Cardiovascular care affects hundreds of thousands of patients annually and adds billions of dollars to overall U.S. healthcare costs. The Truven Health 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals study uses a national scorecard of metrics to identify the nation’s highest-performing cardiovascular services lines.

If all cardiovascular providers performed at the level of the study’s 50 top performers, approximately 9,100 additional lives and $1.4 billion could be saved. More than 6,100 additional bypass and percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) patients’ care could be complication-free.

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