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Advanced Cardiac Care in the Community With Drs. Conway + Garliski

February 7, 2020
2 min read

In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Drs. Laurence Conway and Ann Garlitski discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community.

The MelroseWakefield Cardiovascular Center is a community resource, bringing advanced cardiac treatments and procedures to local residents. Thousands of lives have been extended and improved thanks to many different procedures including treating heart attacks and implanting pacemakers. In recent years, cardiac services have continued to grow with the addition of highly advanced electrophysiology services including cardiac ablations to treat heart rhythm disorders.

In this episode of the Healthy Podcast, Laurence Conway, MD and Ann Garlitski, MD discuss the history and future of providing advanced cardiac care in the community.

 

 

Caring for your heart

Having local and convenient access to the resources you need to diagnose, treat and manage your heart condition and symptoms can make all the difference for your heart health. We are growing as a regional center of excellence, working collaboratively with Tufts Medical Center to bring more expert services to the community. We are a teaching program for Tufts Medical Center fellowship students and many of our providers hold teaching appointments at Tufts University School of Medicine.

we lead the way by offering a comprehensive electrophysiology program to manage heart rhythm problems.

MelroseWakefield Cardiovascular Center at MelroseWakefield Hospital is one of the first community hospitals in the region to establish in-house cardiac catheterization, cardiology, arrhythmia and interventional radiology programs. We are the only hospital in the area that offers emergency cardiac cath lab procedures.
 

More about our heart care services

Learn more about our MelroseWakefield Cardiovascular Center and find an expert cardiologist in north suburban Boston today.

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