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- Cardiac arrest
- Atrial fibrillation
- Cardiomyopathy
- Heart attack
- Congestive heart failure
- Heart murmur
- Pericarditis
- High blood pressure
- Angina
- Aneurysm, aortic
- Arrhythmias

St. Luke's cardiac procedures
statistics through March. 2007

Total cardiac procedures	13,351
Next highest at any Wisconsin hospital	5,893
% more at St. Luke's than any other Wisconsin hospital	226%
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Coronary artery bypass grafts at St. Luke's	853
Next highest at any Wisconsin hospital	404
% more at St. Luke's than any other Wisconsin hospital	211%
Leapfrog standard (min. # of procedures to ensure competency)	450

Angioplasty procedures at St. Luke's	3,278
Next highest at any Wisconsin hospital	1,137
% more at St. Luke's than any other Wisconsin hospital	288%
Leapfrog standard (min. # of procedures to ensure competency)	400

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repairs at St. Luke's	151
Next highest at any Wisconsin hospital	68
% more at St. Luke's than any other Wisconsin hospital	222%
Leapfrog standard (min. # of procedures to ensure competency)	50

Carotid Endarterectomies at St. Luke's	282
Next highest at any Wisconsin hospital	192
% more at St. Luke's than any other Wisconsin hospital	146%
Leapfrog standard (min. # of procedures to ensure competency)	100

Wisconsin Hospital Association ICD-9 Principal Procedures (Q4 2005 through Q3 2006)

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