Conditions & Treatments

Our physicians are at the top of their field and actively seek to stay on the cutting edge of cardiovascular medicine.

Learn more about how Pulse supports patients in their heart health.

Pulse Heart Institute Imaging Services offers a range of advanced imaging services to help in the diagnosis and treatment of heart and vascular disease.

If you are experiencing symptoms of heart attack, our fully accredited Chest Pain Centers, located at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital, MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, MultiCare Deaconess Hospital and MultiCare Valley Hospital, are designed to quickly and accurately diagnose and treat you. Learn more about emergency heart care.

Cardiologists are typically the first heart specialist you’ll see if you have a heart or heart-related condition that requires evaluation and treatment. Pulse Heart Institute’s board-certified cardiologists work with you and the rest of your care team to address your current condition and ensure you receive the ongoing care you need. Read more about our cardiology services.

Our board-certified cardiothoracic surgeons offer life-saving options for patients with serious heart conditions that require surgical treatments. Learn more about cardiothoracic surgery at Pulse Heart Institute.

After a heart attack, heart surgery or other serious illness or injury involving your heart or lungs (such as COPD or fibrosis), rehabilitation is often necessary to get you back to full health. Pulse Heart Institute’s cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation experts work one-on-one with patients to help ensure their best recovery possible. Read more about how our cardiac/pulmonary rehabilitation can help you.

Electrophysiology is a cardiology specialty that focuses on illness and conditions that affect the heart’s rhythm. Board-certified electrophysiologists identify and treat heart rhythm conditions using sophisticated technologies and a minimally invasive approach. Learn more about electrophysiology at Pulse Heart Institute.

Our INW Sports Cardiology program is the first in Spokane, Washington, and is one of only a few like it in the United States. We collaborate with the sports medicine programs to ensure you can perform your best while staying safe and healthy.

Our Quick Clinics connect you to a cardiologist within 72 hours of a visit to the Emergency Department for a non-life-threatening heart condition. Find out more about how our Quick Clinics work.

Our vascular surgery team includes board-certified surgeons who provide the latest treatments for diseases that affect the peripheral vascular system — the arteries and veins outside the immediate area of the heart and lungs. They also provide treatment for varicose veins. Learn more about our vascular surgery care.

An abnormal enlargement or bulging of the aorta that are dangerous when they have the potential to rupture.

A heart rhythm that is too fast, too slow, or erratic. Arrhythmias can be life-threatening or completely harmless depending on the type.

Which occur when a disease state causes blood pressure to stay persistently high, low, or erratic. The most common blood pressure disorders are high blood pressure (hypertension) and low blood pressure (hypotension).

Structural problems with the heart that are present at birth. If left untreated, they can lead to secondary heart diseases like arrhythmias, high blood pressure, or congestive heart failure.

The result of plaque building up in your coronary arteries, causing them to narrow and become rigid. As a result, blood flow to the heart can become restricted and the plaque can rupture, leading to a stroke or potentially fatal heart attack.

Sometimes referred to as congestive heart failure, occurs when the heart no longer has the capacity to pump enough blood to keep the body functioning normally. Learn more about congestive heart failure.

Which occurs when an irritant such as bacteria, a virus, a parasite, or a chemical reaches your heart muscle. An infection can cause inflammation or damage to your heart's inner lining, valves, outer membrane, or the heart muscle itself.

The result of damage to or a defect in one of the heart's four valves: the mitral, aortic, tricuspid, or pulmonary.

Is a blood circulation disorder in which the blood vessels outside of the heart and brain become narrowed or blocked, or frequently spasm.

Are swollen, bluish, twisted veins just beneath the surface of your skin. They most often appear in the legs or feet, mainly because standing and walking increase the pressure in the veins of your lower body.