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The hospitals and health systems highlighted in Becker’s “Hospitals and health systems with great heart programs” list are renowned for their exemplary heart care, patient outcomes and leading technologies. Most also perform research that leads to innovative breakthroughs in the field of cardiology.
Many of these organizations have been ranked among the top in the nation for heart care by U.S. News & World Report, Healthgrades and more. They care for thousands of patients annually and are devoted to growing their heart care abilities.
Note: This list is not an endorsement of included hospitals, health systems or associated healthcare providers. Organizations cannot pay for inclusion on this list. Hospitals are presented in alphabetical order.
“Riverside Heart & Vascular Institute (Kankakee, Ill.). The Riverside Heart & Vascular Institute provides patients with access to a wide array of clinical program areas, such as interventional cardiology, vascular surgery, cardiac-oncology, electrophysiology, cardiothoracic surgery, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and diagnostic services. It also offers a graduate medical education program and research programs. The interventional cardiology program has recently completed their 100th TAVR procedure, as well as their 100th Watchman procedure. In 2018, Riverside Healthcare received $3.3 million towards the development of four new state of the art cardiac catheterization labs and the further growth of the Heart & Vascular Institute.”