HCNW provides the highest level of comprehensive cardiovascular care available.  We emphasize compassion for our patients.  Personalized attention is given to health care concerns, decision making, and a commitment to excellence in cardiovascular care.  HCNW offers the following services:

·        Cardiovascular consultation and follow-up – diagnosis,
      treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular diseases
      (disorders of the heart and circulatory system)

·        In-hospital care and consultation on both an elective and
      emergent 24-hour per day basis.    

·        Echocardiography – Precordial and esophageal.
      HCNW Echocardiography Laboratories are accredited
      by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories
      (ICAEL), a voluntary certification demonstrating our commitment to excellence and providing
      high quality patient care. 

·        Cardiac stress testing including nuclear and echocardiographic imaging. HCNW Nuclear Laboratories are accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL), a voluntary certification demonstrating our commitment to excellence and providing high quality patient care. 

·        Diagnostic invasive cardiac catheterization. Click here to download Northwest Cardiac and Vascular Imaging patient information brochure.

·        Interventional cardiovascular procedures (e.g. balloon angioplasty and stents)

·         Interventional cardiovascular procedures (e.g. balloon angioplasty and stents)
Echocardiography – Precordial and esophageal. HCNW Echocardiography Laboratories are
accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography
Laboratories (ICAEL), a voluntary certification demonstrating our commitment to excellence
and providing high quality patient care.     
 

·         Electrophysiologic consultation – diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias

·         Invasive/interventional electrophysiology – cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator placement and
      follow-up care, electrical system ablation

·         Diagnosis and treatment of peripheral artery disease (diseases involving non-cardiac blood
       vessels such as those involving the legs and carotid arteries) 

Each patient at HCNW is assigned to an individual “primary” cardiologist who will oversee your cardiovascular care and provide continuity to your care.  The primary cardiologist is typically the initial HCNW cardiologist involved in your evaluation.  Whenever possible, your primary cardiologist will oversee your outpatient and hospital care.  Occasionally, you may be referred by your primary cardiologist to another HCNW cardiologist for a specialized procedure.  Emergency and after-hours care is provided by the on-call cardiologist.  The cardiologists are part of the HCNW team that includes nurses, physician assistants/nurse practitioners, and multiple other employees.  All physician assistants and nurse practitioners at HCNW have completed extensive specialized training in cardiovascular patient care.  Under the supervision of our physicians, the physician assistants/nurse practitioners are a vital part of our practice. 

OFFICE LOCATIONS

Our main office is located in The Heart Institute of Spokane.  The Heart Institute is connected to Sacred Heart Medical Center (SHMC) by a skywalk system.  SHMC is a separate entity that offers in-hospital care and services such as percutaneous coronary interventions (e.g. coronary angioplasty and stents), cardiac surgery including coronary bypass grafting, valve repair/replacement, as well as one of the nation’s leading cardiac transplant and mechanical heart assist programs.  SHMC is amongst the busiest and best cardiac programs on the West Coast.

In addition to our office at The Heart Institute, HCNW has full-time offices located on the Northside of Spokane (212 E Central Avenue Suite 240), in Walla Walla, Washington (St. Mary Medical Center, 401 W Poplar, Cardiology Suite), in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (700 Ironwood Drive, Suite 350), and in Sandpoint, Idaho (606 N 3rd Avenue). HCNW maintains a part-time office at Spokane Valley Family Medical Centre (13102 E Mission Avenue).  Cardiologists from our group also see patients in various satellite clinics located in the Inland Northwest.  For your convenience, we hold clinics in the following locations:

Our physicians in Spokane see hospital patients at SHMC, Deaconess Medical Center, Holy Family Hospital, and Valley Hospital. 

Our Walla Walla physicians see patients at St. Mary Medical Center and Walla Walla General Hospital. 

 Our Coeur d’Alene physicians see patients at Kootenai Medical Center.

Our Sandpoint physicians see patients at Bonner General Hospital.

OFFICE HOURS
Our Heart Institute, Northside, Walla Walla, Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint offices are open 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Monday – Friday.

The offices are usually closed for major holidays. Please call our Heart Institute office at 509-838-7711 for specific locations and dates for our satellite offices.

PARKING
The Heart Institute parking garage and the Medical Center Building parking lot are adjacent to our Heart Institute office. There is a small fee to park at these locations. Our Northside, Valley, Walla Walla, Coeur d’Alene, and Sandpoint offices offer free patient parking, as do all of our satellite offices.