a Total of 72 large hospitals included in the measurement. It covers the acute hjärtinfarktsvården, secondary prevention after myocardial infarction, planned kateterburna kranskärlsingrepp and klaffbyten and open heart surgery including heart transplants, according to SVT Sörmland.

Stefan Pettersson, a consultant and sektionsansvarig on the heart ward on the Mälarsjukhuset in Eskilstuna, sweden, is satisfied.

“Hjärtinfarktsvården in Sweden is absolutely world class and that we belong to the top of the list is of course incredibly gratifying,” he says, according to a press release.