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From his sprawling property on Wolfe Island, Andy Aitken speaks about his love for the outdoors. He loves canoeing and camping, but as recently as a couple of years ago, all these activities felt completely out of reach.
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has become the first in North America to offer a unique surgical procedure to treat patients with a complex aortic disease known as an aortic dissection, a life-threatening condition in which the largest artery...
Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) has become the first in North America to offer a unique surgical procedure to treat patients with a complex aortic disease known as an aortic dissection, a life-threatening condition in which the largest artery...
The Echocardiography Lab at Kingston General Hospital is a busy place, performing roughly 7,000 tests per-year, each one requiring different specialties and skill levels. Recently the Cardiac Care Network (CCN) of Ontario was here to watch the team...
While volunteer Don Cooper wasn't sure if he'd be wearing red on Feb. 14, he knows that he'll be at his usual hospital post on Valentine's Day, ready--as always--to try and make life a little easier for people whose hearts need some extra special car...
A KGHRI clinician scientist who pioneered the use of 3D ultrasound to assess heart disease is taking his imaging research into new territory. Dr. Amer Johri, who is also assistant professor of echocardiography at Queen's University, uses 3D...
One of our busiest hallways has said goodbye to its fuzzy flooring. The Carpet Removal Project team ripped it up and replaced it with tiles in the FAPC entrance and along the Kidd 1 corridor near the main lobby of Kingston General Hospital. The work...
The Cardiac Procedures Unit is where over 4,000 life-changing tests and procedures are performed each year, and along with the rest of the Cardiac program at KHSC, it is the only one of its kind in southeastern Ontario.
Kingstonian Kristen Jones has been followed by Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) cardiologists since she was diagnosed, at two years old, with a bicuspid aortic valve. It's a congenital condition that means she was born with an aortic valve with...
In a Canadian first, a hybrid cardiac ablation procedure has been successfully completed at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). The procedure is a revolutionary treatment for patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation - the most common type of...
