Adult Heart Transplant Program
Address:
Y2 Bergen Cardiac Care Centre
Cardiac Sciences Program
St. Boniface General Hospital
409 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
Phone: 258-1296 or 258-1077
Team:
Director of Heart Failure and Transplant Clinics: Dr. Shelley Zieroth MD, FRCP(C)
Clinic Nurse: Shari Barker RN, BSN
Unit Clerk: Nicole Girouard
Heart transplantation is considered in eligible patients with advanced heart failure who are not responding to device or medical therapy. In Canada there are approximately 170 cardiac transplants per year. There are 5-10 patients referred out of province per year for ventricular assist devices or cardiac transplant. Patients are assessed for consideration of transplant in the St. Boniface General Hospital Heart Failure Clinic. In Manitoba, 40-50 transplant patients are followed in our clinic.
Heartlinks Manitoba is a recently established organization comprised of heart transplant recipients with the mandate to support heart transplant patients and their families, educate members, patients and families, promote public awareness and raise funds to support patients in need of financial assistance when sent out of province for ventricular assist devices or transplantation.
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