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Healing and protecting hearts with cardiac rehab At Allegheny Health Network (AHN), cardiac rehabilitation is vital to help heart patients recover from a heart failure, a heart attack, angioplasty or stent placement, a bypass, or transplant surgery — and get back to a normal lifestyle. AHN has cardiac rehab programs at Allegheny Valley, Forbes, Jeff erson, and Saint Vincent hospitals and at the Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion. Rehab teams might include a cardiologist, clinical exercise physiologists, registered nurses, registered dietitian, certifi ed diabetic educators, and behavioral health specialists. Heart patients trust Allegheny Health Network because it is the highest-rated health system in western PA for medical excellence in cardiac care and stroke care and is rated in the top 10% nationally for patient safety in cardiac care.* *Market claims are based on CareChex® Composite Quality Scores™ and nationally balanced score card criteria for health systems serving the combined statistical area (CSA) of Pittsburgh-New Castle-Weirton. Source: Quantros Inc., 2017 CareChex® National Quality Rating Database: FFY 2013, 2014 and 2015