Phase 1/2a Open-label Study to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of NG101 AAV Gene Therapy in Subjects With Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
A recent rise of measles cases have been reported across Canada, including the first case in B.C. since 2019. Our Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Manish Sadarangani explains how the disease is transmitted, what symptoms to look for and how to avoid contracting it.
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Using His/Left Bundle Branch Pacing vs Biventricular Pacing with a Left Ventricular Epicardial Lead in Patients with Heart Failure (HF) with Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ≤ 50% and with either a Wide QRS Complex (greater than 130 ms) or with/anticipated greater than 40% Pacing Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT)
The ability to communicate with the world through sign language from a young age gave Jonathan MacDonald a leg up from his older brother. Both children of a total four siblings were deaf; however, MacDonald was taught American Sign Language (ASL) after his parents saw the challenges MacDonald’s brother faced trying to learn and speak verbal English.
New research is shifting care toward greater patient inclusion in discussions surrounding their treatment plans. In her recent Canadian Journal of Cardiologystudy, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Sandra Lauck discusses the shared decision-making (SDM) framework — an internationally recognized health care best practice — as an underutilized essential component in valvular heart disease care.
