Overview
Wayne Hwang, MD, FACC, is a board-certified cardiologist who specializes in consultative cardiology, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, peripheral arterial interventions, interventional cardiology, congestive heart failure, hypertension and functional cardiac stress testing.Dr. Hwang believes it is important to understand the disease process and to put that into the context of what the patient is going through by understanding each patient's story. He practices individualized, evidence-based medicine.Dr. Hwang serves as deputy section chief for Cardiology, and director for both the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Cardiac Wellness Clinic. He also serves as a Graduate Medical Education teaching director, Cardiology division. He was named a Top Doctor by both Seattle (2013, 2014) and Seattle Metropolitan (2014) magazines.
Dr. Hwang is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Arterial Insufficiency. His top areas of expertise are Heart Attack, Unstable Angina, Apoplexy, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1100 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- AnginaDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Angina.
- ApoplexyDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Apoplexy.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial FibrillationDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Atrial Fibrillation.
- Coronary Heart DiseaseDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Coronary Heart Disease.
- Familial Ventricular TachycardiaDr. Hwang isDistinguished. Learn about Familial Ventricular Tachycardia.
- Advanced
- Acute Coronary SyndromeDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome.
- Aortic RegurgitationDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Regurgitation.
- Aortic Valve StenosisDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Aortic Valve Stenosis.
- Arterial EmbolismDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Arterial Embolism.
- AtherosclerosisDr. Hwang isAdvanced. Learn about Atherosclerosis.
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Experienced
- Adenosine Deaminase 2 DeficiencyDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency.
- AngioplastyDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Angioplasty.
- Aortic Valve ReplacementDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Aortic Valve Replacement.
- Arterial InsufficiencyDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Arterial Insufficiency.
- Atrial TachycardiaDr. Hwang isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Tachycardia.
- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT)