Franklin Memorial Hospital Adds Cardiac Device Clinic in Partnership with MaineHealth Cardiology

Treats those with cardiac pacemakers and internal cardiac defibrillators

FARMINGTON, MAINE¾

 

The electrophysiology coordinator team from Maine Medical Partners MaineHealth Cardiology will be offering bimonthly cardiac device clinics at Franklin Memorial Hospital, beginning April 1 in the hospital’s second floor cardiology clinic. Services will continue to be offered on the first Wednesday of every other month for 2015: June 3, Aug. 5, Oct. 7, and Dec. 2.

 

The team members are: Lisa Velas, LPN, CCDS; Amanda Bean, BS; CCT; Ian Oliver, BS; Amanda Smith, BS; Edmund Presby, AS, RCIS, and Fay Saxby, BS., who will all be rotating into providing the service. All are proficient in testing and programming pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs). Pacemakers are cardiac devices that stimulate heart contraction; ICDs are devices that attempt to restore normal heart rhythms. Patients use these devices to treat a wide variety of heart rhythm problems.

 

These electrophysiology technicians work in conjunction with cardiologists to provide proper device management and optimal function. Both in office and remote evaluation appointments are performed on a routine basis depending on the device type and patient follow-up needs.

 

To schedule an appointment, call Outpatient Services at 779-3120.