Reopening Cardiac Cath Lab D

Every year, approximately 5,800 patients, including those from New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, have a procedure in the Joseph Shannon Family Cardiac Catheterization Suite.

QEII’s Cardiac Cath Lab D unveiled

State-of-the-art cath lab treats first patients and reduces wait times

Donor generosity was the catalyst for the recent rebuilding and reopening of the QEII’s Cardiac Cath Lab D, which treated its first heart health patients on December 19, 2017. Cardiac Cath Lab D was closed in Fall 2016 when its aging equipment became unserviceable – and is one of four cath labs in the QEII’s newly named Joseph Shannon Family Cardiac Catheterization Suite.

Donors of the From the Heart are ensuring the QEII’s heart health teams can deliver the best care and highest-level diagnostic imaging during procedures like angiograms, angioplasties and pacemaker implantations

Take a virtual tour of Cardiac Cath Lab D.

Inaugural Maritime Heart Centre Innovation Fund grants awarded

More than $150,000 invested in new research projects at the QEII

The QEII’s world-class heart health teams are dedicated to providing the most innovative care for their patients; care that is based on the latest research, evidence and a determination to do things differently.

In November 2017, the inaugural Maritime Heart Centre Innovation Fund grants were awarded to five research initiatives. Funded entirely by QEII Foundation donors, these research grants are fueling QEII physicians and researchers to advance treatment and improve patient care – and provide critical research funding that would otherwise not be available.

Interested in reading the research summaries for our 2017 grants? Click here.

Doctor in Cardiac Cath Lab at QEII Health Sciences Centre

Our From the Heart campaign is in its second phase now, learn more about our current priorities for improving heart health care for Atlantic Canadians here.