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Coordinating cardiac services

Cardiac Services BC helps British Columbians get the best possible cardiac care.

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​We improve how cardiac services are managed and accessed throughout the province by:
  1. Monitoring cardiac disease-related prevention and treatment
  2. Supporting timely access and sustainability within BC’s cardiac care system
  3. Promoting knowledge translation and system transformation
BC cardiac care by the numbers (2016/17):
  • 401 transcatheter aortic valve implantations
  • 463 specialized heart valve procedures (transcatheter heart valve, ventricular assist devices)
  • 1,199 implantable cardioverter defibrillators
  • 2,288 electrophysiology procedures
  • 3,800 heart surgeries (valve replacement, aortic & other surgeries)
  • 21,994 cardiac catheterization lab procedures (diagnostic angiograms, percutaneous coronary interventions)
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