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Jewish Heart Care and the Heart & Lung Institute at Jewish Hospital set the standard for heart care. The system boasts the region’s only Accredited Chest Pain Centers (at Jewish Hospital Downtown, Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, Jewish Hospital Medical Center East, and Jewish Hospital Shelbyville) as well as rankings in U.S. News and World Report’s Top 50 listing of America’s Best Hospitals for four years straight in heart care and three years straight for respiratory care. Jewish Hospital is also the only facility in the Louisville area to offer the state of the art Stereotaxis™ technology in treating heart patients. Stereotaxis is a new technology that boasts patient safety benefits such as shorter, less invasive procedures; less exposure to X-ray radiation; reduction in contrast dyes injected into patient blood vessels; and lower risk of complication due to Gentle Touch technology.
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