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THE SEARCH
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• Our cardiac research team is
exploring the heart factors that
cause breathlessness in both
women and men
• Research aimed at tailoring
treatment to gender will save
the lives of about 35,000 women
admitted to hospital for heart
attacks in Canada each year
• The Harold & Esther Mecklinger
Family/The Posluns Family
Cardiac Catheterization Research
Laboratory was the first catheteri-
zation laboratory in North America
focused exclusively on research
• Using the cath lab's rare imaging
infrastructure we can measure
cardiovascular and pulmonary
performance in people with heart
disease, healthy people and
endurance athletes to study the
impact of exercise on the heart
• Researchers are laying the
groundwork for safer pregnancies
by studying pregnant women who
have congenital heart defects or
structural problems with their heart
valves, arteries or veins
of Canadians
live with heart
disease, and
every seven minutes it kills
one of them
5%
WHY HEART
HEALTH MATTERS
Cardiac complications are the
leading pregnancy-related
cause of death in women
HOW SINAI
IS HELPING
• National leader in
care and research for
advanced heart failure
• Global leader in defining
standards of care for
pregnant women with
heart disease
• The Heartfull Collaborative
is a "shared-care" model
that integrates specialized
cardiology and home-
based palliative care teams
31, 000/yr
heart patients consult with
our cardiac physicians
600/yr
pregnant women
receive care for their
heart conditions
pacemakers implanted
100/yr
Only a tiny percentage
of patients with
heart failure will ever
need or receive a
heart transplant. The
vast majority will be cared for
medically, often over many years.
These are the patients we focus
on at Mount Sinai Hospital.
HEART CARE
FOR THE 99%
Heart disease is the leading
cause of death among
Canadians
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