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News & Event Archive Dr. Erwin Oechslin, President`s Message - Spring 2010 2010-04-10
CCS 2009 Consensus Conference on the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease is published!
The Canadians pioneered the development of... + read more
What you missed from the 2009 Patient Conferences 2009-05-09
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Adult Congenital Heart Disease - Tsunami by Erwin Oechslin, MD, FRCPC, FESC Heart Failure by Dr.... + read more
ACHD Guidelines Submitted! 2009-05-04
First of all, I congratulate Dr. Candice Silversides for her great job putting the entire document together. This was tremendous...+ read more
Poster Award for CACH Network! 2009-04-03
The CACH Network Poster entitled "A Contemporary Perspective on Eisenmenger Syndrome in Adults: A Multicentre Study" has received the Poster...+ read more
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What you missed from the 2008 Patient Conferences Date: 2008-05-28 Submitted By: University of Toronto - Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults The conference began with Toronto clinic’s nurse practitioner Jeanine Harrison welcoming the participants, who ranged in age from about 20 to one man in his 70s – mostly patients with congenital heart defects (CHD) and a few family members and caregivers. Dr. Erwin Oechslin, the Director of the Toronto clinic followed by saying how important it was for patients to take control of their futures by learning all they can about their heart defects so that are active participants in their care. He stressed that adult CHD is a relatively new area of medicine, with many patients in the room at the very forefront. This is due, he explained, to the steady increase in patients who are surviving heart defects into adulthood. Where only about 20% survived in the 1950s, now there is now a 95% survival rate due to outstanding pediatric care. Survival, however, is often fraught with challenges and complications, including multiple surgeries, and/or premature/sudden death. Many adult patients will require medications and/or devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators to help prevent life-threatening heart rhythm problems. View the Presentations:
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