Central Maine Pediatric Cardiology & Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Central Maine Pediatric Cardiology provides cardiology care to children & adults requiring assistance for any of the following:

• Congenital Heart Disease (VSD, ASD, Tetrology of Fallot, etc) for fetus, infant, children & adults
• Acquired Heart Disease (Kawasak's Disease, Rheumatic Fever, Lyme Disease, Familial Hypercholesterolemia)
• Exercise-induced Symptoms (chest pain, shortness of breath, tachycardia)
• Inherited Heart Problems (things that run in families, such as Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy or Long QT Syndrome)
• Genetic Disorders causing Heart Issues (Marfan's Syndrome, Down's Syndrome, etc.)
• Post-operative Congenital Heart Disease
• Murmurs
• Dizziness & Syncope (passing out)
• Chest Pain
• Palpitations
• Congestive heart failure
• High blood pressure (hypertension)
• High cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia or Family History of Early Heart Attacks)
• Heartbeat disturbances (arrhythmia) & Abnormal EKG's (including WPW, SVT, Palpitations, etc.)
• Aortic Aneurysms
• Heart Block
• Anticoagulation management
• Valvular heart disease
• Pre-operative clearance

Knowledge and Technical Resources

Dr Wade Hamilton, Pediatric Cardiologist, has skilled testing professionals and sophisticated technology, including:
Testing done in the office:

• Holter monitor application and interpretation
• Event recorder application and interpretation
• EKG and interpretation
• Echocardiogram

Testing done at Central Maine Medical Center by Dr Wade Hamilton:

• Exercise treadmill testing
• Stress echocardiogram
• Dobutamine stress echocardiogram
• Tilt table testing

Appointments

Patients are seen by appointment Monday through Friday, and we request that you call in advance to schedule so that we can reserve time for you. If you are unable to keep a scheduled appointment, please call and let us know as soon as possible. A 24 hour notice is appreciated.

We will make every effort to honor your appointment time, however emergency situations occasionally arise and create delays. We appreciate your patience on these occasions.

Office visit reminders

• Bring a list of all of your medicines and doses
• Bring your insurance cards
• Bring your copay or deductible at the time of the visit

Telephone advice or questions

Patients can call the office with non-emergency calls between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. when your records are easily available. Nurses and staff are trained to answer questions and pass information between patients and their physician.  Please leave only non-urgent messages in our voicemail system and leave a current phone number to reach you. We make every attempt to return calls by the end of the day.

Central Maine Pediatric Cardiology & Adult Congenital Heart Disease offers services from facilities at the following locations:

Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston and Topsham Medical Building.