Rush-Riverside Heart Center
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Rush-Riverside Heart Center
Your heart's in the right place.Riverside Medical Center was recently ranked #1 in the entire state of Illinois for clinical excellence in heart surgery according to a comprehensive study released by HealthGrades, the nation's leading healthcare ratings company.
For 2008, Riverside Medical Center has earned the following awards and recognitions:
- Ranked #1 in Illinois for Cardiac Surgery
- Ranked Among the Top 5 Hospitals in Illinois for Overall Cardiac Services
- Ranked Among the Top 5% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery
- Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Cardiac Services
- Recipient of the 2008 HealthGrades Cardiac Care Excellence AwardTM
- Recipient of the 2008 HealthGrades Cardiac Surgery Excellence AwardTM
- Five-Star Rated for Cardiac Surgery
- Five-Star Rated for Coronary Bypass Surgery
- Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure
As part of its tenth annual Hospital Quality in America Study, HealthGrades independently analyzed more than 5,000 hospitals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia for its 2008 ratings, objectively assessing their clinical outcomes and quality.
To find out more about these awards, read the full press release. For more information on HealthGrades, review the Rush-Riverside Heart Center FAQs.
Rush-Riverside Heart Center provides comprehensive and advanced treatments for heart and vascular disease. Riverside performed its first open heart surgery on November 8, 1999. As of October 2007, over 1,800 open heart surgery procedures have been done at Riverside and nearly 14,000 cardiac catheterizations.
Services of the Heart Center include:
- Atrial fibrillation management
- Heart valve repair and ventricular remodeling
- Off-pump bypass (performed without stopping the heart)
- Mitral valve surgery
- Electrophysiology diagnostics and management
- Women's heart awareness and education program
- Three advanced cardiac catheterization labs
- Heart Scan, screen to identify the potential for a heart attack
- Fully accredited Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
Lyle, a 79 year-old retired farmer from Dwight, needed quadruple bypass surgery. Hear what he had to say about his experience at Riverside.
Better and faster: Riverside’s Toshiba Aquilion CFX 64 CT produces extremely detailed body images quicker than ever before possible.
Rush-Riverside Heart Center offers comprehensive rehabilitation programs to help heart patients return to an active lifestyle following a heart attack or heart surgery.
Your questions about heart failure, including causes, risk factors, and signs or symptoms are answered here.
Through tiny incisions, the da Vinci surgical system and the skilled surgeons at Riverside Medical Center are making procedures easier and more comfortable for many heart patients.
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