Thank you for your interest in the Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute 2007 Outcomes.
This represents the 10th year we have shared our clinical outcomes with physicians around the country.
As an institution, Cleveland Clinic has moved toward organizing its clinical areas around organ and disease systems, rather than individual specialties. By fully integrating multiple specialties along disease lines, institutes, such as the Heart & Vascular Institute, have created a synergy among medical professionals with similar clinical, research and educational interests, centering on patient care.
In the Heart & Vascular Institute, the classic departmental structure has been preserved and encompasses the departments of Cardiovascular Medicine, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Vascular Surgery. In addition to the medical departments, the Heart & Vascular Institute includes its counterparts in the diagnostic laboratories, inpatient nursing units, operating rooms and research sections. Combined, this includes more than 130 physicians, 2,000 employees (of whom 1,000 are nurses), 369 inpatient beds (including 91 ICU beds) and 16 operating rooms. The Institute structure will help further the innovation and research that is revolutionizing the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.
The number of effective therapies for cardiovascular and thoracic diseases continues to increase. Patients will benefit greatly. However, the increased number of therapeutic strategies makes the choices among them more complex. We believe that the Heart & Vascular Institute structure wil help us to make the best choices and to carry out these therapies effectively.
Bruce W. Lytle, MD
Chairman, Heart & Vascular Institute
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