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Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids, Minn.). In January, Mercy Hospital and Fridley, Minn.-based Unity Hospital combined in a “one hospital, two campuses” strategy under the name Mercy Hospital. Both hospitals provide medical and surgical services, and Mercy Hospital’s cardiology department has…

Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (Houston). Since opening in 2008, Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute in the Texas Medical Center has grown to encompass expertise in heart attack and heart failure treatments as well as complex surgeries. Last year alone, Memorial…

The Medical Center at Bowling Green (Ky.).The Heart Institute at The Medical Center at Bowling Green houses the area’s only 24-hour emergency intervention for open heart surgery, balloon angioplasty and cardiac stenting. Fifteen cardiologists and four cardiovascular surgeons provide care…

MedStar Washington Hospital Center (Washington, D.C.). The MedStar Cardiology Heart and Vascular Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center employs 140-plus heart specialists. With more than 1,400 open heart surgeries performed there each year and the highest volume of catheterizations in…

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville (Fla.). Opened in 2008, the 308-bed Mayo Clinic Jacksonville is a part of the Mayo Clinic Health System. The hospital’s Cardiovascular Health Clinic includes 15 physicians focused on cardiology. The hospital also touts five physicians and surgeons…

Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.). Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campus is ranked No. 2 in the nation for cardiology and heart surgery in 2017 by U.S. News & World Report. In 2014, the hospital’s vascular surgeons performed 1,800 procedures, 60 percent being endovascular…

Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston). Massachusetts General Hospital is home to the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, one of the first dedicated cardiac units in the nation. Since opening in 1916, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center physicians pioneered the development of pacemakers and created…

Loyola University Medical Center (Maywood, Ill.). Loyola University’s Center for Heart and Vascular Medicine is equipped with 30 specialists focused on pediatric cardiology, thoracic surgery and vascular surgery. Loyola surgeons completed the first heart transplant at the hospital in 1984…

Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center. Longview Regional Medical Center staffs a team of 12 cardiac specialists who performed 6,407 heart procedures in 2016. The hospital serves as one of 20 training centers in the U.S. where physicians can learn the most progressive cardiac catheterization techniques for peripheral artery disease. The…

Lehigh Valley Hospital (Allentown, Pa.). Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Chrin Heart and Vascular Center is the fifth largest heart program in Pennsylvania. The center’s cardiothoracic surgeons have more than 90 years of shared experience and perform 1,000 heart surgeries each…