A world-class model
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The Montréal Heart Institute
(MHI) has the reputation of providing quality care that
rivals what is provided by leading facilities around the
world such as the Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic in the
United States, and the ThoraxCentre in Holland.
Several factors explain why the Institute is
in a class by itself.
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Its contributions to the international advancement of
science
First and foremost, the idea of grouping all
services under one roof has contributed greatly to the rapid
development of cardiology. In addition, since the 1990s, the
Institute's clinical researchers have contributed to improving
treatments in cardiology around the world, particularly in the
following areas: heart transplants; stable angina; the benefits
of exercise following an infarction; coronary restenosis thanks
to the use of antioxidants for prevention; atrial fibrillation;
the pathology of bypasses; the effect of cholesterol lowering
medications on coronary atherosclerosis; the role of aspirin and
heparin in unstable angina; and many others!
The breadth of its work
The Institute's researchers publish an average of
180 scientific articles each year, most often in the world's most
prestigious medical journals, such as The New England Journal of
Medicine, The Lancet, The Journal of the American Medical
Association, Circulation, Circulation Research, Journal of
Biological Chemistry, Journal of the American College of
Cardiology, American Journal of Physiology, The American Journal
of Cardiology and Nature. In addition, since it was founded, the
Institute has hosted more than 450 fellows from various
countries, many of who hold prestigious positions in Europe and
North and South America. The Institute also organizes a number of
annual conferences and symposia for physicians and healthcare
professionals from Quebec, Canada and abroad. In addition, over
the past 14 years, as part of the Symposium of Interventional
Cardiology, the Institute has broadcast live with resounding
success some 30 interventional procedures to more than 400
viewers the world over.
Its role as a national and supraregional model
The Institute plays a key role in this regard.
Through its protocols, it disseminates high level practice
standards that are quickly accepted. Moreover, its members are
often invited to share their expertise by presiding over or
participating in prestigious organizations.
Its status
The Institute plays a key role in this regard.
Through its protocols, it disseminates high-level practice
standards that are quickly accepted. Moreover, its members are
often invited to share their expertise by presiding over or
participating in prestigious organizations.
Its leading-edge treatments
As an example, interventions performed at the MHI
are less and less invasive and the length of hospitalization is
shorter and shorter.
Its medical team
In addition to possessing rare skills, the
Institute's medical team is involved in its
activities—care, research and teaching—on a
full-time basis, to the exclusion of any private practice.
Its tradition of excellence in research
This tradition was established by Dr. Paul David and
the Institute's builders, Drs. Martial G. Bourassa, Lucien
Campeau and Jacques Lespérance. These men were members
of the prestigious team that, in 1973, won the Prix Jean
Lenègre, awarded to a French-language researcher or
research team for making a decisive contribution to the
development of cardiology worldwide.
Its areas of specialization
Patients of the Institute can find under one roof
renowned specialists, expertise and leading-edge technology
focused in strategic areas such as surgery, hemodynamics,
specialized cardiac care, electrophysiology and nuclear
medicine.
Its medical practice plan
Under this plan—the first of its kind,
established when the Institute was founded—all
revenues generated by the clinical practice are pooled and then
redistributed equally in support of research, teaching, and other
clinical and administrative activities.
Its Research Centre
The Centre's mission is to develop and run research
and technology development programs related to the Institute's
vocation. Given the reputation the Institute has earned in
clinical and basic research, it is often called upon to work in
partnership with private business.
Its Centre for Preventive
Medicine and Rehabilitation in Cardiology: ÉPIC
The ÉPIC Centre is the largest of its
kind in Canada, the largest in North America for that
matter.
