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The Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta is a partnership between Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary. Its mandate comprises all cardiovascular research, education and service delivery, with a service area extending from Saskatchewan, Southern Alberta and Eastern British Columbia. The Institute coordinates the activities of 1,500 individuals in Southern Alberta. Of its approximately 150 research and clinician members, over 65 are cardiologists, making it the largest heart or cardiovascular institute in Western Canada by that measure. Individuals affiliated with the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta have provided significant leadership and input to the (Canadian Heart Health Strategy and Action Plan ) (CHHS-AP). Institute participation included Eldon Smith OC, MD, FRCPC who was appointed as Chair of the Steering Committee by the Federal Canadian Minister of Health in 2006, as well as Norman Campbell MD, FRCPC, also a member of the CHHS-AP Steering Committee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Road map to improving heart health )〕 ==Research== Research within the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta extends from basic biomedical and clinical research to health outcomes and care delivery research. Notable successes include: * A global change in treatment of arrhythmia as a result of trials led by D. George Wyse.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Dr. D. George Wyse - antiarrhythmic drugs ) 〕 * APPROACH database and Heart Alert * Innovative STEMI protocol resulting in mean time to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of a commendable 62 minutes * Stephenson Cardiovascular MR Centre, ranking first internationally among CMR centres as measured by research impact factor points, and ranking first in North America among CMR centres as measured by volume of patient studies - a recent publication documented for the first time, the imaging of salvaged heart muscle as a result of a post-MI Intervention. To date, a White Paper on myocarditis with lead author Dr. Matthias Friedrich of the Stephenson CMR Centre, is the only White Paper ever published by the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Interview of Dr. Matthias Friedrich by Dr. Anthony DeMaria, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Abstract - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Myocarditis: A JACC White Paper )〕 * Highest 30-day myocardial infarction survival rate in Canada〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Canadian Institute for Health Information - Health Indicators )〕 according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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