SPOTLIGHT: Cardiac comeback at UHC


For years, the heart program at University Hospitals of Cleveland floundered. Earlier attempts to build a strong cardiac center failed and the hospital was left to sit in the shadow of its competitor, the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic. Now, however, UH and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is undergoing a $20 million makeover and plans to restart its heart transplant program, which was halted several years back due to higher-than-expected mortality rates. Hospital administrators now have an ambitious goal--to become one of the nation's top five cardiac centers within five years. Article