BACKGROUND Guidelines recommend a trial of one or more antiarrhythmic drugs before catheter ablation is considered in patients with atrial fibrillation. However, first-line ablation may be more effective in maintaining…
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Contemporary cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) have an increasing prevalence of noncardiovascular comorbidities and multisystem organ dysfunction. However, little guidance exists to support the development of best-practice principles specific to…
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Dr. Lisa Tang and CCI Investigator Dr. Jason Andrade used machine learning with daily heart rhythm data to predict outcomes after ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF). Data were analysed from…
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Many physicians have long believed that maintaining patients in sinus rhythm is beneficial in A-fib. Finally: a win—with caveats. Commenting on the study, Jason Andrade, MD (Vancouver General Hospital, Canada),…
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Use of a minimalist approach that facilitates early discharge is even more important in the COVID-19 era, experts say. Discharging patients within 24 hours of a transfemoral TAVR procedure performed…
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The Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation – Centre d’Innovation Cardiovasculaire (CCI-CIC) is a new research centre at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute that gives BC’s cardiovascular researchers the chance to develop research…
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We are excited to share that CCI Investigator, Dr. Tara Sedlak, has received the Heart and Stroke 2020/21 Mid-Career/Senior Career Investigator Award for Improving Heart and Brain Health for Women…
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Dr. Darwin Yeung, our newest Divisional member, has been selected to receive a Mitacs Training Research Award, which provides funding for graduate students to undertake a short-term paid research training…
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In case you missed it, CCI's Dr. Teresa Tsang Covid-19 Rapid Research Funding award! Read more about it: Cutting-Edge Covid-19 Research in BC Boosted By Research Funding 3 UBC Department…
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