When our patients need cardiac services, they can trust St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center. Our successful outcomes with risk-adjusted mortality rates are among the lowest in the state for both coronary artery bypass graft and angioplasty procedures. According to HealthGrades Tenth Annual Hospital Quality in America study, St. Joseph's ranks number one in New York state and in the top five percent in the country for overall cardiac services, cardiac surgery and coronary interventional procedures. The study also found St. Joseph's is:

• Recipient of the 2009 HealthGrades Cardiac Care Excellence Award™
• Recipient of the 2009 HealthGrades Coronary Intervention Excellence Award™
• Recipient of the 2009 HealthGrades Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award™
• 2008-2009 Blue Distinction Center for Caridac Care
• Ranked #1 in New York for Overall Cardiac Services
• Ranked #1 in New York for Cardiac Surgery
• Ranked #1 in New York for Coronary Interventional Procedures
• Five-Star Rated for Coronary Bypass Surgery
• Five-Star Rated for Valve Replacement Surgery
• Five-Star Rated for Coronary Interventional Procedures
• Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Attack
• Accredited Chest Pain Center
• The area's only nationally certified Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

These successful outcomes are the result of talent and experience. St. Joseph's physicians, nurses and cardiac technicians consistently care for more patients than any other provider in Central New York.

Each year at St. Joseph's:

• Our Cardiac Surgeons perform more than 900 open heart procedures, including 700 coronary artery bypass grafts and 336 valve replacements.
• Interventional cardiologists perform more than 4,500 cardiac catheterizations and nearly 2,000 percutaneous coronary interventions annually.
• Electrophysiologists conduct more than 300 electrophysiology cases, including three-dimensional mappings.
• Electrophysiologists and surgeons implant approximately 675 cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers.

That kind of experience helps St. Joseph's care for its patients in the most excellent, compassionate way.

For more information, call St. Joseph's at 1-888-STJOES1

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