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.
The rising number and intensity of wildfires in British Columbia are taking an immense toll on people and communities, prompting calls for further interventions to protect public health. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Christopher Carlsten and his team applied advanced science in the field of health outcomes to assess the cost-effectiveness of a hypothetical B.C.
Wearable health monitoring devices have become omnipresent in the lives of Canadians. However, many questions have been raised about how accurate they are at measuring the vital signs and activity levels of wearers.
A picture is worth a thousand words for people living with dementia who were given access to a digital application prototype developed by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Lillian Hung. The co-designed WhatMatters app puts fond reminders of family members, friends and interests directly into the hands of patients and care providers.
Most of us are no stranger to headaches. Migraines, a more severe form of headache, affect around 2.7 million Canadians. Our Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Joshua Lai unpacks scientific knowledge about common forms of headache, and discusses interventions that could help reduce symptoms and improve quality of life.
