Here are the safety scores for the top 20 hospitals in cardiology, according to the U.S. News & World Report rankings.
1. Cleveland Clinic: 5/5
2. Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.): 5/5
3. NewYork-Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell (New York City): 3/5
4. Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston): 3/5
5. Duke University Hospital (Durham, N.C.): 4/5
6. Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago): 4/5
7. Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston): 5/5
8. Mount Sinai Hospital (New York City): 4/5
9. Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore): 2/5
10. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Los Angeles): 3/5
11. NYU Langone Medical Center (New York City): 4/5
12. UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles): 4/5
13. Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania-Penn Presbyterian (Philadelphia): 5/5
14. Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University (St. Louis): 3/5
15. Stanford (Calif.) Health Care-Stanford Hospital: 5/5
16. Emory University Hospital (Atlanta): 5/5
17. St. Francis Hospital (Roslyn, N.Y.): 2/5
18. The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano (Texas): 4/5
19. UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (Pittsburgh): 1/5
20. St. Luke's Hospital (Kansas City, Mo.): 5/5