| Arizona Heart Institute | |
| Type: | Private |
| Foundation: | 1971 |
| Location: | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Industry: | Health Care |
| Products: | Health care Services, Emergency room services, and medical group and primary care facilities (2009-2010) |
| Homepage: | www.AZheart.com/ |
Arizona Heart Institute is a cardiovascular medical center in Phoenix, Arizona, United States founded by Edward Diethrich in 1971.[1]
In 2009, the institute paid the US government US$675 000 in re-imbursement for ten carotid artery stenting procedures which were billed to, but not covered by, Medicare.[2] These expenses and others led the institute to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2010, ultimately being entirely sold to Vanguard Health Systems's subsidiary company Abrazo Health Care.[3] [4] Purchasing the Arizona Heart Institute led Abrazo to begin clinical trials at other facilities it owned as well.[5]