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Winter 2017 Steve Tustin
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CREATING A MIRACLE
Rebekah Hughes credits her faith, family and the inside ON THE MCCPeeautrnnedtrkriaec
legendary skills of Dr. Tirone David and his team for COVER
seeing her through her extremely high risk surgery 12 Cardiac tumours heartthe faces of
28 Fixing heart holes From top left to right
16 30 Inherited Arrythmia Program João Pedro Couto disease
UNRAVELLING GENETIC MysTERIEs 32 Cardiomyopathy Elenita Vargas Across Canada and around the globe, the PMCC
Scientific sleuthing reveals that Wanda Bleau’s family 34 3-D Modelling is a magnet for patients in need and the
shares a dangerous deficit in a rare gene that causes 36 Dr. Wayne Johnston Stella Kozuszko, NP health-care professionals who care for them
atrial fibrillation…and put them on the path to healing 38 Thunder Bay partnership Dr. Chris Feindel
41 Heart Transplant Clinic Alex Latimer
20 44 Cardio-oncology collaboration Charles Cook
TEAMWORK TRIUMPHs! 46 Patching ruptured hearts
A collaborative operation between SickKids and 48 Aggressive angioplasty Darrian Seaton-Tucker
the PMCC gave eight-year-old Alex Latimer and his 50 Heart disease and diabetes Dr. Maral Ouzounian
parents hope for the future 52 Commando surgery
54 Arrhythmias in pregnancy Photos by tim fraser
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The ventricular assist device (VAD) is a lifesaver
offering hope to potential heart-transplant recipients
such as 33-year-old Morgan Latta
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