One Orange County hospital topped the others here in heart bypass surgery performance, while two surgeons scored below average, according to state data released Thursday.
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital is the only local hospital that scored significantly higher than the state average in survival rates for heart bypass surgeries in 2003 and 2004. Of 121 hospitals statewide that perform the surgeries, four received the distinction.
More than 90 percent of hospitals and surgeons statewide performed as expected, according to the ratings released Thursday by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. The average death rate for the surgeries was 3 percent statewide.
Dr. Himmet Dajee, who recently retired from Fountain Valley Regional, was also noted for better-than-average performance.
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