A better way to treat patients with heart failure

One in four Americans has experienced heart and vascular disease. More than five million people in the U.S. have heart failure - and the number is growing. You might think of heart failure as the sudden stopping of a beating heart. But, in fact, heart failure is often a chronic, long-term disease.

A heart failure diagnosis signals the beginning of a lifetime of treatment to manage a wide range of symptoms. For people living with heart failure and their families, managing a long list of medications, making drastic lifestyle changes and traveling to doctors appointments can be overwhelming. A lack of access to treatment for the most severe acute cases can be life-threatening.

The addition of a Comprehensive Heart Failure Center will complete the continuum of care available at Swedish to improve and extend heart failure patients’ lives.

Thanks for getting us started

Swedish Medical Center Foundation is grateful to the John L. Locke Jr. Charitable Trust for providing the $1.5 million cornerstone gift to establish the Comprehensive Heart Failure Center. Swedish would also like to thank the following lead donors for their support in helping to establish the new Center, and related cardiovascular research efforts:

• Treva & Glenn Barnhart, MD
• Joe Clark
• Wayne & Anne Gittinger
• John C. & Karyl K. Hughes Foundation
• Linda and Howard Lewis
• Bob* & Jean Reid
• Jim & Janet Sinegal
• Augustina & Mark Reisman, MD
• Suzanne & Jeffrey Westcott, MD