Compare cardiology and heart surgery hospital ratings. U.S. News evaluated 800 hospitals and selected the top 50 for their care of patients with difficult heart and vascular cases, such as heart transplants, the implantation of cardiac devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators, major chest procedures, and patients with cardiovascular disease and other complex conditions such as endocarditis, heart failure, and circulatory issues. U.S. News assesses a hospital’s ability to treat patients with difficult heart conditions such as advanced cardiovascular disease and other complex conditions.
Hospitals are Graded Based on:
- Survival for 30 days.
- Patient fulfillment.
- The percentage of patients who were discharged home after treatment (rather than going to another care facility).
- The level and quality of nurse staffing.
- Transplant programs are examples of advanced programs and technologies.
- Patient services like cardiac rehabilitation and hospice care are available.
- Other forms of care.
You can also evaluate a hospital’s performance in specific cardiac procedures like:
- Repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Replacement of the aortic valve.
- Cardiovascular bypass surgery
- Heart failure with congestive edema.
- A heart attack occurred.
- TAVR stands for transcatheter aortic valve repair.
Here are the top ten 2023-2024 U.S. News Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery in the country.
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)
Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston is ranked tenth in the Best Hospitals Cardiology & Heart Surgery rankings for 2023-2024.
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Stanford Hospital and Stanford Health Care
In the 2023-2024 U.S. News Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery rankings, Stanford Health Care-Stanford Hospital in Stanford, California, is ranked ninth.
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital is number three.
The 2023-2024 U.S. News Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery rankings place Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, at No. 8.
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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
The Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is ranked seventh among the Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery in 2023-2024.
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Mount Sinai Medical Center
Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City claims the No. 6 spot in the 2023-2024 U.S. News Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery rankings.
- NYU Langone
Medical Centers
NYU Langone Hospitals in New York City ranks fifth in the U.S. News Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery rankings for 2023-2024.
- Cornell and New
York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia
In the 2023-2024 U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell is ranked fourth in Cardiology & Heart Surgery.
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Medical Center
of Cedars-Sinai
In the 2023-2024 U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is ranked third nationally for Cardiology & Heart Surgery.
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The Mayo Clinic
In the 2023-2024 U.S. News Best Hospitals rankings, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked second in the country for Cardiology & Heart Surgery.
- Cleveland Clinic
of Medicine
Retaining its position as the best hospital in the country for cardiology and heart surgery in the 2023-2024 U.S. Best Hospitals rankings is Cleveland Clinic. According to the career website Zippia, North Dakota is the best state for cardiologists to live and work in 2023, while Virginia is the worst. Zippia examined each state and Washington, D.C., and ranked them based on cardiologists’ median salary, as well as each state’s cost of living and location quotient, a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics measurement. More information on the methodology can be found here.
From best to worst, and including Washington, D.C., here are the best states for cardiologists to work in 2022:
- North Dakota
- Alaska
- Nebraska
- Washington
- Montana
- Wisconsin
- Iowa
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Utah
- Wyoming
- Indiana
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Missouri
- South Dakota
- West Virginia
- Pennsylvania
- New Mexico
- Colorado
- Idaho
- Oregon
- Kansas
- New Hampshire
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Nevada
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Texas
- Mississippi
- South Carolina
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Vermont
- Arizona
- California
- North Carolina
- Alabama
- Massachusetts
- New Jersey
- New York
- Rhode Island
- Hawaii
- Delaware
- Oklahoma
- Washington, D.C.
- Maryland
- Virginia
