Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.). As the flagship of Carolinas HealthCare System, Carolinas Medical Center is the hub of the system's Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, which has provided heart care to the region for more than 50 years. The Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute staffs more than 175 cardiologists and cardiac specialists and manages around 3,000 heart failure patients from across the Carolinas each year. The institute's one-year heart transplant survival rate is 98 percent, well above the 90 percent national average. The hospital's commitment to affordable quality care and patient outcomes earned Carolinas Medical Center designation as a Blue Distinction Center+ for cardiac care from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
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