SportsCardiologyBC Is Coming Back to Victoria for Young Athlete Testing!
A research team from Sports Cardiology B.C. will be coming to St. Michaels University School (SMUS) on Wednesday, March 11th from 10am-6pm to conduct testing. The testing in non-invasive and takes 10 minutes/athlete and consists [...]
SportsCardiologyBC Victoria Weekend – November 29th-30th at PISE
This past weekend, our program hosted a weekend of testing young athletes for cardiovascular disorder, followed by an educational event lead by Medical Lead Dr. Saul Isserow. With over 130 athletes, coaches, parents, health professionals, [...]
CFAX 1070 Radio Interview with Dr. Saul Isserow
Click the link below to listen to an in-depth interview with Dr. Saul Isserow on athlete heart health, and SportsCardiologyBC's upcoming trip to the Island to include athletes in research and provide an educational seminar [...]
ANNOUNCEMENT – SportsCardiologyBC to Present at 5th Annual Asian Preventive Cardiology & Cardiac Rehabilitation Conference
Dr. Michael Luong, Cardiology Fellow and team member at SportsCardiologyBC will be presenting preliminary results from SportsCardiologyBC's cornerstone study on screening young competitive athletes in B.C. for cardiovascular disease that can lead to sudden cardiac [...]
Screening Reduces Young Athletes’ Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
First Canadian study aims to develop effective and cost-efficient screening process Although tragic stories of young athletes dying from sudden cardiac death (SCD) during sporting events are very rare, the devastation of such events often [...]
Former Canuck Odjick’s Illness Extremely Rare and Nearly Always Fatal: Experts
The heart condition that has left former Vancouver Canucks hockey enforcer Gino Odjick with just months, or even weeks, to live is extremely rare, has no known cause and is almost always fatal, experts say. [...]