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WQRC, Report on More Cardiac Care Honors for Cape Cod Hospital

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Excellence in Cardiac Care    
Cape Cod Healthcare has developed a strong reputation for excellence in cardiac care. Cape Cod Hospital was rated #1 in Massachusetts by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the likelihood of a patient surviving at least 30 days after a heart attack. The federal agency also rated the hospital as one of just 17 other hospitals around the country with outcomes that were better than national averages for 30-day heart attack mortality rates.

Cape Cod Hospital, in partnership with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, launched its open-heart surgery program in August 2002. Since then, more than 1,000 cardiac surgery procedures have been done at the hospital. The cardiac surgery program has a mortality rate of 1.8%, which is below state and national expected mortality. Cape Cod Hospital is one of just three community hospitals in Massachusetts approved for open-heart surgery.

Cape Cod Hospital is also approved to do both elective and emergency angioplasties and has built a world-class cardiac care team over the years. Richard Zelman, M.D., director of the interventional cardiology program at Cape Cod Healthcare, performs more angioplasties than any physician in Massachusetts. The American College of Cardiology ranks Cape Cod Hospital #1 in the country in outcomes for coronary interventions.

With four new state-of-the-art interventional cardiology suites -- along with a fully-intergrated diagnostic catheterization facility at Falmouth Hospital -- Cape Cod Healthcare's focus on cardiac care continues to grow. In addition, the American Heart Association has named Cape Cod a  "Heart-Safe" Community, meaning patients in need of cardiac care of Cape Cod are truly in good hands.

Important components of Cape Cod Healthcare's complete cardiovascular program include:

• Electrophysiology
• Heart failure advancements
• Stroke Center
• Research
• Emergency Medical Services
• Cardiac Rehabilitation