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Accredited Chest Pain Centers

Carondelet St. Joseph’s Hospital, Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital and Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute are the only hospitals in Southern Arizona with Accredited Chest Pain Centers. Accreditation is granted by the Society of Chest Pain Centers an international nonprofit that works to improve care for patients with acute coronary syndromes and acute heart failure. More ›

Top 100 Hospitals

Tucson Heart Hospital*, the only hospital in Southern Arizona dedicated to providing heart and vascular care, was named a Top 100 Hospital by Thomson Reuters in 2007 & 2009. This national honor is given only to those hospitals that meet ever-more stringent quality and efficiency standards.  More ›

Get with the Guidelines

St. Mary’s and St. Joseph’s Hospitals have received Gold Performance Achievement Awards from the American Heart Association’s “Get with the Guidelines” program. The program is a hospital-based quality improvement program. More ›

 

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Certified Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs

The Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programs at St. Joseph’s Hospital  are certified by the American Association for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).  The Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Program is one of only two AACVPR certified programs in Tucson, while the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is the area’s only nationally certified program. More ›


*Tucson Heart Hospital was renamed Carondelet Heart & Vascular Institute on October 6, 2010.