The Main Line Health Heart Center at Lankenau Hospital is...

• A leader in cutting edge technology for aortic valve replacement, incorporating innovative design changes to optimize performance

• Among the region's most experienced facilities for providing progressive, leading-edge interventional techniques

• The first in hospital in the U.S. to introduce Aqueous Oxygen Therapy for heart attack patients

• At the forefront of research in artificial heart and mechanical assist devices

• The first hospital in the Philadelphia region to perform completely endoscopic robotic cardiac surgery

Statistics for The Main Line Health Heart Center at Lankenau Hospital:

• 98% of coronary artery bypass grafts (CABGs) performed at Lankenau are "beating-heart" procedures, performed off the heart-lung machine

• 90% of venous and arterial harvesting procedures are performed using a minimally invasive technique

• 74% of our mitral valve procedures result in repair vs. replacement; 89% of these repairs are performed using a minimally invasive technique

• We have a 98% success rate in implanting biventricular pacers

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