Swedish Cardiac Alliance
Allied in Comprehensive Cardiac Care
Through Highline Medical Center, you have the reassurance of a comprehensive system of cardiac care. Our board-certified cardiologists diagnose, treat and manage a wide variety of acute and chronic heart conditions. They are experts in minimally invasive catheter lab procedures. And they have access to the latest diagnostic imaging technologies. And Highline is affiliated with Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute. So, while it’s unlikely you’ll ever need open-heart surgery, if you do, your care will be seamless.
If you experience chest pain, call 911 immediately.
When you’re facing a cardiac condition, you can be sure that you’ll receive the most advanced care available through the partnership with Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute. This innovative alliance makes the full range of cardiac resources available to South King County residents. You’ll receive convenient care close to home from the cardiologists affiliated with Highline Medical Center. You’ll have access to state-of-the-art technology for heart-disease diagnosis and treatment through Highline’s extensive diagnostic testing, advanced monitoring and emergency services. And should you need open-heart surgery or other very specialized procedures, you have the option to take advantage of the cardiac services at Swedish Medical Center.
A Single System of Cardiac Care
Our partnership with Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute links many of the area’s finest cardiac specialists, creating one complete system of care. Our cardiologists and physicians use standardized treatment plans to help ensure that patients receive the highest quality of care. Additionally, we are linked by a computer network that enables us to share test results and other information, reducing the chance that tests and procedures will need to be repeated. Through this integrated system, patients will have the benefit of more effective, cooperative and coordinated care — every step of the way.
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Advanced Care Brought Closer to Home
Our alliance with Swedish brings many of the newest cardiac advances right into our neighborhood. Local cardiologists have access to the latest research results and clinical findings, while Highline Medical Center offers a wide and ever-increasing number of innovative tests and procedures right here in your community. Our recently upgraded nuclear-medicine equipment, for example, offers some of the most advanced cardiac-imaging technology available. Should you require surgery or procedures that are only available at Swedish Medical Center, your local cardiologist will continue to direct your care, and you’ll be able to return to Highline for your cardiac rehabilitation and follow-up.
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Partnering to Take Complete Care of You
The partnership with Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute is a cooperative effort that combines your community’s premier heart program with the region’s most complete resource for leading-edge cardiac care. Through this combined program, you’ll have access to state-of-the-art technology, the cutting edge of research findings and some of the nation’s premier cardiac surgeons. It greatly extends the range of resources that are available to you and brings you the very latest in cardiac care — close to home.
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Get with the Guidelines™ Coronary Artery Disease Quality Improvement Program
What is the Get with the Guidelines program?
The American Heart Association, in partnership with member hospitals, developed "Get with the Guidelines" to provide a unified approach to cardiovascular quality improvement.
The program is designed as a prospective interventional process, in the hospital setting, to significantly increase compliance with the coronary heart disease (CHD) secondary prevention treatment by the time of discharge.
Hospitals and physicians work together to monitor those factors that make up secondary prevention for the treatment of CHD, including:
- Antiplatelet therapy the use of angiotensin II blockade
- Beta blockers
- Cholesterol/lipid therapy - statins
- Fibrates
- Niacin
Prevention is cost-effective quality care. Working as a team, we can make the Get with the Guidelines program a model that can save at least 80,000 lives a year.
For more information contact your local chapter of the American Heart Association at (206) 632-6881 or email cardiology@highlinemedical.org.