Heart Institute and Heart Hospital
The area’s most sophisticated and comprehensive array of heart services in the Ark-La-Tex are available at the Willis-Knighton Heart Institute.
The Heart Institute’s main location at 2727 Hearne Avenue is adjacent to Willis-Knighton Medical Center. It includes advanced cardiac catheterization and noninvasive laboratories, a dedicated electrophysiology laboratory, heart hospital and physician offices. The Heart Institute also provides services at WK Bossier Health Center and WK Pierremont Health Center.
Willis-Knighton has been at the forefront of cardiac services and has introduced to the area many of the innovative services now considered “standard of care.” Among our many “firsts” have been stents (included drug-coated stents) and dual chamber pacemaker. In fact, Willis-Knighton performs more heart surgeries, heart catheterizations and angioplasties than any other area hospital. As a result of our innovation, vendors of cardiac equipment programs choose Willis-Knighton to introduce services to patients in the region.
Willis-Knighton was named to Top 100 Hospitals in America – Cardiovascular by Solucient in 2005 and 2006.
Willis-Knighton is an accredited Chest Pain Center through all of its emergency rooms.