Data access has been approved for a project to determine whether attending the Healthy Heart Program Prevention Clinic (HHPPC), at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver, is associated with reduced rates of adverse cardiovascular events, compared to patients who did not attend the clinic.
This edition of Research Week will explore the impacts and innovations that have emerged out of Fraser Health’s COVID-19 pandemic research and evaluation response.
The tricuspid valve, on the right side of the heart, separates the upper and lower chambers, also known as the right atrium and right ventricle. The valve allows deoxygenated blood to flow through both of the chambers. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs, where it is oxygenated.
Speaker: Dr. Robert Platt, McGill University
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