Rush-Riverside Heart Center

Your heart's in the right place.

For 2009, Riverside Medical Center has earned the following awards and recognitions:

Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Cardiac Surgery
Ranked Among the Top 10% in the Nation for Overall Cardiac Services
Ranked Among the Top 5 Hospitals in Illinois for Cardiac Surgery
Ranked Among the Top 10 Hospitals in Illinois for Overall Cardiac Services
Recipient of the 2009 HealthGrades Cardiac Care Excellence Award ™
Recipient of the 2009 HealthGrades Cardiac Surgery Excellence Award ™
Five-Star Rated for Cardiac Surgery
Five-Star Rated for Coronary Bypass Surgery
Five-Star Rated for Treatment of Heart Failure

As part of its tenth annual Hospital Quality in America Study, HealthGrades independently analyzed more than 5,000 hospitals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia for its 2009 ratings, objectively assessing their clinical outcomes and quality.

To find out more about these awards, read the full press release. For more information on HealthGrades, review the Rush-Riverside Heart Center FAQs.

Rush-Riverside Heart Center provides comprehensive and advanced treatments for heart and vascular disease. Riverside performed its first open heart surgery on November 8, 1999. As of October 2007, over 1,800 open heart surgery procedures have been done at Riverside and nearly 14,000 cardiac catheterizations.

Services of the Heart Center include:

Atrial fibrillation management
Heart valve repair and ventricular remodeling
Off-pump bypass (performed without stopping the heart)
Mitral valve surgery
Electrophysiology diagnostics and management
Women's heart awareness and education program
Three advanced cardiac catheterization labs
Heart Scan, screen to identify the potential for a heart attack
Fully accredited Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Patient Story
Lyle, a 79 year-old retired farmer from Dwight, needed quadruple bypass surgery. Hear what he had to say about his experience at Riverside.

CT Scan
Better and faster: Riverside’s Toshiba Aquilion CFX 64 CT produces extremely detailed body images quicker than ever before possible.

Heart Rehab
Rush-Riverside Heart Center offers comprehensive rehabilitation programs to help heart patients return to an active lifestyle following a heart attack or heart surgery.

Heart Failure Clinic
Your questions about heart failure, including causes, risk factors, and signs or symptoms are answered here.

Robotic Surgery
Through tiny incisions, the da Vinci surgical system and the skilled surgeons at Riverside Medical Center are making procedures easier and more comfortable for many heart patients.

Virtual Tour
Take a guided tour of the Riverside Health facilities.