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By Dr. Ross Feldman,
Medical Lead,
Cardiac Sciences Manitoba

July 30, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: Amanda Gale

(Introduced by Denise Patenaude)

This week’s Sal’s star is Amanda Gale, RN in Y2: Pre-& Post. Amanda became a Nurse in 2010. Amanda has previously worked in ED, the OR, and ICCS. She joined the Y2 team in 2013 and started in the EP lab in 2015. She became an EP Tech in 2020.

Amanda has a vast knowledge base. She advocates for her patients and colleagues. She is always professional and respectful. She is happy to lend a hand and train new staff. Her resilience, ability to adapt to change, and her dedication are simply outstanding. Amanda was the only permanent staff member in Y2 who was EP tech trained for 6 months. Her dedication to EP was so strong that she did not call in sick (even when she was ill) and planned her vacation around times when casual staff were able to come in to relieve her.

In her spare time, Amanda enjoys travelling, playing golf, and spending time with her family.

Thank you for your hard work and dedication, Amanda!

(We did not do the Sal’s Star during the month of July due to vacation schedules.  However, we will resume for August.)

Faculty Publications

Parvathy Nair, Annabel Chen-Tournoux, Aws S Almufleh, Sarah Blissett, Robin Ducas, Nowell M Fine, Amer M Johri, Dominique Kushneriuk, Sarah Ramer, Anthony Sanfilippo, Nicolas Thibodeau-Jarry, Eric Yu, David Bewick, Ian G Burwash, Chi-Ming Chow, Heather Cooley, Sabe De, Ghislaine Douflé, Susan M Fagan, Christine Henri, Davinder S Jassal, Tom Jelic, Dana Lee, Jonathon Leipsic, Howard Leong-Poi, Warren Luksun, Andrew J Mulloy, Sharon Mulvagh, Gillian Nesbitt, Steven Promislow, Igal A Sebag, Diem T T Tran, Teresa S M Tsang 2023 CCS/CSE Standards for Physician Training and Maintenance of Competence in Adult Echocardiography: Executive Summary Can J Cardiol. 2023 Jun 22;S0828-282X(23)01448-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.06.418. Online ahead of print.

Ji-Young V Kim, Sara Assadian, Zsuzsanna Hollander, Paloma Burns, Casey P Shannon, Karen Lam, Mustafa Toma, Andrew Ignaszewski, Ross A Davies, Diego Delgado, Haissam Haddad, Debra Isaac, Daniel Kim, Alice Mui, Miroslaw Rajda, Lori West, Michel White, Shelley Zieroth, Paul A Keown, W Robert McMaster, Raymond T Ng, Bruce M McManus, Megan K Levings, Scott J Tebbutt Regulatory T Cell Biomarkers Identify Patients at Risk of Developing Acute Cellular Rejection in the First Year Following Heart Transplantation Transplantation. 2023 Jun 27. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004607. Online ahead of print.

Salman S Allana, Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Judit Karacsonyi, Athanasois Rempakos, Khaldoon Alaswad, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dmitrii Khelimskiid, Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, Farouc A Jaffer, Jaikirshan J Khatri, Paul Poommipanit, Mitul P Patel, Ehtisham Mahmud, Michael Koutouzis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Sevket Gorgulu, Basem Elbarouni, William Nicholson, Wissam Jaber, Stephane Rinfret, Nidal Abi Rafeh, Omer Goktekin, Ahmed M ElGuindy, Yader Sandoval, M Nicholas Burke, Bavana V Rangan, Emmanouil S Brilakis Distal Target Vessel Quality and Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Jun 26;16(12):1490-1500. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.03.007.

Hilary J Bews, Jana L Pilkey, Amrit A Malik, James W Tam Alternatives to Hospitalization: Adding the Patient Voice to Advanced Heart Failure Management  CJC Open. 2023 Apr 5;5(6):454-462. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2023.03.014. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Javad Alizadeh, Simone C da Silva Rosa, Xiaohui Weng, Joadi Jacobs, Shahrokh Lorzadeh, Amir Ravandi, Rui Vitorino, Stevan Pecic, Aleksandra Zivkovic, Holger Stark, Shahla Shojaei, Saeid Ghavami Ceramides and ceramide synthases in cancer: Focus on apoptosis and autophagy  Eur J Cell Biol. 2023 Jun 26;102(3):151337. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151337. Online ahead of print.

Ashish H Shah, Erwin Oechslin, Lee Benson, Andrew M Crean, Candice Silversides, Yvonne Bach, Rachel M Wald, S Lucy Roche, Mark Osten, Alexander Van De Bruaene, Jack Colman, Burhan Goraya, Lusine Abrahamyan, Kate Hanneman, Elsie Nguyen, Eric Horlick  Long-Term Outcomes of Unrepaired Isolated Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection With an Intact Atrial Septum  Am J Cardiol. 2023 Jun 29;201:232-238. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.05.049. Online ahead of print.

James K Chow, Akshay Bagai, Mary K Tan, Bryan J Har, Amelia M C Yip, Mario Paniagua, Basem Elbarouni, Kevin R Bainey, Jean-Michel Paradis, Robert Maranda, Warren J Cantor, Mark J Eisenberg, Jean-Pierre Dery, Mina Madan, Tomas Cieza, Alexis Matteau, Sherryn Roth, Shahar Lavi, Anthony Glanz, Dongsheng Gao, Ravi Tahiliani, Robert C Welsh, Hahn Hoe Kim, Simon D Robinson, Benoit Daneault, Aun-Yeong Chong, Michel R Le May, Vineeta Ahooja, Jean C Gregoire, Pierre-Louis Nadeau, Zachary Laksman, Brett Heilbron, Derek Yung, Kunal Minhas, Ronald Bourgeois, Christopher B Overgaard, Hamid Bonakdar, Giridhar Logsetty, Andrea J Lavoie, Robert De LaRochelliere, Samer Mansour, Caroline Spindler, Andrew T Yan, Shaun G Goodman; CONNECT AF+PCI Investigators  Antithrombotic therapies in Canadian atrial fibrillation patients with concomitant coronary artery disease: Insights from the CONNECT AF + PCI-II program  J Cardiol. 2023 Aug;82(2):153-161. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.03.004. Epub 2023 Mar 16

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June 26, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: Sandy Warren

(Introduced by Alana Head)

This week’s Sal’s Star is Sandy Warren.  Sandy has worked at St. Boniface Hospital since 1988.  She started in the emergency department and then took the critical care course where she spent time in all the ICUs.  In 2004 when Cardiac Sciences was formed, Sandy was the first CRN of the first cardiology unit.  Sandy then became an educator in 2009 and her first day on the job was the day we admitted the first ventricular assist device.  She has been involved in multiple improvement processes over the years and has been a vital person in making this unit what it is today.

Sandy is extremely organized and very creative in her efforts to engage staff. She is very active on the ward and is often seen teaching at the bedside.

Recently, Sandy helped spearhead the training and implementation of ultrasound guided IV insertions alongside Courtney Paquette. This initiative was very well received by staff and is an example of how Sandy advocates for the team and is constantly working to offer new and exciting ways to advance our skills.

In her spare time, Sandy loves going to the beach and is an excellent poker player. She also loves to travel and will be spending 2 weeks in Oahu this fall for a 3-day ball tournament.

We are so lucky to have you on our team.  Congratulations.

Good News

We are pleased to announce that this year’s recipient of the Dr Don Peters Award in Cardiac Sciences is Dr Megan Deck.  Dr Deck joined us in July of 2022 to complete a 1 year fellowship in Cardiac Anesthesia after completing her medical school and residency training at the University of Saskatchewan.

Over the last year, Dr Deck has been repeatedly recognized for the quality of her anesthesia care and dedication to her patients.  She is meticulous in her work and is a calm, professional presence in the operating room. She is humble and proactive in advocating for her patients.  Dr Deck takes the time to learn about her patients and their goals, and this allows her to provide exemplary care that is nuanced and compassionate.  Dr Deck recognizes the value of all members of the care team and strives to ensure that all of the members are heard and work collaboratively together in the service of the patient.  The trainees Dr Deck works with have recognized her ability to teach and a supportive and open manner and they have benefited from her mentorship.

Congratulations Dr Deck!

CARDIAC SCIENCES PROGRAM
UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
Donald Peters Award

Donald John Peters became a member of the Department of Anesthesia at St. Boniface General Hospital in 1972 and was involved in the care of cardiac patients for over 30 years before his retirement in 2008.  Dr. Peters was honored with the Canadian Anesthetists Society highest award for excellence in clinical work in 2005.  He has also been involved with Medical Ministries International for many years.  Medical Ministries is an international organization that prides itself in providing spiritual and medical care to the world’s poor.  Dr. Peters and his wife Margaret have traveled to many third world countries to help those less fortunate.  Dr. Peters has always practiced with personal integrity, compassion, and a true dedication to patient needs.

The Donald Peters Cardiac Sciences Award was created in 2008 to establish a legacy that honors his outstanding contributions to cardiac patients and the personal integrity that defined his care of those patients.  These are qualities we all agree are critically important to instill in our young trainees.

This award is eligible to all trainees in the Cardiac Sciences Program and is awarded annually to the trainee who best demonstrates integrity, compassion, and dedication to the care of patients as individuals. The award also recognizes high standards of character, conduct, leadership, and the promotion of those qualities in others.

Faculty Publications

Brianna Davies, Katherine S Allan, Sandra L Carroll, Karen Gibbs, Jason D Roberts, Ciorsti MacIntyre, Christian Steinberg, Rafik Tadros, Paul Dorian, Jeff S Healey, Martin Gardner, Zachary W M Laksman, Andrew D Krahn, Anne Fournier, Colette Seifer, Sandra B Lauck  Perceived self-efficacy and empowerment in patients at increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest  Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 May 15;10:955060. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.955060. eCollection 2023.

Samuel Su, Pratik Shah, Davinder S Jassal Ventricular tachycardia triggered by electroconvulsive therapy: Case report and review of the literature  Clin Case Rep. 2023 May 29;11(6):e7450. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7450. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Shelley Zieroth, Shekoofeh Saboktakin Rizi   Time Is of the Essence   JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Jun;11(6):713-714. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.03.022. Epub 2023 May 10

Evan J Wiens, Silvia J Leon, Reid Whitlock, Navdeep Tangri, Ashish H Shah   Ticagrelor as Compared to Clopidogrel Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome  Am J Cardiol. 2023 Jul 1;198:26-32. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.03.012. Epub 2023 May 15.

Ashish H Shah, Nasir Shaikh, Malek Kass Exertional Dyspnea in a Young Patient: Approach to Patent Foramen Ovale Mediated Right-to-Left Shunt  JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Jun 12;16(11):1408-1409. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.03.046. Epub 2023 May 17.

Muhammad Shariq Usman, Tariq Jamal Siddiqi, Stefan D Anker, George L Bakris, Deepak L Bhatt, Gerasimos Filippatos, Gregg C Fonarow, Stephen J Greene, James L Januzzi Jr, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, Mikhail N Kosiborod, Darren K McGuire, Ileana L Piña, Julio Rosenstock, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Subodh Verma, Shelley Zieroth, Javed Butler  Effect of SGLT2 Inhibitors on Cardiovascular Outcomes Across Various Patient Populations  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jun 27;81(25):2377-2387. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.04.034.

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May 26, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: Kelly Franczyk

(Introduced by Dalibor Gavranovic)

Kelly has been mainly working on 6A Cardiology as a bed side nurse and occasionally as a charge nurse.  Kelly has been very organized in her role as a RN and RP on the shift.  She is professional with patients and is able to redirect patients that have tendency to wander on the unit.  Kelly is very engaged in patient care and unit safety.

Recently we have readmitted one of 6A patients that were recently discharged.  Very quickly the team has recognized that the patient had a brain bleed.  As the team was trying to organize the transport and escalate to get the patient to HSC as soon as possible.  The barrier was that the transport team needed RT for transport and one was not available.  Kelly and 6A team came with a plan that she will go with the patient in ambulance to safely transport the patient so they can get needed care.  After the transporting the patient Kelly came back and resumed with her nursing duties.

Good News

A snippet from “Employee Notes to Know”

After receiving more than 30 entries in the SBH Ideas Competition, the judging process has been completed and we can now declare the winners! First place goes to Pharmacy Manager Carol Davis on her submission on how to prevent medications from getting lost, and improving the distribution of medication within the hospital. Second place went to Anita Maric, Lorraine Avery, and Craig Hillier from Cardiac Sciences for their joint submission on a Staff Relaxation Centre to promote health and wellness and reduce stress on the job. Third place went to Saxon Duncan a nurse in NICU for her idea for an onsite daycare to help retain staff.

The SBH executive and SBH Medical Advisory Committee, who jointly ran the competition are committed to exploring the feasibility of all the ideas received. Winning ideas may or may not be implemented, once the feasibility is assessed, while those ideas that were not awarded first, second or third prize will still be considered for implementation. We thank everyone who submitted such fantastic and innovative ideas. Congratulations to all the winners and way to go Cardiac Sciences!

Faculty Publications

Kaveh Rayani, Brianna Davies, Matthew Cheung, Drake Comber, Jason D Roberts, Rafik Tadros, Martin S Green, Jeffrey S Healey, Christopher S Simpson, Shubhayan Sanatani, Christian Steinberg, Ciorsti MacIntyre, Paul Angaran, Henry Duff, Robert Hamilton, Laura Arbour, Richard Leather, Colette Seifer, Anne Fournier, Joseph Atallah, Shane Kimber, Bhavanesh Makanjee, Wael Alqarawi, Julia Cadrin-Tourigny, Jacqueline Joza, Martin Gardner, Mario Talajic, Richard D Bagnall, Andrew D Krahn, Zachary W M Laksman Identification and in-silico characterization of splice-site variants from a large cardiogenetic national registry Eur J Hum Genet. 2023 May;31(5):512-520. doi: 10.1038/s41431-022-01193-9. Epub 2022 Sep 22.

Shelley Zieroth, Shekoofeh Saboktakin Rizi Time Is of the Essence  JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Apr 27;S2213-1779(23)00183-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.03.022. Online ahead of print.

Aws Almufleh, Dominique Kushneriuk, Eric Yu, Amer Johri, Robin Ducas, Nicolas Thibodeau-Jarry, Sarah Ramer, Sabe De, Sarah Blissett, Clarissa Yu, Arianna Yu, Kenneth Szeto, Annabel Chen-Tournoux, Parvathy Nair Evaluating Independent Echocardiography Interpretation Skills: A Novel Assessment Tool Can J Cardiol. 2023 May;39(5):693-696. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.02.016. Epub 2023 Feb 26.

Evan J Wiens, Silvia J Leon, Reid Whitlock, Navdeep Tangri, Ashish H Shah Ticagrelor as Compared to Clopidogrel Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome   Am J Cardiol. 2023 May 15;198:26-32. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.03.012. Online ahead of print.

Javad Alizadeh, Mahboubeh Kavoosi, Navjit Singh, Shahrokh Lorzadeh, Amir Ravandi, Biniam Kidane, Naseer Ahmed, Fatima Mraiche, Michael R Mowat, Saeid Ghavami  Regulation of Autophagy via Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism in Cancer  Cancers (Basel). 2023 Apr 7;15(8):2195. doi: 10.3390/cancers15082195.

Adrienne H Kovacs, Gerald Lebovic, Stavroula Raptis, Samuel Blais, Christopher A Caldarone, Nagib Dahdah, Frédéric Dallaire, Christian Drolet, Jasmine Grewal, Camille L Hancock Friesen, Edward Hickey, Gauri Rani Karur, Paul Khairy, Benedetta Leonardi, Michelle Keir, Brian W McCrindle, Syed Najaf Nadeem, Ming-Yen Ng, Ashish H Shah, Edythe B Tham, Judith Therrien, Andrew E Warren, Isabelle F Vonder Muhll, Alexander Van de Bruaene, Kenichiro Yamamura, Michael E Farkouh, Rachel M Wald  Patient-Reported Outcomes After Tetralogy of Fallot Repair  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 May 16;81(19):1937-1950. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.03.385.

Nima Moghaddam, Nathaniel M Hawkins, Robert McKelvie, Stephanie Poon, Sebastien Xavier Joncas, John MacFadyen, George Honos, Jia Wang, Carlos Rojas-Fernandez, Melanie Kok, Vishaldeep Sidhu, Shelley Zieroth, Sean A Virani Patient Eligibility for Established and Novel Guideline-Directed Medical Therapies After Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization  JACC Heart Fail. 2023 May;11(5):596-606. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.10.013. Epub 2023 Jan 11.

Ashish H Shah, Nasir Shaikh, Malek Kass Exertional Dyspnea in a Young Patient: Approach to Patent Foramen Ovale Mediated Right-to-Left Shunt  JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Apr 21;S1936-8798(23)00680-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.03.046. Online ahead of print.

Robert J Mentz, Jonathan H Ward, Adrian F Hernandez, Serge Lepage, David A Morrow, Samiha Sarwat, Kavita Sharma, Randall C Starling, Eric J Velazquez, Kristin M Williamson, Akshay S Desai, Shelley Zieroth, Scott D Solomon, Eugene Braunwald PARAGLIDE-HF Investigators  Angiotensin-Neprilysin Inhibition in Patients With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction and Worsening Heart Failure  J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 May 11;S0735-1097(23)05429-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2023.04.019. Online ahead of print.

David C Nelson, Basem Elbarouni, Ashish H Shah  Multi-vessel spontaneous coronary artery dissections  Coron Artery Dis. 2023 May 23. doi: 10.1097/MCA.0000000000001255. Online ahead of print.

Benjamin G Cohen, Francine Chingcuanco, Jingwei Zhang, Natalie M Reid, Victoria Lee, Jonathan Hong, Efthymios N Deliargyris, William V Padula  Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact of a Novel Antithrombotic Drug Removal System to Reduce Bleeding Risk in Patients on Preoperative Ticagrelor Undergoing Cardiac Surgery  Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2023 May 19. doi: 10.1007/s40256-023-00587-4. Online ahead of print.

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May 05, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: Aggie Filarski-Pecold

(Introduced by Tim Dyck)

This week’s Sal’s star is our unit assistant Aggie Filarski-Pecold  from the heart function clinic.  Aggie has been in cardiology for approximately 17 years and has worked in a variety of clinics. For the past several years, she has worked in heart function clinic.  Aggie has a very busy position supporting clinics that occur every day of the week all day.  Aggie is very organized, focused, committed and willing to lend a hand.  Recently, over the past several months, we have had a few new unit assistants come into the cardiology clinics, Aggie has always been willing and able to help orientate new folks, while still completing her work.  A recent example of her willingness to take on extra was around addressing patient phone messages left on Y3 when we didn’t have enough staff to address these.  There were a few conversations about who should be taking on this responsibility with all staff feeling overworked, not long after these conversations did Aggie just quietly go upstairs and deal with all the outstanding calls without being asked to.  Aggie is an outspoken individual with strong opinions, and a commitment to the program.  We are lucky to have Aggie and are appreciative of her efforts.

Outside of work Aggie is a mother of two, having a son Brandyn, age 25 and a daughter Kaya, age 16.  Aggie enjoys time with her family and two dogs Misiu and Jasper.

Please join me in congratulating Aggie on being this week’s Sal’s star of the week!

Faculty Publications

Mikyla L Janzen, Brianna Davies, Zachary W M Laksman, Jason D Roberts, Shubhayan Sanatani, Christian Steinberg, Rafik Tadros, Julia Cadrin-Tourigny, Ciorsti MacIntyre, Joseph Atallah, Anne Fournier, Martin S Green, Robert Hamilton, Habib R Khan, Shane Kimber, Steven White, Jacqueline Joza, Bhavanesh Makanjee, Erkan Ilhan, David Lee, Simon Hansom, Alexios Hadjis, Laura Arbour, Richard Leather, Colette Seifer, Paul Angaran, Christopher S Simpson, Jeffrey S Healey, Martin Gardner, Mario Talajic, Andrew D Krahn  Management of Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes: A HiRO Consensus Handbook on Process of Care  CJC Open. 2023 Feb 26;5(4):268-284. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2023.02.006. eCollection 2023 Apr.

Vanessa Blumer, Lauren K Truby, Shelley Zieroth Sex differences in heart failure: the evolving use of biomarkers  Eur J Heart Fail. 2023 Apr;25(4):448-449. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.2817. Epub 2023 Mar 9.

Evan J Wiens, Robin Ducas A Primer on Simple Congenital Cardiac Shunt Lesions Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Jun;48(6):101636. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101636. Epub 2023 Feb 10.

Arnaud Girard, Emilie Gaillard, Rishi Puri, Romain Capoulade, Kwan L Chan, Audrey Paulin, Hasanga D Manikpurage,  Jean Dumesnil, James W Tam, Koon K Teo, Christian Couture, Nicholas J Wareham, Marie-Annick Clavel, Erik S G Stroes, Patrick Mathieu, Sébastien Thériault, Sotirios Tsimikas, Philippe Pibarot, S Matthijs Boekholdt, Benoit J Arsenault Impact of C-reactive protein levels on lipoprotein(a)-associated aortic stenosis incidence and progression  Eur Heart J Open. 2023 Mar 30;3(2):oead032. doi: 10.1093/ehjopen/oead032. eCollection 2023 Mar.

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April 24, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: Jacqueline Tolentino

(Introduced by Sara Unrau)

I’d like to recognize Jacqueline Tolentino as Sals Star of the Week. Jacqueline is one of our CRNs in ICCS, who works mostly nights. She is essential to our team in keeping the unit organized and running smoothly. She is detail-oriented and keeps our night attendings up to date with patient changes. She is an expert in managing our cardiac surgery patients overnight. A recent example of this, is when she was a part of managing cardiac advanced life support (CALS) on a bleeding patient. She coached and supported her team and the physician through CALS, including coaching the steps for opening the patients sternal incision. Dr. Funk expressed his appreciation for her calm demeanor and keeping the team focused in this situation and making sure all the key team members were notified, including the cardiac surgeon. A key team member, please join me in congratulating Jacqueline Tolentino as Sals Star of the Week.  

Good News

Our annual Heart Attack Day will be held Friday, April 14 from 08:15 to 16:30.

This is an accredited conference held in collaboration with CPD – Medicine, Office of Continuing Competency and Assessment

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. 

Please consider joining us. Please see the link for further information and registration.

Featured in the Recent WRHA Healthcare Connections Newsletter: Celebrating Women in Healthcare

Christina Kuttnig
ACCU, St. Boniface Hospital

“Chris is a wonderful mentor, manager, friend and organizer. She is supportive everyday to her staff, colleagues and all those she comes into contact with. She is fair, honest, reliable, knowledgeable, smart, kind, fun and approachable. She inspires others to do their best work by being an active listener. She is compassionate, caring and will always lend a hand in any way she can. Chris goes above and beyond as a manager by being available for staff, working extra hours and supporting other new managers. She gives to the community of cardiac sciences by leading the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses both provincially and as president elect of the board of directors for Canada.

From my own experience she has encouraged me to grow as an educator, supported me to become a manager and is always available to answer questions or just to listen. Please help me to honor Chris as Chris is a woman we should celebrate!!!“

Nominated by: Belinda Landry

Faculty Publications

Charles Michael Pearman, David Lee, Brianna Davies, Habib Khan, Rafik Tadros, Julia Cadrin-Tourigny, Jason D Roberts, Shubhayan Sanatani, Christopher Simpson, Paul Angaran, Simon Hansom, Erkan Ilhan, Colette Seifer, Martin Green, Martin Gardner, Mario Talajic, Zachary Laksman, Jeff S Healey, Andrew D Krahn Incremental value of the signal-averaged ECG for diagnosing arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy  Heart Rhythm. 2023 Feb;20(2):224-230. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.10.005. Epub 2022 Oct 14.

Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Judit Karacsonyi, Athanasios Rempakos, Khaldoon Alaswad, Michael Megaly, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dmitrii Khelimskii, Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, Farouc A Jaffer, Jaikirshan J Khatri, Paul Poommipanit, Mitul P Patel, Ehtisham Mahmud, Michael Koutouzis Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Sevket Gorgulu, Basem Elbarouni, William Nicholson, Wissam Jaber, Stephane Rinfret, Nidal Abi Rafeh, Omer Goktekin, Ahmed M ElGuindy, Salman S Allana, Bavana V Rangan, Yader Sandoval, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis Impact of proximal cap ambiguity on the procedural techniques and outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO Registry  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Feb 5. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30580. Online ahead of print.

Nima Moghaddam, Nathaniel M Hawkins, Robert McKelvie, Stephanie Poon, Sebastien Xavier Joncas, John MacFadyen, George Honos, Jia Wang, Carlos Rojas-Fernandez, Melanie Kok, Vishaldeep Sidhu, Shelley Zieroth, Sean A Virani Patient Eligibility for Established and Novel Guideline-Directed Medical Therapies After Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization  JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Jan 11;S2213-1779(22)00638-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.10.013. Online ahead of print.

Bahadir Simsek, Spyridon Kostantinis, Judit Karacsonyi, Abdul Hakeem, Abhiram Prasad, Anand Prasad, Anna E Bortnick, Basem Elbarouni, Hani Jneid, J Dawn Abbott, Lorenzo Azzalini, Louis P Kohl, Mario Gössl, Rajan A G Patel, Salman Allana, Tamim M Nazif, Usman Baber, Olga C Mastrodemos, Tarek Chami, Madeline Mahowald, Athanasios Rempakos, Bavana V Rangan, Yader Sandoval, Emmanouil S Brilakis Educational Experience of Interventional Cardiology Fellows in the United States and Canada  JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Feb 13;16(3):247-257. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2022.11.034.

Robert J Mentz, Jonathan H Ward, Adrian F Hernandez, Serge LePage, David A Morrow, Samiha Sarwat, Kavita Sharma, Scott D Solomon, Randall C Starling, Eric J Velazquez, Kristin Williamson, Shelley Zieroth, Eugene Braunwald Rationale, Design and Baseline Characteristics of the PARAGLIDE-HF Trial: Sacubitril/valsartan versus Valsartan in HFmrEF and HFpEF with a Worsening Heart Failure Event  J Card Fail. 2023 Feb 14;S1071-9164(23)00040-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.02.001. Online ahead of print.

Evan J Wiens, Robin Ducas A primer on simple congenital cardiac shunt lesions: A primer on cardiac shunts in adults  Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Feb 9;101636. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101636. Online ahead of print.

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April 20, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: Diane Gurney

(Introduced by Lorraine Avery)

This week Sal’s Star of the week is Diane Gurney, secretary II (University Medical Group) section of Cardiology. Diane started her career at HSC in 2001 and transitioned to SBH in 2006. Diane has worked for Dr. K. Wolfe since 2001 and Dr. J. Ducas since 2006, as well as providing support for other various cardiologists. 

I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with Diane for the past twenty years. Diane is a loyal and hard-working person. She is a pleasure to work with and always treats everyone with respect and kindness. At home, time is spent with family and friends, and her catahoula leopard dog, Phoebe.

Thanks Diane for everything that you do.

Good News

Congratulations to CSP Nurse Practitioner Kyla Siatecki and her husband who welcomed their little girl, McKenna Elin Zhang, on April 7th, 2023; 4lbs, 3oz and 18 inches.

(Photo of baby McKenna, attached.)

Heartlinks Manitoba is hosting a display table for National Organ & Tissue Donor Awareness Week (NOTDAW) on Tuesday, April 25 from 10am-3pm at the Everett Atrium (look for green and white balloons). Come and meet some of our very special heart transplant recipients. To learn about the Manitoba’s online organ and tissue donor registry, visit www.signupforlife.ca.

Faculty Publications

Karthik Balasubramaniam, Basem Elbarouni, Malek Kass, Kunal Minhas, Amir Ravandi Rotational Atherectomy in the Management of Ruptured and Entrapped Coronary Angioplasty Balloon   Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2021 Jul;28S:140-143. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2020.09.039. Epub 2020 Oct 1.

Robert S Sheldon, Colette Seifer, Ratika Parkash , Roopinder K Sandhu, Rasha Hamzeh, Satish R Raj  Atomoxetine for suppression of vasovagal syncope    Clin Auton Res. 2023 Feb;33(1):23-28. doi: 10.1007/s10286-022-00905-x. Epub 2022 Nov 19.

Mohammadamin Sadeghdoust, Farnaz Aligolighasemabadi, Tania Dehesh, Nima Taefehshokr, Adel Sadeghdoust, Katarzyna Kotfis, Amirhossein Hashemiattar, Amir Ravandi, Neda Aligolighasemabadi, Omid Vakili, Beniamin Grabarek, Rafał Staszkiewicz, Marek J Łos, Pooneh Mokarram, Saeid Ghavami The Effects of Statins on Respiratory Symptoms and Pulmonary Fibrosis in COVID-19 Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Longitudinal Multicenter Study  Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz). 2023 Feb 28;71(1):8. doi: 10.1007/s00005-023-00672-1.

Judit Karacsonyi, Khaldoon Alaswad, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Ajay Kirtane, Ziad Ali, Margaret McEntegart, Amirali Masoumi, Paul Poomipanit, Farouc A Jaffer, Jaikirshan Khatri, James Choi, Mitul Patel, Michalis Koutouzis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Sevket Gorgulu, Abdul M Sheikh, Basem Elbarouni, Wissam Jaber, Ahmed ElGuindy, Robert Yeh, Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Bavana Rangan, Olga C Mastrodemos, Evangelia Vemmou, Ilias Nikolakopoulos, Imre Ungi, Nidal A Rafeh, Omer Goktekin, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis, Yader Sandoval Single vs. multiple operators for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Feb;101(3):543-552. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30564. Epub 2023 Jan 25.

Muhanad A Aboud, Virendra K Arya, Vikas Dutta, Robin Ducas, Waiel Al-Moustadi 5 , Subhrashis Guha Niyogi Anesthetic Considerations for Adult Patients With Both Down Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Review Article J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Apr;37(4):613-626. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.12.001. Epub 2022 Dec 10.

Rachel Eikelboom, Aaron J Spooner, Michael H Yamashita  Commentary: Mid-term outcomes in a real-world transcatheter aortic valve replacement population  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Apr;165(4):1357-1358. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.05.017. Epub 2021 May 14.

Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Judit Karacsonyi, Athanasios Rempakos, Khaldoon Alaswad, Michael Megaly, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dmitrii Khelimskii, Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, Farouc A Jaffer, Jaikirshan J Khatri, Paul Poommipanit, Mitul P Patel, Ehtisham Mahmud, Michael Koutouzis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Sevket Gorgulu, Basem Elbarouni, William Nicholson, Wissam Jaber, Stephane Rinfret, Nidal Abi Rafeh, Omer Goktekin, Ahmed M ElGuindy, Salman S Allana, Bavana V Rangan, Yader Sandoval, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis   Impact of proximal cap ambiguity on the procedural techniques and outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO Registry Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Mar;101(4):737-746. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30580. Epub 2023 Feb 5.

Harold M Aukema, Amir Ravandi Factors affecting variability in free oxylipins in mammalian tissues Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2023 Mar 1;26(2):91-98. doi: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000892. Epub 2022 Nov 18.

James K Chow, Akshay Bagai, Mary K Tan, Bryan J Har, Amelia M C Yip, Mario Paniagua, Basem Elbarouni, Kevin R Bainey, Jean-Michel Paradis, Robert Maranda, Warren J Cantor, Mark J Eisenberg, Jean-Pierre Dery, Mina Madan, Tomas Cieza, Alexis Matteau, Sherryn Roth, Shahar Lavi, Anthony Glanz, Dongsheng Gao, Ravi Tahiliani, Robert C Welsh, Hahn Hoe Kim, Simon D Robinson, Benoit Daneault, Aun-Yeong Chong, Michel R Le May, Vineeta Ahooja, Jean C Gregoire, Pierre-Louis Nadeau, Zachary Laksman, Brett Heilbron, Derek Yung, Kunal Minhas, Ronald Bourgeois, Christopher B Overgaard, Hamid Bonakdar, Giridhar Logsetty, Andrea J Lavoie, Robert De LaRochelliere, Samer Mansour, Caroline Spindler, Andrew T Yan, Shaun G Goodman; CONNECT AF+PCI Investigators  Antithrombotic Therapies in Canadian Atrial Fibrillation Patients with Concomitant Coronary Artery Disease: Insights from the CONNECT AF+PCI-II Program   J Cardiol. 2023 Mar 15;S0914-5087(23)00052-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2023.03.004. Online ahead of print.

Andrija Matetic, Bonnie Ky, Eric H Yang, Phyo K Myint, Muhammad Rashid, Shelley Zieroth, Timir K Paul, Ayman Elbadawi, Mamas A Mamas Prevalence, characteristics and mortality of cancer patients undergoing pericardiocentesis in the United States between 2004 and 2017   Cancer Med. 2023 Mar;12(5):5471-5484. doi: 10.1002/cam4.5373. Epub 2022 Oct 20.

Andrew Crean, Lee Benson, Ashish Shah, Kelly Han, John Lesser, Brian W McCrindle  Imaging the delayed complications of childhood Kawasaki disease  F1000Res. 2022 Feb 4;11:147. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.73097.1. eCollection 2022

Judit Karacsonyi, Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Athanasios Rempakos, Salman S Allana, Khaldoon Alaswad, Oleg Krestyaninov, Jaikirshan Khatri, Paul Poommipanit, Farouc A Jaffer, James Choi, Mitul Patel, Sevket Gorgulu, Michalis Koutouzis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Abdul M Sheikh, Ahmed ElGuindy, Basem Elbarouni, Taral Patel, Brian Jefferson, Jason R Wollmuth, Robert Yeh, Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, Ajay J Kirtane, Margaret B McEntegart, Amirali Masoumi, Rhian Davies, Bavana V Rangan, Olga C Mastrodemos, Darshan Doshi, Yader Sandoval, Mir B Basir, Michael S Megaly, Imre Ungi, Nidal Abi Rafeh, Omer Goktekin, Emmanouil S Brilakis Angiographic Features and Clinical Outcomes of Balloon Uncrossable Lesions during Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention J Pers Med. 2023 Mar 13;13(3):515. doi: 10.3390/jpm13030515.

Abdulrahman Alkanhal, Robin Ducas, Andrew S Mackie, Cameron Seaman, Konstantin Averin, Kandice Mah, Michael Khoury Practice Patterns in the Management of Pressure Restrictive Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects: A Multinational Survey  Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Apr;44(4):845-854. doi: 10.1007/s00246-022-03073-x. Epub 2022 Dec 20.

Thomas M Roston, Derek Y So, Shuangbo Liu, Christopher B Fordyce, Brian Grunau, Jacob C Jentzer, Akshay Bagai, Adriana Luk, Shaun G Goodman, Sean van Diepen Leveraging Existing STEMI Networks to Regionalize Cardiogenic Shock Systems of Care: Efforts to Expand the Scope Could Improve Shock Outcomes  Can J Cardiol. 2023 Apr;39(4):427-431. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2022.11.005. Epub 2022 Nov 17.

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March 01, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: Melyssa Correia

(Introduced by Christina Kuttnig)

I am pleased to introduce this week’s Sals Star of the week Melyssa Correia. Melyssa has been a valued member of ACCU since completing her CCNOP course in 2020.  She has a wealth of knowledge, experience and skills from her previous clinical roles working family medicine at Seven Oaks and the CAU/IMCU/6AS at St. Boniface.  She became a CRN in ACCU in July of 2022.

Melyssa is known within the unit as an approachable, kind, deeply caring and devoted nurse.  Her colleagues notice she comes in early and leaves late.  She is always helping on the floor, is available and patient with all questions. We all love her sense of humor and easy manner.

Just recently Melyssa was on a shift where a massive transfusion protocol had been called and was in progress.  The unit had incredibly high acuity with our baseline of 3 doubles, so lean on resources and even though her relief arrived to take over, she stayed from her 12 hour day till 2230 to help out on the unit. She would not leave until the unit settled and she felt they were safe.

Most recently Melyssa, in the supervisor’s words “went above and beyond to assist with cardiology staffing challenges on nights Feb 14”.  There was a transfer from ACCU to 6AS and Melyssa found they were going to be 3 short for the night 8.  She worked with the 6A CRN to troubleshoot how to cover the unit.  Melyssa volunteered herself to take on the role of charge on 6A and take a full patient assignment.  She also touched base with ACCU throughout the night to ensure they were supported.  As the overnight supervisor stated “Melyssa showed outstanding leadership and support for a struggling unit and I wanted to recognize that and show my appreciation.”

These are a few recent examples why I’m honored to congratulate Melyssa on being this week’s Sals Start of the Week.

Good News

Please welcome Volodymyr Primakhov, Clinical Assistant, to the Cardiac Sciences Program with a start date of March 3rd, 2023.

Volodymyr completed his MD at Dnipropetrovsk State Medical Academy in Dnipro, Ukraine in 2005.  He then completed a residency in General Surgery at the same University from 2005 to 2010.  

He was an Assistant Professor/General Surgeon at the Dnipropetrovsk Medical Academy from 2010 to 2020.

Most recently he has been working as a Clinical Assistant in Orthopaedics at the Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg since September 2022.  

He is very much looking forward to joining the Cardiac Sciences Program at St Boniface Hospital.

Heart Attack Day

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Charles Michael Pearman, David Lee, Brianna Davies, Habib Khan, Rafik Tadros, Julia Cadrin-Tourigny, Jason D Roberts, Shubhayan Sanatani, Christopher Simpson, Paul Angaran, Simon Hansom, Erkan Ilhan, Colette Seifer, Martin Green, Martin Gardner, Mario Talajic, Zachary Laksman, Jeff S Healey, Andrew D Krahn Incremental value of the signal-averaged ECG for diagnosing arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy  Heart Rhythm. 2023 Feb;20(2):224-230. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.10.005. Epub 2022 Oct 14.

Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Judit Karacsonyi, Athanasios Rempakos, Khaldoon Alaswad, Michael Megaly, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dmitrii Khelimskii, Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, Farouc A Jaffer, Jaikirshan J Khatri, Paul Poommipanit, Mitul P Patel, Ehtisham Mahmud, Michael Koutouzis Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Sevket Gorgulu, Basem Elbarouni, William Nicholson, Wissam Jaber, Stephane Rinfret, Nidal Abi Rafeh, Omer Goktekin, Ahmed M ElGuindy, Salman S Allana, Bavana V Rangan, Yader Sandoval, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis Impact of proximal cap ambiguity on the procedural techniques and outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO Registry  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Feb 5. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30580. Online ahead of print.

Nima Moghaddam, Nathaniel M Hawkins, Robert McKelvie, Stephanie Poon, Sebastien Xavier Joncas, John MacFadyen, George Honos, Jia Wang, Carlos Rojas-Fernandez, Melanie Kok, Vishaldeep Sidhu, Shelley Zieroth, Sean A Virani Patient Eligibility for Established and Novel Guideline-Directed Medical Therapies After Acute Heart Failure Hospitalization  JACC Heart Fail. 2023 Jan 11;S2213-1779(22)00638-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2022.10.013. Online ahead of print.

Bahadir Simsek, Spyridon Kostantinis, Judit Karacsonyi, Abdul Hakeem, Abhiram Prasad, Anand Prasad, Anna E Bortnick, Basem Elbarouni, Hani Jneid, J Dawn Abbott, Lorenzo Azzalini, Louis P Kohl, Mario Gössl, Rajan A G Patel, Salman Allana, Tamim M Nazif, Usman Baber, Olga C Mastrodemos, Tarek Chami, Madeline Mahowald, Athanasios Rempakos, Bavana V Rangan, Yader Sandoval, Emmanouil S Brilakis Educational Experience of Interventional Cardiology Fellows in the United States and Canada  JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Feb 13;16(3):247-257. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2022.11.034.

Robert J Mentz, Jonathan H Ward, Adrian F Hernandez, Serge LePage, David A Morrow, Samiha Sarwat, Kavita Sharma, Scott D Solomon, Randall C Starling, Eric J Velazquez, Kristin Williamson, Shelley Zieroth, Eugene Braunwald Rationale, Design and Baseline Characteristics of the PARAGLIDE-HF Trial: Sacubitril/valsartan versus Valsartan in HFmrEF and HFpEF with a Worsening Heart Failure Event  J Card Fail. 2023 Feb 14;S1071-9164(23)00040-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2023.02.001. Online ahead of print.

Evan J Wiens, Robin Ducas A primer on simple congenital cardiac shunt lesions: A primer on cardiac shunts in adults  Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Feb 9;101636. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101636. Online ahead of print.

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February 06, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: Mudra Dave

(Introduced by Anita Maric)

This week’s Sal’s Star goes to someone who embodies ‘going above and beyond’ in their day-to-day. This individuals talents, just to name a few –

  1. Researcher and team member of a top level research center and team
  2. Professional and lifelong learner, first year student in the Masters of Science in Kinesiology program at University of Manitoba – thesis project is to determine whether physical activity prior to heart surgery can help predict post-surgery delirium in older adults undergoing heart surgery at the St. Boniface Hospital
  3. Outside of school and work, a badminton aficionado, blog-writer and nature photographer
  4. AND just when you thought you didn’t have enough hours in the day – Website editor supporting our humble CSMB website team!
  5. AND BONUS… pleasant, fun, and an engaging person to work with!!!

Even with such a busy schedule, Mudra goes above and beyond to help the team achieve their goals – actively connecting with staff to see how and where she can chip in to support the team and program. Most recently Mudra volunteered for and attended internal website editor training and orientation. She is now working closely alongside the small website working group to help process a list of outstanding website updates. In a few short weeks that she has been with our team, she has stepped up to the challenge completing several key updates and bringing forward new ideas to strengthen our processes, our team, and our communications. We are lucky to have Mudra part of our team. Thank you Mudra for your ongoing support and contributions, for your expertise, positive attitude, and for being a great team player and collaborator!

Good News

Dr. Malek Kass:

January 17, 2023, the structural heart team (Drs. Kass and Shah), with a multi-disciplinary team, were able to implant the first in Manitoba Gore Cardioform ASD device under GA/TEE with excellent results in a patient with an atrial septal defect and deficient posterior rim.  This device opens up other patients that were not candidates for percutaneous ASD closure in the past.  Congratulations to Dr. Kass, Dr. Shah and the entire Structural Heart Team.

Faculty Publications

Arun Surendran, Umar Ismail, Negar Atefi, Ashim K Bagchi, Pawan K Singal, Ashish Shah, Michel Aliani, Amir Ravandi  Lipidomic Predictors of Coronary No-Reflow   Metabolites. 2023 Jan 3;13(1):79. doi: 10.3390/metabo13010079

Stephen J Greene, Johann Bauersachs, Jasper J Brugts, Justin A Ezekowitz, Carolyn S P Lam, Lars H Lund, Piotr Ponikowski, Adriaan A Voors, Faiez Zannad, Shelley Zieroth, Javed Butler Worsening Heart Failure: Nomenclature, Epidemiology, and Future Directions: JACC Review Topic of the Week   J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jan 31;81(4):413-424. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.11.023.

Judit Karacsonyi, Khaldoon Alaswad, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Ajay Kirtane, Ziad Ali, Margaret McEntegart, Amirali Masoumi, Paul Poomipanit, Farouc A Jaffer, Jaikirshan Khatri, James Choi, Mitul Patel, Michalis Koutouzis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Sevket Gorgulu, Abdul M Sheikh, Basem Elbarouni, Wissam Jaber, Ahmed ElGuindy, Robert Yeh, Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Bavana Rangan, Olga C Mastrodemos, Evangelia Vemmou, Ilias Nikolakopoulos, Imre Ungi, Nidal A Rafeh, Omer Goktekin, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis, Yader Sandoval Single vs. multiple operators for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Jan 25. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30564. Online ahead of print.

Stephen J Greene, Johann Bauersachs, Jasper J Brugts, Justin A Ezekowitz, Carolyn S P Lam, Lars H Lund, Piotr Ponikowski, Adriaan A Voors, Faiez Zannad, Shelley Zieroth, Javed Butler Worsening Heart Failure: Nomenclature, Epidemiology, and Future Directions: JACC Review Topic of the Week J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Jan 31;81(4):413-424. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.11.023

Shuangbo Liu, Janine Eckstein, Anna Lam, Asim Cheema  Acetylsalicylic Acid (aspirin) for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials  Curr Vasc Pharmacol. 2023 Jan 31. doi: 10.2174/1570161121666230131120544. Online ahead of print.

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January 21, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: 

(Introduced by Kwabena Osei-Bonsu)

This week’s SALS star from the Resp Therapy & Perfusion departments goes to Kyle Nickart and Jean-Claude (J-C) Simard for their foresight and patient advocacy in the care of a status asthmaticus patient who was sent over St Boniface hospital for an ECMO consult.

While many may not be aware, care for status asthmaticus at St Boniface Hospital has significantly changed in the past few months thanks to capital investments and significant staff buy in. St Boniface RT department was supported with an adjunct to one of our ventilators which allows us to ventilate patients with status asthmaticus using a mix of helium and oxygen. In addition, SBH RT has also rolled out a continuous nebulization policy in the critical care units which allows for continuous delivery of concentrated Ventolin continuously without constant refilling of the medication. Recently also adding syringe pump management competency to the list

When this was rolled out, we soon received a patient from HSC for an ECMO consult following decompensation due to worsening status asthmaticus. With the foresight and courage to put education they just received to use, J-C preemptively placed the appropriate ventilator in the room prior to the patient coming and Kyle managed to pitch a case to the attending physician at the time to trial this therapy. This foresight eventually led to no indication for ECMO and the management of the patient with heliox and continuous nebulization until extubation and discharge from the ICMS. Both J-C and Kyle have been working at SBH since graduation and we are proud to have them as part of the team and for the continued bedside excellence!

Kyle Nickart
J-C Simard

Some Good News

Reported from SA Nancy Luxa-La Blanc

We performed an EVH saphenous vein harvest January 13, 2023 for the first time on a young man in his 50’s who was a daily runner.  The support from the foundation for this opportunity will improve patients post op care and lives.

The incision was approximately one inch and I was able to retrieve 2 pieces of vein from the thigh.  Normally that would require an incision from the knee up to the groin.  Over time and experience we will be able to harvest vein from the ankle to groin with the same one inch incision. 

As a result, patients are able to ambulate quicker.  In centres where the leg infection rate is 17-20% the EVH system decreased the risk to less than 1%.

Well, tomorrow will be the next harvest.  My goal will be for the same success.

Cheers

Nancy

Fantastic news, Nancy.  Thank you for sharing and congratulations!

Physician of the Week

In the Doctors Manitoba publication, our very own Dr. Malik has been awarded physician of the week.  Please see the link and please join us in congratulating Dr. Malik as a physician of the week.

https://doctorsmanitoba.ca/news-events/physician-of-the-week/physician-of-the-week

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Stephen Shannon, Nitin Ghorpade, S Allan Schaffer  Decommission of a Heartmate 3 LVAD in a patient with left ventricular recovery    J Card Surg. 2022 Dec;37(12):5528-5530. doi: 10.1111/jocs.17155. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

Muhanad A Aboud, Virendra K Arya, Vikas Dutta, Robin Ducas, Waiel Al-Moustadi, Subhrashis Guha Niyogi  Anesthetic Considerations for Adult Patients With Both Down Syndrome and Congenital Heart Disease Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Review Article  J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Dec 10;S1053-0770(22)00890-4. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.12.001. Online ahead of print.

Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Dmitry Abramov, Joshua S Chung, Jay Patel, Mamas A Mamas, Shelley Zieroth, Richa Agarwal, Marat Fudim, David G Rabkin Current status of perioperative temporary mechanical circulatory support during cardiac surgery  J Card Surg. 2022 Dec;37(12):4304-4315. doi: 10.1111/jocs.17020. Epub 2022 Oct 13.

Eugene Wang, Emilie P Belley-Côté, Jack Young, Henry He, Haris Saud, Frederick D’Aragon, Kevin Um, Waleed Alhazzani, Joshua Piticaru, Matthew Hedden, Richard Whitlock, C David Mazer, Hessam H Kashani, Sarah Yang Zhang, Amanda Lucas, Nicholas Timmerman, Cameron Nishi, Davinder Jain, Aaron Kugler, Chris Beaver, Shelley Kloppenburg, Sam Schulman, Flavia K Borges, Morvarid Kavosh, Chihiro Wada, Sabrina Lin, Serena Sibilio, Mandy Lauw Alexander Benz, Wojciech Szczeklik, Arastoo Mokhtari, Eric Jacobsohn, Jessica Spence Effect of perioperative benzodiazepine use on intraoperative awareness and postoperative delirium: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studies  Br J Anaesth. 2023 Jan 6;S0007-0912(22)00662-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2022.12.001. Online ahead of print.

Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Judit Karacsonyi, Khaldoon Alaswad, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dmitrii Khelimskii, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Farouc A Jaffer, Jaikirshan J Khatri, Paul Poommipanit, James W Choi, Wissam A Jaber, Stéphane Rinfret, William Nicholson, Mitul P Patel, Ehtisham Mahmud, Philip Dattilo, Sevket Gorgulu, Michael Koutouzis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Basem Elbarouni, Abdul M Sheikh, Barry F Uretsky, Ahmed M ElGuindy, Brian K Jefferson, Taral N Patel, Jason Wollmuth 19 , Robert F Riley, Stewart M Benton Jr, Rhian E Davies, Raj H Chandwaney, Catalin Toma, Robert W Yeh, Daniel R Schimmel, Nidal Abi Rafeh, Omer Goktekin, Jimmy L Kerrigan, Olga C Mastrodemos, Bavana V Rangan, Santiago Garcia, Yader Sandoval, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil Brilakis In-hospital outcomes and temporal trends of percutaneous coronary interventions for chronic total occlusion  EuroIntervention. 2022 Dec 2;18(11):e929-e932. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-22-00599.

Weiang Yan, Michael H Yamashita Commentary: Using the right tools for the job: Revisiting renal preservation during open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 Feb;165(2):580-581. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.03.046. Epub 2021 Mar 18.

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January 06, 2023

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sal’s Stars of the Week: Robyn Harris

(Introduced by Emily Hyde)

The Sal’s Star of the week for December 30, 2022 is Robyn Harris. It is the little things that set special people apart from the rest. Robyn does a lot of the little things that set her apart without the expectation of recognition of these little things. Robyn joined Cardiac Sciences in the spring of 2022 and has been an integral member of the team ever since. Robyn quietly and efficiently supports the program, Craig, and many other staff. Any time support is needed, she is happy to pitch in and help, whether it be setting up meetings, connecting with the right people, or ensuring a certain someone who doesn’t often eat lunch has food to make it through the day. Robyn approaches her work with kindness and compassion, always ready to help out and do the little extra things that make all the difference. Robyn was helping me with some research reimbursements and, in addition to mailing off forms, thankfully also scanned them in so that, when they were inevitably lost, they were easily resent. Robyn’s kindness and willingness to go above and beyond is not limited to work. When complemented on a jacket, she shared information about her sister’s business, Birch Hill Studio, and her love and support for family and small businesses was so evident. Cardiac Sciences is lucky to have Robyn as part of our team and I look forward to continuing to enjoy working with her for a long time! Join me in thanking and congratulating Robyn on being the Sal’s Star of the Week for December 30!

Employee Notes to Know Week of January 3rd to 6th 2023

January 5, 2023

Saint Boniface Nurses Local 5 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is happening in person March 8, 2023 at Norwood Hotel, 17:30. More information will be sent closer to the date.

January 3, 2023

SBH e-Bulletin January 2023 has been published. Visit httphttps://home.stbonifacehospital.ca/corporate-info/ebulletin/ to access.

This Week’s Faculty Publications

Emily K Hyde, Karen Throndson, Liane A Arcinas, Ashish H Shah, Brett Hiebert, Michael H Yamashita, Donna Lee Samson, Anita Maric, Reid Love, Denise Poettcker, Rakesh C Arora, Colette M Seifer, Malek Kass Validation of the Emory Risk Score in the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Population: A Canadian Perspective  CJC Open. 2022 Aug 27;4(12):1060-1068. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2022.08.010. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Negar Atefi, Carly Lodewyks, Zubair Luqman, Amir Ravandi  Postpartum Endocarditis and Left Main Embolization  CJC Open. 2022 Sep 22;4(12):1096-1099. doi: 10.1016/j.cjco.2022.09.003. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Sarah Gibbs, Evan J Wiens, Kunal Minhas One-year outcomes in patients who underwent coronary intravascular shockwave lithotripsy for highly-calcified coronary lesions  Indian Heart J. 2022 Nov-Dec;74(6):524-526. doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2022.10.001. Epub 2022 Oct 8.

Shelley Zieroth, Roberto Ferrari Time for change  Eur Heart J Suppl. 2022 Dec 19;24(Suppl L):L1. doi: 10.1093/eurheartjsupp/suac125. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Emer Joyce, Colleen K McIivennan, Jill Howie Esquivel, Andrew J Sauer, Ashish Correa, Vanessa Blumer, Quentin R Youmans, Jesus Alvarez-Garcia, Helena Chang, Jessica Overbey, Elena Deych, Shashank S Sinha, Alanna Morris, Ersilia M Defilippis, Nosheen Reza, Jillianne Code, Alexander G Hajduczok, Marat Fudim, Brett Rollins, Justin M Vader, Ileana L Pina, Jeffrey Teuteberg, Shelley Zieroth, Randall C Starling, Martha Gulati, Robert J Mentz, Anuradha Lala  Participating in the Peer Review Process: The Journal of Cardiac Failure Construct  J Card Fail. 2022 Dec 16;S1071-9164(22)01209-X. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.11.007. Online ahead of print.

Abdulrahman Alkanhal, Robin Ducas, Andrew S Mackie, Cameron Seaman, Konstantin Averin, Kandice Mah, Michael Khoury Practice Patterns in the Management of Pressure Restrictive Perimembranous Ventricular Septal Defects: A Multinational Survey  Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 Dec 20. doi: 10.1007/s00246-022-03073-x. Online ahead of print.

Raghu S Nagalingam, Sikta Chattopadhyaya, Danah S Al-Hattab, David Y C Cheung, Leah Y Schwartz, Sayantan Jana, Nina Aroutiounova, D Allison Ledingham, Teri L Moffatt, Natalie M Landry, Rushita A Bagchi, Ian M C Dixon, Jeffrey T Wigle, Gavin Y Oudit, Zamaneh Kassiri, Davinder S Jassal, Michael P Czubryt Scleraxis and fibrosis in the pressure-overloaded heart  Eur Heart J. 2022 Dec 1;43(45):4739-4750. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac362.

Orly Vardeny James C Fang, Akshay S Desai, Pardeep S Jhund, Brian Claggett, Muthiah Vaduganathan, Rudolf A de Boer, Adrian F Hernandez, Carolyn S P Lam, Silvio E Inzucchi, Felipe A Martinez, Mikhail N Kosiborod, David DeMets, Eileen O’Meara, Shelley Zieroth, Josep Comin-Colet, Jaroslaw Drozdz, Chern-En Chiang, Masafumi Kitakaze, Magnus Petersson, Daniel Lindholm, Anna Maria Langkilde, John J V McMurray, Scott D Solomon Dapagliflozin in heart failure with improved ejection fraction: a prespecified analysis of the DELIVER trial  Nat Med. 2022 Dec;28(12):2504-2511. doi: 10.1038/s41591-022-02102-9. Epub 2022 Dec 15.

Pedram Hassan-Tash, Umar Ismail, Iain D C Kirkpatrick, Amir Ravandi, Davinder S Jassal, Brett Hiebert, Malek Kass, Richard A Krasuski, Ashish H Shah Correlation of Impedance Cardiography-Derived and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance-Derived Stroke Volumes  Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Feb;48(2):101457. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101457. Epub 2022 Oct 21.

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