ICVHealth Clinical Lead
Canada Research Chair in Advanced Cardiac Imaging
November 3, 2014
Key Interests:
Cardiac MRI Contrast Reduction CT
CT Pulmonary Hypertension CT Valve
Replacement Genetic Cardiomyopathies Perfusion
CT Radiation Dose Reduction
Your research is mainly focused on cardiac imaging and its …
Read this article...October 20, 2014
The BC Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health is excited to announce that they will be taking part in this year’s Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC), to be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre (VCC) …
Read this article...October 15, 2014
ICVHealth’s Scientific Director, Dr. Karin Humphries, and Executive Committee member, Dr. Andrew Krahn have both been featured in the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada’s new research campaign. The Foundation launched this campaign …
Read this article...October 8, 2014
On Saturday, October 18th, the Leslie Diamond Women’s Heart Health Clinic will be hosting a comprehensive update on women and heart disease at the Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown.
Dr. Karin Humphries, Scientific Director of …
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Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC
September 29, 2014
Key Interests:
Risk factor modification
Cardiac CT Angiography
Cardiac intensive care unit
Preventative cardiology
With a focus on preventative cardiology, risk factor modification, cardiac intensive care, and cardiac CT angiography, what motivates …
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Director of Interventional Cardiology,
and Inventor of the modern TAVI
September 15, 2014
Key Interests:
Transcatheter management of structural and valvular diseases
New device development
What interests you most about this particular field in interventional cardiology?
Dr. Webb finds it …
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Co-Director of the Transcatheter Heart Valve Program at Royal Columbian Hospital
September 1, 2014
Key Interests:
Aortic surgery
Transcatheter heart valves
Cardiac surgical quality and outcomes
What is it about this specific area in cardiac surgery that interests you?
Dr. …
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Director of Leslie Diamond Women’s Heart Clinic
August 18, 2014
Key Interests:
Microvascular Coronary Dysfunction
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
Women’s heart health
Given your research interests, what inspired and motivated you to begin in this field?
Dr. Sedlak became interested …
Read this article...August 7, 2014
The Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) and the BC Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health (ICVHealth) are pleased to announce the launch of the Robert Hayden Research Fellowship.This personnel award was established by Cardiac …
Read this article...Scientific Director of BC Centre for Improved Cardiovascular Health
July 28, 2014
Key Interests:
Epidemiology / Biostatistics
Health services
Sex and gender differences in coronary heart disease
1. What inspires and motivates you to continue your research?
Dr. Humphries is motivated to change …
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