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Health Care Services > Primary Care > Why Choose Us > Awards and Accreditations > Best Heart Bypass Surgery Results in Pa.

Best Heart Bypass Surgery Results in Pa.

LEHIGH VALLEY (July 25, 2006) -- For the third year in a row, Lehigh Valley Hospital (LVH) has the best coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery results in Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4), which reported on the 60 hospitals that do heart surgery, LVH is the only Pennsylvania hospital with better than expected results in three of four categories:
  • Lower-than-expected mortality while in the hospital
  • Lower-than-expected mortality 30 days after surgery
  • Lower-than-expected readmissions 30 days after the surgery
The number of patients readmitted within 7 days of the surgery was rated as expected for this type of procedure, according to PHC4. LVH also performed the second-highest number of coronary artery bypass and open heart surgeries in the state. The information is documented in the PHC4 report, “Pennsylvania’s Guide to Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery 2004.”

To learn more, visit www.phc4.org, or to view the PHC4 news release click here.

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