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Lankenau Medical Center (Wynnewood, Pa.). Clinicians at the Lankenau Heart Institute have performed 1,300 robotic heart bypass procedures — more than any other hospital in the nation. In 2014, cardiac surgeons performed 794 operations, 52 percent of which involved a…

Kaiser Permanente (Oakland, Calif.). Kaiser Permanente’s board-certified specialists and multidisciplinary care teams have reduced serious heart attacks among patients by 62 percent in five years through preventative methods. The healthcare provider is a leader in heart disease, diagnosis and prevention. Through…

The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore). The Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute provides a full range of surgical interventions, including traditional surgeries like valve replacements and more complex procedures like off-pump coronary bypasses. The hospital opened its heart and lung…

Indiana University Health Academic Health Center (Indianapolis). IU Health Cardiovascular, in association with Indiana University School of Medicine, serves as a regional referral institution for complex heart and vascular issues, treating more patients than any other program in the state.…

Houston Methodist Hospital. Opened in 2001, the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center has been on the forefront of heart and vascular care since inception. Physicians and researchers at the center were among the first to embark on stem…

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian (Newport Beach, Calif.). The Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart & Vascular Institute at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian repairs more heart valves than 90 percent of all cardiac programs in the nation. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association recognized…

The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano (Texas). Opened in 2008 as a physician-owned hospital, The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano is undergoing an expansion that will add 28 private outpatient guest suites, an education suite with a bio-skills lab and a dedicated…

Henry Ford Macomb Hospital (Clinton Township, Mich.). Henry Ford Macomb Hospital’s Heart and Vascular Institute offers one of the only advanced heart failure programs in southeast Michigan. The hospital houses a multidisciplinary aorta program as well as the Center for…

Good Samaritan Hospital (Cincinnati). Good Samaritan Hospital, part of Cincinnati-based TriHealth, was the first hospital in Cincinnati to offer aortic aneurysm repair with fenestrated stents and among the first in the U.S. to offer transcatheter aortic valve replacement. Clinicians at…

Emory (Atlanta). Emory University Hospital is a major referral institution for patients with complex cardiac problems. Emory clinicians performed the first diagnostic catheterizations in the 1940s and helped pioneer the angioplasty procedure in the 1980s. Today, clinicians at Emory’s Heart…