Figure 6. What Share of the Nation's Hospitals are High-Volume Providers for Specific Procedures?

Procedure: Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, 15.3%; Carotid endarterectomy, 18.8%; Lower extremity arterial bypass, 55.2%; Coronary artery bypass graft, 31.3%; Coronary angioplasty, 49.7%; Heart transplantation, 59.1%; Pediatric heart surgery, 16.5%; Pancreatic cancer surgery, 10.9%; Esophageal cancer surgery, 4.6%; Cerebral aneurysm surgery, 6.8%.

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