This very specialized cardiac service provides treatment options to people who have advanced heart failure. The physicians who work in this program are all highly skilled and experienced at treating heart disease. In emphasizing quality of care, we focus on providing the best outcome clinically possible for each patient.
This cardiac service is a community-based program. We work in close collaboration with the referring physicians. Our team is on-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Who can benefit?
The Heart Clinic/Transplant program of the Providence Heart and Vascular Institute serves adults who have been diagnosed with heart failure. This includes patients with cardiomyopathy, congestive heart failure, valvular disorders and coronary artery disease that is untreatable by other methods. Patients may be newly diagnosed, or they may have already exhausted the range of treatment options available to them in their communities.
Treatment options
Heart failure occurs for numerous reasons. Because each person is an individual, each needs a personally tailored treatment plan. What works well for one may be inappropriate for another. Our treatment plans are developed cooperatively, with physician and patient working together to design a care plan best suited to that patient.
Patients may benefit from one or more of these treatment options:
Outpatient consultations
Individualized plan of medical therapy
National clinical trials of cutting-edge medicines and procedures
