Danbury Hospital provides a variety of arrhythmia services for patients. They include pacemaker and defibrillator follow-up checks, Holter Monitoring and 30-day heart monitor testing and Tilt Table Tests.
Follow-up Services for Patients with Pacemakers
A pacemaker is a device that is implanted beneath the skin of the chest with wires that continue into the heart. It delivers small amounts of energy to the heart to help keep you pulse at a normal rate if your own pulse is too slow. At least once per year you will receive a full interrogation of the lead and battery system of your pacemaker. At the same time, your cardiologist may make changes in the settings of the pacemaker, as he or she deems necessary. This procedure is non-invasive and requires a 10-15 minute visit to Cardiac Services.
Follow-Up Services for Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICD)
An ICD is a device designed to administer an electric shock to control rapid heartbeats. The power source is implanted in a pouch beneath the skin of the chest or abdomen and is connected to wires placed within the heart.
Today, our patients arrive in Cardiac Services where they are seen by a fully trained technician for a 15-minute visit. Through the use of a programmer, the device is interrogated (checked) for episodes of arrhythmia and defibrillation. The lead and battery system is thoroughly checked and setting changes are made, as the cardiologist deems necessary. All reports are sent to the patient's electrophysiologist.
Danbury Hospital Provides Support Group for Defibrillator Patients. For more information on the Danbury Hospital ICD Support Group, please call Marybeth Martell, RN, at 203-739-6220.
Directions - Danbury Hospital
24 Hospital Avenue
Danbury, CT 06810
Contact Number: (203) 739-7437
Traveling East on I-84 – Take Exit 5
Go straight ahead at exit ramp light to North Street
Turn Right off North Street to Maple Avenue
Go on Maple Avenue to Osborne Street
Turn left on Osborne Street
Follow Hospital Avenue to Blue visitor parking lot
Take left into parking area
Traveling West on I-84 – Take Exit 6
Turn right at exit ramp light at North Street
Turn right on Hayestown Avenue
Turn right on Tamarack
Follow Tamarack Avenue up hill to traffic light
Follow Hospital Avenue to Blue visitor parking lot
Directions - Danbury Hospital Medical Arts Center
111 Osborne Street
Danbury, CT 06810
Contact Number: (203) 739-7437
Traveling East on I-84 - Take Exit 5
Go straight ahead at exit ramp light to North Street
Turn Right off North Street to Maple Avenue
Go on Maple Avenue, turn left onto Osborne Street
Follow Osborne Street through intersection of Locust Avenue, Medical Arts Center building is on the left.
Traveling West on I-84 - Take Exit 6
Turn right at exit ramp light at North Street
Turn right on Hayestown Avenue
Turn right on Tamarack
Follow Tamarack Avenue up hill to traffic light
Go straight through traffic light, bearing left onto Locust Avenue (past Emergency Room entrance)
At traffic light, take left onto Osborne Street - Medical Arts Center building is on the left.
Directions - Ridgefield
10 South Street
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Contact Number: (203) 438-1323
I-84 West - Merge onto US 7 via exit toward Norwalk
Turn right onto CT-36/Danbury Road
Turn left onto South Street.
I-84 East - Merge onto US 7 via exit toward Norwalk
Turn left onto CT-36/Danbury Road
Turn right onto South Street
Directions - Southbury
22 Old Waterbury Road
Southbury, CT 06488
Contact Number: (203) 262-4234
I-84 East to Exit 15 - Take left onto US 6/N Main Street/CT 67
Take right onto Old Waterbury Road
Take immediate right into parking lot of the Southbury Medical Building
I-84 West to Exit 15 - Take right onto US6/N Main Street/CT 67
Take right onto Old Waterbury Road
Take immediate right into parking lot of the Southbury Medical Building
If you have any questions, or for more information, please call the Arrhythmia Services at 203-739-7510.
