Many Californians do. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in California and the U.S. Treatment for heart disease varies and depends on the severity of disease and your doctor's recommendation. Be sure to discuss all treatment options with your doctor. Each year, more than 25,000 Californians have coronary artery bypass graft surgery to reduce pain and improve their quality of life.
Hospitals can differ in how well they do heart surgery.
This shows up in differences in the number of patients who experience complications from the surgery or who survive surgery. Another marker of how well a hospital is likely to perform is the experience of the hospital and its surgical team. You can evaluate this by looking at the number of bypass and other open-heart surgeries a hospital performs each year. Do you or your Scientific studies show hospitals that do more bypass surgeries get better results on average. Doing more surgeries allows the hospital and its surgical team to gain more experience and this translates into better outcomes for patients.