We provide in-office evaluation and interrogation of your pacemaker for your convenience. After implant, pacemakers require periodic interrogations in the office in addition to monthly or bi-monthly telephone checks.

The pacemaker evaluation is performed during an office visit with our pacemaker nurse, and a highly trained representative from your pacemaker manufacturer. They will interrogate your device using a computer "wand" which will be placed over your pacemaker (on the skin). This will allow communication between your device and our external computer. It gives us information such as battery usage and remaining battery life, and how often your pacemaker is used or not used. It also tells us if the leads are still in the proper position and if the lead wires are intact. It allows us to set the power level to the lowest necessary to properly function, thusly saving battery life.

These interrogations are usually done yearly for single chamber devices and twice a year for dual chamber devices. This is a painless procedure which takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes.