The Providence Heart Institute was recently recredentialed as a Blue Cross Blue Shield Cardiovascular Center of Excellence based upon medical staff credentials, the number of cardiac procedures performed, their outcomes, and the quality assurance program in place for evaluating care. Looking Into the Future There have been great strides made in the treatment of heart disease due in part to numerous ongoing research initiatives. At Providence, cardiologists are involved in both national and international studies whose outcomes will determine the treatment of the future. Some of these studies are looking at new ways to treat high cholesterol, congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation, as well as drugs that can prevent strokes and blood clots. You can be assured that the care you receive at the Providence Heart Institute is not only state of the art, but also innovative.
Many women think heart disease is a men's health problem.
The truth is that after age 55, more than half of all deaths in women can be traced to some form of cardiovascular disease. This is more than all cancers combined. Because the symptoms of heart disease may be different in women than in men, the disease often goes undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. Women traditionally are less likely to be admitted to the hospital or referred to a heart specialist for thorough testing. As a result, women who have heart attacks are twice as likely as men to die from them.