10 Leading Cardio-Vascular Surgery Hospitals Some hospitals shine in a particular area. Some shine in more than one area. We asked Consumers' Checkbook to give us a list of the top 10 hospitals in key specialties of particular concern to, you know, those of us past the acne stage.

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Here are 10 top hospitals for cardio-vascular surgery:

• North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY

• St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY

• UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

• Morristown Memorial Hospital, Morristown, NJ

• Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, NY

• Mayo Clinic Hospital, Phoenix, AZ

• Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA

• Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

• WakeMed, Raleigh, NC

• Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT