1. Congratulations to Dr. Bill McIntyre and Dr. Colette Seifer on a poster presentation summarizing their review of 74 patients who had generator change after primary-prevention ICD implant. This poster was presented at the European Heart Rhythm Association EUROPACE - CARDIOSTIM 2015 conference in June in Milan, Italy. The results of their review have added to the conversation about the indications for generator change procedures, having been highlighted in a Commentary by Dr. John Mandrola on theheart.org. For more information, follow this link: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/847076?topol=1
2. To take a very interesting tour inside the human heart, watch this: http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/watch-awesome-video-tour-inside-human-heart
3. Dr. Bill McIntyre, Chief Cardiology resident, has won the Research Manitoba Award for Excellence in Resident/Post-Doctoral Research in the Manitoba Health Research Poster competition. This award will provide support for his attendance at a national or international scientific meeting in the upcoming year. Congratulations yet again, Dr. McIntyre!
4. As a reminder, there are regional policies & procedures in place that outline the steps that need to be taken in situations when elective surgeries or procedures are done on out-of-country patients. You can find them here: http://home.wrha.mb.ca/corp/policy/files/110.000.100.pdf
5. NOTE: Cardiac Staff Matters will not be published on August 17.
6. Food for thought: "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
If you have any news, items of interest or information that you want to pass on to the rest of the Program and/or if you have feedback, please contact Kelly Lukaszewski at klukaszewski@sbgh.mb.ca or 204.237.2743
