Minimally invasive electrophysiology & vascular procedures centre

In this centre, researchers are building on their success with the Imaging Research Centre for Cardiac Intervention (IRCCI) at Sunnybrook Research Institute. The IRCCI is a unique facility within Canada that brings an array of imaging technologies into a suite designed for patient studies. This helps us translate new technologies and techniques into the clinic faster. The new centre expands the IRCCI, and has increased our clinical trials capacity.

New studies are exploring the use of cell-based therapies developed by scientists in the Centre for Research for Image-Guided Therapeutics to repair the heart after a heart attack, and the use of electrophysiology guided by MRI to treat irregularly beating hearts.

In addition, there is a multimedia room used to train research fellows and to broadcast Sunnybrook Research Institute-pioneered procedures and techniques to remote sites.