Loyola among nation’s top performing hospitals for treatment of heart attack patients

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MAYWOOD, IL – Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2026. LUMC is one of only 350 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.

The award recognizes Loyola Medicine’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that LUMC has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations. 

Loyola consistently exceeds national performance standards with timely, quality heart attack care

"This award reflects Loyola’s dedication to providing timely, high-quality care for heart attack patients,” said Subir Shah, MD, interim chief of cardiology. “By consistently meeting and exceeding national performance standards, we are helping ensure that patients throughout our community receive the best possible outcomes during some of their most critical moments. We are honored to be recognized among a select group of hospitals nationwide for this achievement.”

To receive the Chest Pain ̶  MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award, LUMC has demonstrated sustained achievement in the Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry for two consecutive years (2024 and 2025) and performed at the highest level for specific performance measures. Full participation in the registry engages hospitals in a robust quality improvement process using data to drive improvements in adherence to guideline recommendations and overall quality of care provided to heart attack patients.

Loyola University Medical Center recognized as a national leader in heart attack treatment

“We are proud to present LUMC with the Gold Performance Achievement Award in recognition of its national leadership and steadfast commitment to meeting comprehensive performance measures in patient care,” Leslie L. Davis, PhD, ANP-BC, FACC, chair of the NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Steering Subcommittee. "LUMC’s achievement reflects its ongoing focus on providing high-quality, guideline-driven care for patients who experience a heart attack and helping ensure they receive exceptional cardiovascular care.”

The Centers for Disease Control estimates that over 800,000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year. A heart attack occurs when a blood clot in a coronary artery partially or completely blocks blood flow to the heart muscle. Treatment guidelines include administering aspirin upon arrival and discharge, timely restoration of blood flow to the blocked artery, smoking cessation counseling and cardiac rehabilitation, among others. 

Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry empowers health care provider teams to consistently treat heart attack patients according to the most current, science-based guidelines and establishes a national standard for understanding and improving the quality, safety and outcomes of care provided for patients with coronary artery disease, specifically high-risk heart attack patients.