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MAUDE Unit Expands with a change of address at the MUHC

As of May 22nd, 2007 the MAUDE Unit is located at the Royal Victoria Hospital.

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Join us for our annual "Coeur-à-Coeur Congenital Camp"

Our annual camp for congenital heart disease patient and their families "Coeur-à-Coeur Congenital Camp.

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Montrealer establishes World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Dr. Christo Tchervenkov of the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the MUHC puts his heart into establishing new organization.

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Congenital heart disease increasingly more common in adults and children

January 9, 2007 - The prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) has increased strikingly in adults and children, according to a new population study by MUHC researchers and reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Making History one heart at a time

A keen interest in history lies behind the determination of Dr. Ariane Marelli, a cardiologist at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and founding director of the MUHC’s innovative McGill Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease Excellence (MAUDE).

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Building on Success - New MAUDE Unit to handle 'graduates' from The Children's and beyond

This is a success story built on strong foundations. It starts with Dr. Maude Abbott, a Quebecer who pioneered the study of congenital heart disease, and continues with the international recognition received by the pediatric heart surgery program at the Montreal Children's Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre.

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Non-invasive procedure can mend a broken heart

MUHC cardiologists perform a new procedure that lets patients avoid open-heart surgery and return home within 48 hours.
The Montreal Gazette

'One of the great success stories of 20th-century medicine'

The number of adults with congenital heart disease has soared by 85 per cent in a generation, an increase that reflects the startling advances in the detection and treatment of heart defects in children.

Globe and Mail