When you need heart surgery, you want the best. The surgery team of Providence Cardiovascular and Thoracic Associates is recognized nation-wide for the quality of its surgery and its successful recovery outcomes. In fact, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the industrys most trusted ranking database providing one of the most highly-regarded rankings in the industry, have awarded our surgeons the highest possible score for coronary artery bypass grafting (the most commonly performed open heart procedure in the country) for every single ranking period.