Tag: heart-surgery
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Taking technology for blood-clotting disorders to the next level
Deep curiosity combined with a passion for improving the lives of patients on blood thinners and with blood clotting disorders...
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A blood test can identify complications after heart surgery
A large international study out of the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), a joint institute of Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)...
![Richard working on his garden after his TAVI](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/REdireCT-TAVI-Study-Richard-and-Pat-Hayhurst-Brantford-21.07.13-Web-Size-007.jpg)
Remote monitoring of heart patients prevents an emergency
Last year, 85-year-old Brantford resident Richard Hayhurst had a hard time keeping up with yard work at his home. He...
![Chris and Shelley two years after Chris' heart attack](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Chris-and-Shelley.jpg)
Two years after a life-threatening heart attack
Two years ago Chris had a life-threatening heart attack that resulted in a two and a half week hospital stay he doesn’t remember. To this day, he's still known by doctors and staff at Hamilton General Hospital as “the guy that beat the odds”.
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New technology detects abnormal heart rhythms
We're utilizing a remote heart monitor before and after patients have a TAVI, a minimally invasive heart procedure, to determine if a pacemaker is required. This remote heart monitor is sent home with the patients and alerts doctors of arrhythmia or other heart abnormalities.
![Andrew painting a pumpkin with a patient](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Andrew-Mathieson.jpg)
Young patient volunteers in stroke rehab clinic
At just 22 years old, Andrew had open heart surgery followed by a stroke. Now, he is giving back in the same stroke rehab unit where he received treatment..
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