprehensive cardiovascular services and treatments. Surgeons at The Georgia Heart Center perform more than 750 open heart surgeries every year. The heart center also offers AngioScreens, which use ultrasounds to scan arteries and determine the vascular health of patients. Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center (Charleston). Medical University of South Carolina's Heart and Vascular Center is the only full-service center of its kind in South Carolina. South Carolina's first heart transplant was performed at the hospital more than 20 years ago, and today it is the only hospital in the state that offers heart transplants. In 2006, the hospital became one of the first in the state to use Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest Protocol for eligible patients. The process involves slowly cooling and then warming patients in a two-day period, and studies show the process improves neurological outcomes in patients. MedStar Union Memorial Hospital (Baltimore). The Heart Institute and the Vascular Institute are two of MedStar Union Memorial Hospital's four centers of excellence. Vascular surgeons at the hospital were some of the first in Maryland to perform minimally invasive vascular procedures. Along with a highly trained physician staff, more than half of the institute's nurses have 10 or more years of experience. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (Houston). Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center's Heart and Vascular Institute's history of innovation stretches back to 1927. It was the first hospital in the world to show that heart disease can be reversed and the first hospital in Texas to perform a cardiac catheterization, among other highlights. The hospital is currently collaborating with the University of Texas Medical School on a five-year study that looks at lifestyle factors, preventive health teaching and advanced heart imaging for treating and preventing coronary heart disease. Mercy Medical Center (Canton, Ohio). The Mercy Heart Center has an impressive list of "firsts" under its belt, including a world's first — it performed the world's first angioplasty in an emergency department. Mercy is also the nation's first accredited chest pain center and was the first emergency room in the nation to use cardiopulmonary bypass to resuscitate heart attack victims, among other accomplishments. Mercy helped pioneer some of the nation's most innovative heart procedures and was the first hospital in northeast Ohio to perform a minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery. Meriter Hospital (Madison, Wis.). The Heart & Vascular Hospital is a hospital within a hospital at Meriter Hospital that offers a comprehensive range of diagnostic, treatment and therapy heart disease services. The hospital, which has received HealthGrades' Coronary Intervention Excellence Award, hosted the first ever citywide vascular and electrophysiology meeting in 2012, where Madison's specialists came together to discuss various discipline topics. The Methodist Hospital (Houston). Famed heart surgeon, the late Michael DeBakey, MD, helped pioneer the cardiology and cardiovascular specialties at The Methodist Hospital. In his name, the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in The Methodist Hospital is one of the largest transplant centers in the nation. In October 2012, the center became the first in Houston to offer a new kind of branched aortic graft, the Zenith Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft, which can be implanted through a minimally invasive procedure. Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center. Physicians at Gagnon Cardiovascular Institute at Morristown Medical Center perform more than 1,000 heart surgeries annually, more than any other facility in the state. The hospital is one of 20 in the nation to offer three minimally invasive treatment options for heart valve repair and replacement. In June, the hospital named Linda Gillam, MD, MPH, a world-renowned valve heart disease and echocardiography expert, as the chair of cardiovascular medicine.

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