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A quiet revolution in care is helping patients with cardiac amyloidosis, a form of heart failure that long stumped doctors.
An Edmonton couple has spent years saving others — dad is a paramedic and mom works in a hospital lab — but now, their son's ...
In addition to exercise and a balanced diet, supplements such as omega-3 can boost cardiovascular health and reduce the risk ...
LHSC's first heart transplant was performed in 1981 under the direction of surgeon Dr. Neil McKenzie and cardiologist Dr. Bill Kostuk. Today, the program continues to be a leader in patient care ...
Dr. Heather Ross, medical director of the Heart Transplant Program at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre in Toronto, says there is no scientific evidence that such a thing happens.
Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital is marking the 50th anniversary of Canada's first successful heart transplant. "We showed that it can be done," remembered a doctor involved in the landmark surgery.
Heart transplant is a viable treatment option for adults at an advanced stage of cardiac amyloidosis, as overall survival after transplantation has continued to improve over 3 decades, data from a ...
After going into cardiac arrest at home, a young Edmonton boy is now waiting on a heart transplant. But as Quinn Ohler ...
From the procedure to its success rate, Dr Santosh Kumar Dora, Senior Cardiologist, Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai explains everything you need to know about heart transplant.
Case reports of successful REUP heart transplants in an infant and three adults were reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. "Our technique involves the use of a flush circuit to ...
Dr. Anson Cheung, surgical director of the Cardiac Transplant Program of BC, holds Marc Bains' new heart. He performed the 500th procedure at St. Paul’s, where all adult heart transplants in the ...