At St. Luke’s Clinic – Idaho Cardiology Associates, our team has over 150 years of combined experience in the treatment of heart disease and offers you comprehensive cardiovascular care. Clinic services include electrophysiology and arrhythmia exams and consultations, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiograms, stress tests, and nuclear cardiology.
We specialize in a wide range of procedures and interventions, including ablation, cardioversion, coronary angioplasty/stent, defibrillator implantation, heart catheterization, and pacemaker implantation. We also operate special clinics to focus on arrhythmias, pacemakers and defibrillators, anticoagulation, congestive heart failure, tobacco treatment, and lipid management.
If you feel you’re having a medical emergency, call 911 immediately or go directly to the nearest emergency department. Upon arrival at the hospital, inform the staff that you’re a patient of St. Luke’s Clinic – Idaho Cardiology Associates. To reach the on-call physician, please call our office at (208) 322-1680.
Murali N. Bathina MD, FACC is fellowship-trained in cardiology, with special board certifications in advanced heart failure, nuclear cardiology and boarded in echocardiography. He currently serves as the system medical director for all of St. Luke’s heart and vascular services.
Dr. Bathina's clinical practice focuses on diagnosis and treatment of most heart conditions. His areas of special focus include heart failure, cardiac imaging and cardio-oncology. He is also the founder of the cardio-oncology service at St Luke’s that specializes in protecting the heart during and after cancer treatment.
Prior to his medical education, Dr. Bathina earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago.
Peter Giordano, NP is a nurse practitioner who cares for a wide variety of cardiology patients. He is committed to delivering compassionate, high quality care and also appreciates the opportunity to support his patients' best quality of life through health and wellness education. He is passionate about lifestyle and risk factor modification in order to prevent the development of cardiovascular disease. Through utilization of a team approach, Peter helps care for individuals suffering from coronary artery disease, basic arrhythmias, valvular heart disease and heart failure.
Peter earned a bachelor's degree in exercise and sport science from Western State Colorado University. He later completed an additional bachelor's degree in nursing at Loyola University Chicago, where he then went on to earn a master's degree in nursing/family nurse practitioner studies. He has previously practiced in emergency medicine, urgent care and retail health. Each year he participates in extensive education with Mayo Clinic and the American College of Cardiology. He is the process of pursuing advanced cardiovascular certification.
Beyond his work in cardiology, Peter volunteers with the American Red Cross and serves as a clinical preceptor for nursing students at Boise State University
Peter is married with one child. In his free time, he enjoys spending time outdoors running, playing tennis, golfing, biking, fishing, hiking, camping, skiing and snowboarding. He also loves chess, backgammon, cooking, playing guitar, and building Legos with his son.
Courtney Weaver, NP earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing, including her nurse practitioner certification, at Columbia University in New York City. In her free time, she spends time with her family, outdoors, hiking, and participating in water sports.
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The most common type of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), a problem with the heart's electrical system.
Abnormality in heart structure present at birth.
When your heart muscle doesn't pump as much blood as your body needs.
An interruption of the natural flow of blood through the chambers and valves of the heart.
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