Cardiovascular and Stroke Care

Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Leanne K. Casaubon leanne.casaubon@uhn.ca 416-603-5685 (office) 416-893-2815 (cell) University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital, University of TorontoThe Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) And Minor Stroke (TAMS) Unit is a rapid-access, day-unit care model that is unique in Ontario and Canada. It was developed to provide care...

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Cardiovascular and Stroke Care David Birnie dbirnie@ottawaheart.ca 613-761-4705 University of Ottawa Heart Institute Academic Medical Organization (UOHIAMO) Transformation: How will the project transform health care delivery. The project has and is widely regarded as being the definitive project in the world in this area.  Immediately we changed practice at...

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Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Nathan Herrmann nathan.herrmann@sunnybrook.ca 416-480-6133 mkhan@sri.utoronto.ca 416-480-6100 ext 3185 Sunnybrook Health Sciences CentreSMARTIE aims to establish a novel clinical care pathway involving a unique collaboration between Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, Geriatric Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre for the screening and management of geriatric-specific...

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Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Mark Boulos mark.boulos@sunnybrook.ca mark.boulos@utoronto.ca Work Phone: 416-480-4473 Cell Phone: 416-433-5653 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & University of TorontoTRANSFORMATION: Our project could substantially transform the way healthcare is delivered because it would change the way we manage patients with stroke/TIA. Instead of having patients with stroke/TIA...

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Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Richard Aviv 416 480 6100 ext. 7989 richard.aviv@sunnybrook.ca Sunnybrook AFP Association, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, U of Toronto   Amanda Murphy amanda.murphy@mail.utoronto.ca 647-222-7872 Neuroradiology fellow Department of Medical Imaging University of Toronto Transformation - Based on the results of this investigation, current CT perfusion protocols...

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Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Gregory Hare hareg@smh.ca 416 864-5259 SMHA Innovation Fund, St. Michael's Hospital, University of TorontoTransformation: Iron restricted anemia is a global health problem and is prevalent in patients undergoing surgery. Up to 40% of patients (ACS-NSQUIP, EuSOS) undergoing elective non-cardiac surgery are anemia placing them at...

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Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Calum Redpath credpath@ottawaheart.ca 613-761-4977 613-761-4070 UOHIAMO, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa OntarioAn “always on” arrhythmia detection device offers the potential to transform healthcare delivery in the following ways:(i)  to reliably detect the development of Atrial Fibrillation (AF) in longitudinal studies of the general (healthy)...

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Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Derek So dso@ottawaheart.ca 613-761-5387 UOHIAMO, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI).  University of OttawaThis innovation was a collaborative effort of cardiologists, epidemiologists and basic scientists to obtain a better understanding of factors which may contribute to non-response of clopidogrel (a common antiplatelet drug).  The AFP...

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Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Lakshmikumar Venkat Raghavan Lashmi.venkatraghavan@uhn.ca 416 603 5118 MSH-UHN Academic Medical OrganizationIn this project we have shown that  the precise targeting of CO2 in combination with BOLD-MRI can be used as a non-invasive “brain stress test” to identify patients at risk for stroke. This technique of...

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Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Robert Teasell Robert.Teasell@sjhc.london.on.ca 519-685-8500 ext. 44559 AMOSOOUTCOMES: REKAP increased guideline adherence in multiple areas of stroke care which is expected to improve patient outcomes. ADOPTABILITY: REKAP has been expanded to twelve stroke rehabilitation sites across Ontario where similar practice gaps were found. REKAP acted as...

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