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December 2012
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December 2012Imaging can also be used in new ways to assess the progress of disease or treatment -
December 2012Successfully managing heart failure is one the looming issues for cardiovascular medicine, with prevalence expected to grow sig -
December 2012The use of stem cells for regenerating damaged heart tissue offers great potential, but many technical questions remain. -
December 2012Heart Institute staffers offered their expertise in invited talks touching on a broad range of topics -
December 2012Some of the biggest news to come out of AHA this year was the results from preliminary clinical trials of two new LDL cholester -
December 2012Read our coverage of Heart Institute research and other highlights from the world’s largest cardiovascular conference, the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, including a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs and stem cell therapy. -
December 2012CCC gathered an expert panel to present “The ABCs of Diabetes” -
December 2012The Heart Institute’s landmark RAFT trial, released in 2010, showed that cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in combination -
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December 2012Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) is staking a middle ground between open-heart surgery and catheter-based procedures -
December 2012Within 30 days of non-cardiac surgery, one in 10 patients will have a major vascular complication. -
December 2012Patients placed on a heart-lung machine for heart surgery have a high incidence of neurocognitive deficits, including memory lo -
December 2012Patients who have a heart attack followed by return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), but not consciousness, have a poor progn -
December 2012Regenerative medicine was widely discussed at CCC 2012, and Heart Institute researchers continue to innovate in harnessing the -
December 2012Read our in-depth coverage of Heart Institute advances and other important developments in cardiovascular medicine from this year’s Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, including regenerative medicine, diabetes management and minimally invasive surgery. -
December 2012In an unprecedented daylong period, surgical teams perform the Heart Institute’s 498th, 499th and 500th heart transplants. -
December 2012Efforts to minimize radiation exposure have placed the Heart Institute at the forefront of patient safety for cardiac imaging in North America.