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July 12, 2016/Heart, Vascular and Thoracic/Outcomes

Cardiac Surgery by the Numbers at Cleveland Clinic (Infographic)

A sampling of outcomes and volumes from the top U.S. heart program

Just 1.89 percent of publicly reporting U.S. centers achieved a three-star rating in all three categories of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ latest Adult Cardiac Surgery database report. Factoids like that abound in this infographic on Cleveland Clinic’s latest cardiothoracic surgery volume and outcome stats.

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cardiothoracic surgery volumes and outcomes infographic

For more outcomes data from Cleveland Clinic’s Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute, visit clevelandclinic.org/outcomes.

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