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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to the most recent star rating report from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), AHN Allegheny General Hospital, Allegheny Health Network’s flagship quaternary medical facility, has been recognized among the nation’s top adult cardiac surgery programs. The hospital in Pittsburgh has received the highest rating in five out of six evaluated categories for its outcomes of surgical care and quality metrics for aortic valve replacement, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, mitral valve replacement and repair, and multivalve procedures, as well as surgical valve replacement that is combined with coronary artery bypass graft surgery. A release in Pittsburgh today from Allegheny Health Network states that STS has also rated AHN Forbes Hospital in Monroeville and AHN Jefferson Hospital in Jefferson Hills with 3-star designations in isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery and aortic valve replacement with coronary artery bypass graft surgery, respectively. ll three AHN surgical programs received a 3-star designation in the new STS “multiprocedural” category. This comprehensive evaluation assesses the morbidity and mortality rates for patients across all analyzed procedures, as well as making an adjustment for patient risk factors.