Cardiovascular patients throughout Maine and the New Hampshire Mt. Washington Valley have easy access to state-of-the-art, coordinated heart care through MaineHealth. Our network of care is designed to reduce the need for travel by connecting patients with cardiovascular experts close to home. Read our latest Outcomes & Innovation Report.
Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
I am honored to be part of Cardiovascular Services at MaineHealth — an integrated network of hospitals, health care providers and specialists — built with patients’ needs at the very center. Our service line combines medical and surgical services (both inpatient and ambulatory care), along with research and education, under unified clinical and administrative leadership. Our intent is to highlight our strong performance as evidenced by the data presented clearly and transparently on the following pages. Our 2020 report highlights many of our treatment offerings and leading technologies in use across MaineHealth.
For example, MaineHealth aims to help people with heart failure have the best possible clinical outcomes and quality of life. To achieve this, our organizations and partners implemented a variety of evidence-based treatments across the MaineHealth system to provide care as close to home as possible. This approach helps patients better manage heart failure symptoms. As a result, they need to be hospitalized less often. Care settings include patients’ private homes, nursing care facilities, medical care offices, emergency departments and hospitals. Treatment options include evidence-based clinical pathways, supporting clinical decision tools, providing patients with clear and consistent plans of care and specialized care for patients with advanced disease.
To enable a more seamless transition across the care continuum, Cardiovascular Services activated our shared electronic health record, Epic’s Cupid application, in February 2020. The success of this complex implementation is the result of outstanding teamwork, project management and leadership across our hospitals and physician practices.
I invite you to collaborate and partner with us as we continue to strive to improve cardiovascular care, quality and patient access, while delivering the best health outcomes.
Formed in 2019, the MaineHealth Maine Medical Center (MHMMC) mitral valve clinic provides advanced heart valve services spanning the continuum of care. We offer individualized, cutting-edge care to patients with primary and secondary mitral valve disease. MaineHealth cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons are regional leaders in complex surgical and minimally-invasive mitral valve procedures.
A Mitral Center of Excellence
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center is a Mitral Center of Excellence. We provide in-depth evaluation of mitral valve disorders including comprehensive imaging assessment of the severity of the valve narrowing or leak. Our multidisciplinary team of specialists in cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and specialized imaging focuses on the care of patients with mitral valve disease. The team combines experience and expertise to find the right treatment for individual patients to provide the best possible outcome.
The MaineHealth cardiovascular surgery team is dedicated to ensuring that patients with heart problems receive the highest quality care from experienced heart surgeons. We work collaboratively to choose the least-invasive solutions possible and use the advanced surgical technologies to achieve the best outcomes.
| Cardiac Surgery By Type | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) | 481 | 483 | 523 | ||
| CAB + Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR) | 69 | 77 | 82 | ||
| CAB + Mitral Valve Replacement (MVR) | 12 | 8 | 3 | ||
| CAB + Mitral Valve Repair | 22 | 17 | 23 | ||
| Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement | 85 | 81 | 86 | ||
| Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) | 159 | 193 | 239 | ||
| Isolated Mitral Valve Replacement | 19 | 10 | 19 | ||
| Aortic Valve Replacement + Mitral Valve Replacement | 7 | 8 | 7 | ||
| Mitral Valve Repair | 37 | 57 | 63 | ||
| Other | 252 | 201 | 213 | ||
| Total Coronary Artery Bypass Graft | 584 | 585 | 631 | ||
| Total Valve | 410 | 451 | 522 | ||
People with congenital heart disease need care throughout their lives. From infancy through adulthood, people with congenital heart issues are best served by specially trained clinicians who understand their complex and unique needs. Our program offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient clinical services — from diagnosis to surgical repair.
We care for pediatric and adult patients with all forms of congenital heart conditions and pulmonary hypertension issues. In 2019, MaineHealth launched a new program for adult patients with any form of congenital heart condition. This includes those with newly diagnosed congenital heart defects, as well as those with complex congenital heart disease who may have received care since childhood and now may require transition to adult medical services such as family planning, genetic counseling and ongoing cardiology care.