Concord Hospital Cardiovascular Institute at North Country Healthcare
Concord Hospital Cardiovascular Institute at North Country Healthcare
Providing patients a wide range of comprehensive cardiology care in the North Country.
Our Cardiology Team, made up of Daniel van Buren, MD, FACC, Calvin Knowles, PA-C, and Elizabeth LaPointe, PA-C, has significant professional training between the three of them, in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease and Echocardiography. Have peace of mind knowing that our team has extensive experience with:
- a medically complex, elderly patient population
- a high-volume cardiac center
- advanced training in nuclear stress testing, exercise stress testing and echocardiography
AVH, UCVH and WMC now collaborate with the Concord Hospital Health System’s Cardiovascular Institute to provide patients a wide range of comprehensive cardiology care in the North Country. Patients can be seen in the North Country, before interventional procedures, and return home to receive Cardiac Rehabilitation at AVH, UCVH, or WMC and have their follow-up appointments nearby.
Heart and Lung disease is a serious health problem in America today, and our Cardiopulmonary Service staff is committed to helping patients live longer, healthier lives by providing comprehensive, individualized services, including:
- Adult cardiology, including on-site consulting cardiology care from board certified cardiologists
- Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
- Sleep medicine consultations from a board-certified sleep medicine physician
- On site neurology consultations and neurodiagnostics
Non-invasive cardiology tests that cover diagnosis, treatment and preventive care are major tools in fostering heart health among our patients:
Cardiac testing services
- Ankle Brachial Index (ABI)
- Electrocardiogram (EKG)
- Echocardiography
- Transesophageal Echocardiogram
- Stress Echocardiogram
- Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography
- Regular treadmill stress test
- Exercise myocardial perfusion test
- Lexiscan cardiac perfusion test
- Holter monitor
- Loop monitor
- Event monitor
- Pulse Volume Recording
Pulmonary and Neurodiagnostic Tests
- Pulmonary function testing
- Metabolic testing
- Methacholine challenge testing
- Electroencephalograms (EEG)
- Nerve Conduction Study (NCS)
Also available is the ScottCare® VersaCare Telemetry System, which delivers complete and accurate cardiovascular monitoring technology, data management and services that aid in the surveillance of patients attending a cardiac rehabilitation program. The ScottCare® system will allow the cardiac rehabilitation team to manage and report data more efficiently and securely. It is designed with one goal in mind: removing the need for double documentation, providing staff more time to tend to the patient’s needs.
Dr. Daniel van Buren and Calvin Knowles, PA-C, both welcome patients at Androscoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin, and at Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital in Colebrook.
For more information, or to make a Cardiology appointment in Berlin or Colebrook, please call (603) 326-5900.
Concord Hospital Cardiovascular Institute at North Country Healthcare
Daniel van Buren, MD, FACC
