Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach has been named one of the nation's top 50 cardiovascular hospitals by Truven Health Analytics, a healthcare data firm.
The hospital is one of two California medical centers to make the list.
The list recognizes hospitals that outperformed their peers in inpatient and extended care, clinical process, efficiency and cost for heart attacks, heart failure, percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass graft surgery, according to a news release. The 17th annual review looked at more than a thousand hospitals that provide medical and surgical treatment for heart disease, the release said.
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