Heartbeat of hope: A transplant triumph
Christine’s journey through heart failure, motherhood, and embracing life after transplant thanks to the team at St. Paul’s Hospital.
Category: Heart
30 years of care at St. Paul’s Pacific Congenital Heart Clinic
When Dr. Marla Kiess founded the Pacific Adult Congenital Heart (PACH) clinic in 1988, a minority of children born with congenital heart defects survived to adulthood. But thanks to medical advances, better surgical techniques, and interventional cardiology, the share of patients who go on to live full adult lives now exceeds 90 per cent.
Meet the new heart and lung leaders at St. Paul’s Hospital
St. Paul’s Hospital welcomed new medical leaders in its Heart and Lung divisions this year.