Center for Advanced Heart Disease

Center for Advanced Heart Disease


Our team of experts provides comprehensive care for patients with severe heart failure. In addition to outpatient consultations, we are available 24-hours a day for urgent phone consultation or patient transfers.
Consider referral when your heart failure patient has:

  • Class III-IV symptoms Inability to tolerate oral drug therapy
  • Hospitalization in past six months for heart failure
  • Early end-organ dysfunction (renal or hepatic)
  • Been considered for or is on inotropic therapy
  • Ventricular arrhythmias or defibrillator shocks
  • Onset of cardiac cachexia
  • Hyponatremia
To arrange for an immediate consultation with a member of our advanced heart failure team, call 503-216-1182.

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