Interventional cardiovascular services and heart surgery is very much a team effort, relying on the skills of many experts acting in concert with a single mission: to provide the highest possible level of care. Every patient receives highly individualized attention from each member of the team, taking care to explain your treatment options and keep you as comfortable as possible.

Our dedicated group of cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, anesthesiologists, technicians, nurses and support personnel work as a highly synchronized team—a team that is completely focused on you. It is our experienced, committed staff and cooperative team approach that sets the cardiac program at Houston Northwest Medical Center apart from other hospitals.

If you or a loved one has a heart condition that requires treatment, you know that getting care from a leading specialty center today is important. Houston Northwest Medical Center is proud to be recognized for their quality and commitment to cardiovascular care.

When quality matters. We deliver.

First Hospital In Houston Designated a Cycle III Accredited Chest Pain Center

Designated a Cycle III Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI, Houston Northwest Medical Center has demonstrated its expertise and commitment to quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria and completing on-site evaluations by a review team from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

The Chest Pain Center uses a protocol driven and systematic approach to patient management. This allows physicians to reduce the time it takes to provide treatment during the critical early stages of a heart attack, when treatments are most effective, and to better monitor patients when it is not clear whether they are having a coronary event.  

Mentor Hospital for Heart Attack

Houston Northwest Medical Center is among an elite group of hospitals nationwide – and among only two in Texas – named by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) as a Mentor Hospital for Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), otherwise known as heart attack. IHI is an independent not-for-profit organization with a mission of helping lead the improvement of health care throughout the world.

Recipient of the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines Gold Performance Achievement Award for Coronary Artery Disease

Houston Northwest is proud to be recognized by the American Heart Association for quality cardiac care for the treatment of coronary artery disease.  Houston Northwest Medical Center received the Get with the Guidelines Gold Performance Achievement Award for Coronary Artery Disease.

Recipient of the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines Gold Performance Achievement Award for Heart Failure

UnitedHealthcare Premium Cardiac Specialty Center
Houston Northwest Medical Center is a designated UnitedHealthcare Premium Cardiac Specialty Center for quality and efficiency. The UnitedHealthcare Premium program evaluates and recognizes specific hospital and physician capabilities. It measures the quality of their treatment, compliance with national guidelines and the cost of care.