Open Heart Surgery

• Community rallies to support young Lethbridge girl awaiting heart surgery

  Elizabeth Hoyt, an active 11-year-old, was recently diagnosed with a congenital heart defect – a condition usually caught at birth. Lethbridge businesses are rallying to help.

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  Apr 28, 2025
  
• Saskatchewan double-organ transplant recipient ready to return to the diamond

  Jonathan Mudryk, 29, wasn’t expected to live past nine years old and he’s now a double-organ transplant recipient who’s ready to get playing sports.

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  Apr 26, 2022
  
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• Belleville, Ont. man taking part in 18th consecutive Boston Marathon

  Just six months after Belleville's Boyd Kalnay had open-heart surgery for a previously undiagnosed heart condition, he will run his 18th Boston Marathon Monday.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2022
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• Ottawa Coun. Rick Chiarelli still in hospital fighting infection after open-heart surgery

  "Progress is being made on the infection Rick got from his Dec. 13 open-heart surgery," read a tweet posted Monday and attributed to the councillor's wife.

  Canada

  Jan 20, 2020
• ‘He’s on the right path’: 8-year old B.C. boy gets surprise of a lifetime at guitar lesson

  Saahyl Sharma thought he was going to Surrey's Tom Lee Music store to practice his guitar skills. Instead, the eight-year-old got a surprise lesson in the power of humanity.

  Features

  Aug 4, 2019
• Two cardiac surgery firsts help patients avoid open-heart surgery at London hospital

  According to officials with the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), both surgeries were needed to replace damaged heart valves.

  Health

  Sep 18, 2018
• New Brunswick boy selected as Children’s Wish Foundation recipient

  A New Brunswick is boy is set to have a special wish granted by the Children's Wish Foundation.

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2018
• Minimally invasive heart surgery at Mazankowski uses small incision in ribs

  Doctors at the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute are performing minimally invasive heart surgeries without opening patients' chests during major, open-heart surgeries.

  Health

  Oct 12, 2017
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• Wisconsin man accidentally shoots self in heart with nail gun, drives to ER

  The surgeon who operated on the man said the nail was a fraction of an inch – about the thickness of a piece of paper – from a major artery.

  World

  Aug 17, 2017
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• Bacterial infection M. chimaera confirmed in Alberta open-heart surgery patient

  Alberta Health Services confirmed Tuesday afternoon an adult who had open-heart surgery contracted the bacterial infection Mycobacterium chimaera (M. chimaera).

  Health

  May 9, 2017