Our Services
Heart care at Northwest Healthcare focuses on the functions and disorders of the heart and its connected circulatory system. According to the American Heart Association, 84 million people in the U.S. suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease, affecting blood flow throughout the body. Cardiovascular disease can lead to heart attacks, strokes or other serious complications.
Both Northwest Medical Center and Oro Valley Hospital are accredited Chest Pain Centers by ACC Accreditation Services. Our protocol-driven approach to heart care allows us to reduce time to treatment during the critical first stages of a heart attack. We strive to work seamlessly with emergency services and other departments within our hospital to provide patients with the treatment they need.
Our heart care services include:
- Cardiac imaging (cardiac CT angiography, carotid ultrasound, carotid intima-media thickness test, echocardiogram, exercise stress testing, nuclear medicine)
- Diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterizations
- Diagnostic and interventional endovascular studies
- Cardioversions
- Tilt table studies*
- Cardiac bypass surgery (on and off pump)*
- Cardiac valve replacement*
- Pacemakers, defibrillators, stents
- TAVR*
* Available only at Northwest Medical Center
Advanced Care
Northwest Medical Center offers a 15-bed cardiovascular ICU that is dedicated to post-open heart surgery patients, heart attack patients and those with other cardiovascular diagnoses. The nursing staff requires intense, specialized training in order to work on this unit.
2021 Pima County Health Needs Assessment