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Inherited arrhythmia syndromes are rare and complex conditions predisposing seemingly healthy individuals to sudden cardiac arrest. This excellent review provides a framework for high-quality, multidisciplinary, standardized care.
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Welcome to our new #UBC Cardiology trainees! So excited to have you join us! Grateful to all UBC Cardiology Fellows and Residents for your dedication and for providing the best care for our patients. Can’t wait to see the fantastic things this team will continue to do!
Happy Earth Day #EPeeps#CardioTwitter ! To celebrate, why not spend a few minutes learning about links between climate change and heart health on the @SCC_CCS Cardio Connector podcast. Dr. Matt Bennett was a great host of ray first podcast interview. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
A belated congratulations to 7 outstanding new cardiology residents who will be joining @UBCCardio next July! A big UBC welcome to:
Dr. Abdulmohsen Al-shahks
Dr. Jocelyn Chai
Dr. Jung-In Choi
Dr. Siavash Ghadari
Dr. Farshad Hosseini
Dr. Nelson Lu
Dr. Jeffrey Wong
Congrats!!!
Congratulations to @DrJasonAndrade presenting an #aha2022#LBCT: PROGRESSIVE-AF demonstrating better outcomes for pAF patients randomized to first-line ablation vs anti arrhythmic drugs-published in @NEJM. @UBCmedicine @CCI_CIC @UBCCardio
"[Do you] recognize how much [hospital] resembles residential schools from the past? Now, imagine how a residential school survivor must feel if they require care here."
Dr. Miles Marchand @UBCCardio gives trainee (& personal) perspective on ⬆️ cultural humility.
#CCCongress
I ain't EP but happy to help. Over 70 attendees on a Sunday afternoon. Cardiac technicians are keen learners!
Some of my ECGs are prolly too easy for some though...
#teaching#CME#holters#ESTs#techs#HCPs#cardiology#ECGs
First outcomes paper in Canada showing that our Vancouver Women’s Heart Center improves quality of life and angina frequency while reducing hospitalizations in patients with INOCA and MINOCA @khhumphries @StanleyNattel@JudyMLuu @cpachecoMD @DrMarthaGulati
Increased complexity in contemporary CICUs demand intensivists to be experts in acute emergencies & facile managing multisystem complications
💥Check out this tweetorial🧵by @Dhiran_Verghese
Prevention of Complications in the 🏥CICU
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Congratulations to our star-studded graduating fellows (from L to R): Dr. Ali Husain (IC @ UBC), Dr. Kurt Hoskin (Staff @ Kelowna), Dr. Andy Dhaliwal (AHFTC @ UBC), Dr. Nav Malhi (Rehab/Prevention @ UBC), & Dr. Ian Pitcher (ICU @ UBC). Missing Dr. Nima Moghaddam (AHFTC @ Duke).
A prospective analysis of adherence and OAC switching from @DrSalmasi demonstrated high adherence to OAC therapy, however, contrary to popular belief being on a DOAC did not translate to better adherence compared to VKA (warfarin).
authors.elsevier.com/c/1fIDw…
Pleased to see our review on the Interventionalist's management of atrial tachyarrhythmias in heart failure published. Ablation in this group is better tolerated than AADs and offers a mortality benefit and in those with HFrEF! @DrJasonAndrade @MarcDeyell doi.org/10.1007/s11897-022-0…
Enlightening talk from our PGY4 Cardiology Fellow Dr. Miles Marchand on strategies to improve the delivery of health care and empower our Indigenous patients. @UBCCPD #HotTopicsInCardiology2022
Our recent analysis from the #PROMISE trial published in @Heart_BMJ demonstrating that compared with D-F and ESC estimates, physician judgement more accurately identified obstructive CAD and worse patient outcomes heart.bmj.com/content/early/…