Cardiac Care
Seattle Heart & Vascular Institute at Valley Medical Center
The special care your heart requires is now available close to home. The Seattle Heart & Vascular Institute at Swedish Medical Center and Valley Medical Center have formed an innovative alliance to provide you with the most complete cardiac care.
You'll have convenient access to state-of-the-art procedures and the latest advances in prevention, diagnosis, and rehabilitation. Premier cardiologists provide cardiac services at Valley Medical Center, where we offer extensive diagnostic testing, advanced monitoring, and emergency services. And should the need arise, you can take advantage of the many specialized cardiac resources available at Swedish Medical Center.
One System Offering Experienced Care
The Seattle Heart & Vascular Institute at Valley Medical Center links many of the area's finest cardiac specialists through a single care system that spans multiple locations. Valley Medical Center treats more heart attack patients than any other hospital in Seattle's south end, while Swedish performs thousands of cardiac surgeries and procedures each year. Physicians at both facilities treat patients with proven standardized treatment plans that have been developed as part of our collaborative effort.
From balloon angioplasty and advanced imaging to bypass surgery and new drug protocols, the alliance between Swedish and Valley provides a multidisciplinary approach to treating your specific cardiac condition. The benefit to you is effective and comprehensive care that's coordinated by some of the most experienced medical teams in the Northwest.
The Latest Technologies
The alliance with Swedish brings many of the newest cardiac advances into your neighborhood. Never before have there been so many options to treat heart disease. At Valley Medical Center, we have a special nursing unit devoted to diagnosing and treating patients with chest pain. Our affiliated cardiologists have helped develop new catheterization technologies, while Swedish surgeons use the latest minimally invasive and other leading edge surgical techniques. As a group, the members of our cardiac care team are leaders in the field, with knowledge of late-breaking research results and clinical findings as well as the newest and most innovative procedures.
The alliance with Swedish gives qualifying Valley Medical Center patients access to cardiac research protocols that are available at few other places in the country. And if you require the sophisticated surgeries or procedures that can only be performed at Swedish, your local cardiologist will still direct your care.
Cardiac Services at Valley Medical Center
- Cardiac risk and cholesterol screenings
- Treadmill testing
- Holter-event monitoring
- Echocardiography
- Nuclear medicine studies
- Emergency and diagnostic cardiac catheterization
- Emergency angioplasty and stenting
- 24-hour acute chest pain evaluation
- Inpatient CCU and ICU
- Cardiac rehabilitation
- Diagnosis and treatment of peripheral vascular disease
Specialized Services Available at Seattle Heart & Vascular Institute at Swedish Medical Center
- Open-heart surgery
- Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
- Atherectomy
- Cardiac laser mapping
- Pacemaker insertion
- Pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery
- Investigational and research trials
- Elective angioplasty
- Intravascular brachytherapy (beta and gamma)
Better Cardiac Care for All
From Kent to Edmonds, from Bellevue to Seattle, the Seattle Heart & Vascular Institute offers communities across the region access to the newest advances in cardiac care. Prominent cardiologists in local communities join the nationally renowned specialists at Swedish Medical Center to provide a convenient and comprehensive program of cardiac care that's available to all.
For more information about the Seattle Heart & Vascular Institute at Valley Medical Center, call 425.656.5535. For a physician referral, call 425.656.INFO and press option 1.
Getting to the Seattle Heart & Vascular Institute at Valley Medical Center
Driving north or south on 1-5, take the northbound 1-405 exit. From 1-405, at Renton, take the southbound Highway 167 (Kent/Auburn) exit. From Highway 167, take the first exit onto S 180th Street. If you're driving northbound on Highway 167, take the 43rd Street exit. Plenty of free parking is available.
400 S 43rd St, Renton, WA 98055
Phone: 425.656.5535