In heart care, experience matters

Aurora's Heart Care

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center performs two times more heart procedures than the state's second-place hospital. Aurora St. Luke's is the only Wisconsin hospital selected by an independent resource, Thomson Reuters, as a “Top 100 Hospital” for heart care. The ranking is based on patient mortality and complications, number of patients, and processes and costs.

Because more patients are treated there, physicians have more experience with typical, unusual and complex cases, and the complications that can arise. Aurora St. Luke's also is the only hospital in Wisconsin with an emergency heart care team on-site 24/7.

When it comes to experts such as cardiac sub-specialists, Aurora St. Luke's has more than any hospital in Wisconsin. These are specially trained physicians who focus on a particular area of heart care. So if you have a heart rhythm disorder, you can see a heart rhythm specialist. All together, there are 500 physician specialists in one place.

Aurora patients also have access to advanced treatments not found at most other hospitals. Aurora St. Luke's was the first in the state to offer robotic-assisted heart surgery to reduce complications and shorten recovery time, and has the most experience in the Midwest with robotic-assisted surgery.

What you can do

When considering a heart hospital, be sure to ask: How many patients do you treat with my condition? What treatment options are available to me here? What kind of survival and complication rates do your patients have? If additional care is necessary, where would I be sent?

If you need a heart procedure, please consider contacting our second opinion program to learn about the treatment options available at Aurora St. Luke's. Simply call toll-free 888-973-2663.

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