Cardiovascular Surgery Program at Allegheny General Hospital Earns Top Ratings from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for Quality, Patient Outcomes
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AHN's Flagship Receives the Maximum Three-Star Rating for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, Coronary Bypass Grafting and Aortic Valve Replacement with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
PITTSBURGH, April 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Allegheny General Hospital (AGH), the flagship academic medical center of Allegheny Health Network (AHN), has earned the maximum three-star rating from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) for the quality and patient outcomes of its leading cardiovascular surgery program. The hospital is the first in the western Pennsylvania region to report the highest level of achievement across three categories of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and coronary bypass grafting (CABG) and Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) with CABG, placing it among the most elite cardiovascular programs within the United States and Canada.