Ascension Saint Thomas Heart, the heart care department at Ascension Saint Thomas, is a network of 77 cardiologists and surgeons who care for patients across 45 clinic locations and 18 regional hospitals spanning Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Patients trust Ascension Saint Thomas Heart to provide comprehensive cardiac treatment options, including minimally invasive cardiac surgery. The network’s qualifications include a three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for isolated coronary artery bypass, some of the top heart transplant survival outcomes in the nation, a shorter average length of stay post-transplant in comparison to the regional and national average, and a 100 percent survival rate after a dual organ transplant as compared to the national rate of 88 percent. Its cardiac surgery program consists of seven surgeons at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West in Nashville, whose surgeons performed 1,751 surgeries in 2022, including 334 robotic surgeries.
