Structural Heart Disease Intervention: The Canadian Landscape.
Cardiovascular disease encompasses coronary artery disease and valvular heart disease, and the prevalence of both increases with age. Over the past decade, the landscape of interventional cardiology has evolved to encompass a new set of percutaneous procedures outside the coronary tree, including transcatheter aortic valve implantation, transcatheter mitral valve repair, and left atrial appendage occlusion. These interventions have sparked a new discipline within interventional cardiology referred to as structural heart disease (SHD) intervention. The access to and numbers of such procedures performed in Canada is currently unknown. This "first of its kind" survey of structural interventions provides insight into the landscape of SHD intervention in Canada and the challenges faced by cardiologists to deliver this important care.
Department of Cardiology, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: anita.asgar@umontreal.ca.
Anita W
AW
Asgar
Department of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Eric
E
Horlick
Consultant, Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Kevin
K
McKenzie
Department of Cardiology, CK Hui Heart Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Neil
N
Brass
Department of Cardiology, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.
Warren J
WJ
Cantor
Department of Cardiology, Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminister, British Columbia, Canada.
Albert
A
Chan
Department of Cardiology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Anthony
A
Della Siega
Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Jean Francois
JF
Gobeil
Department of Cardiology, Rouge Valley Health System, Ajax, Ontario, Canada.
Saleem
S
Kassam
Department of Cardiology, QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Michael P
MP
Love
Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Samer
S
Mansour
Department of Cardiology, McGill University Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Giuseppe
G
Martucci
Department of Cardiology, QEII Health Sciences Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Najaf
N
Nadeem
Department of Cardiology, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Madhu K
MK
Natarajan
Department of Cardiology, New Brunswick Heart Center, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Vernon
V
Paddock
Department of Cardiology, Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
Josep
J
Rodés-Cabau
Department of Cardiology, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Mouhieddin
M
Traboulsi
Department of Cardiology, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
James L
JL
Velianou
Department of Cardiology, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Robert C
RC
Welsh
Department of Cardiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
David
D
Wood
Department of Cardiology, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
John G
JG
Webb
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