UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (Pittsburgh). Surgeons at UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside performed the first-ever minimally invasive coronary bypass in the tri-state region. Since then, the hospital has expanded minimally invasive approaches to include valve surgery and the use of robotics. UPMC Shadyside surgeons…
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University of Virginia Medical Center (Charlottesville, Va.).Since 1989, UVA physicians and surgeons have performed more than 300 heart transplants and currently perform a higher volume of angioplasties for superior mesenteric arteries than most other heart centers in the country. The…
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (Madison). The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic opened its heart transplantation program in 1973, and the hospital’s surgeons have performed more than 700 heart transplants since then. The hospital has a nationwide reputation for…
University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital (Ann Arbor).University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital is an international referral center for children with complex congenital heart diseases. As one of the busiest pediatric heart centers in the country, annual surgical…
UW Medicine (Seattle). UW Medicine Regional Heart Center has more than 75 providers focused on cardiology and heart care. In October, UW Medicine received a $10 million investment from the Washington Research Foundation to begin clinical trials focused on the potential…
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Michigan Medicine (Ann Arbor). The Frankel Cardiovascular Center at Michigan Medicine recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and is home to four cardiac surgery operating rooms, two endovascular procedure labs and 36 clinic exam rooms. The Cardiovascular Health Improvement Project studies aortic diseases…
University of Colorado Hospital (Aurora). The Cardiac and Vascular Center at University of Colorado Hospital achieved the 2017 Silver Performance Achievement Award from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, denoting achievement above 90 percent for specific performance measures over four consecutive quarters.…
University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City). Three heart surgeons founded the University of Kansas Health System’s Center for Advanced Heart Care in 2001 after leaving their private practices to join University of Kansas Hospital. One of the surgeons, William Reed,…
University of California Davis Medical Center (Sacramento). University of California Davis Medical Center cardiologists performed the hospital’s first transcatheter aortic valve replacement in 2012, marking the first time a minimally invasive heart valve replacement was performed in Sacramento. The hospital’s…
University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham. UAB Hospital houses a 21-bed cardiac care unit specializing in procedures such as heart transplants and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. The hospital was first in Alabama to develop a comprehensive heart valve program in 2012, and since…