Dr Ignaszewski is head of the Division of Cardiology and medical director of the Healthy Heart Program at St. Paul's Hospital, and is affiliated with the hospital's Heart Transplantation Program and Heart Failure Program. He is also a clinical associate professor in the Division of Cardiology at the University of British Columbia.
Dr Ignaszewski studied medicine in Poland, and enjoys fishing in his spare time.
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Andrew Ignaszewski, MD, FRCPC
In 1969, McCully suggested that elevated levels of plasma homocysteine (Hcy) are associated with atherosclerosis.[1] He noted high prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)... Read More
I would like to make a few points in relation to Drs Frohlich and Ignaszewski’s response to my letter on CVD in diabetes (BCMJ 2006;48[1]:10-12). I suggested that the “vast majority of” (not “all”)... Read More
I suspect that the article by Dr David Wood, et al, “Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes” (BCMJ, (2005;47(8):424-428), may be misleading for many physicians,... Read More
There is now solid evidence that proper pharmacological and nonpharmacological management of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) has a significant beneficial impact on morbidity and mortality in... Read More
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a significant clinical problem and is a leading cause of hospitalization in North America. Dyspnea, however nebulous, is often the only presenting complaint, and the time to diagnosis... Read More
Etiology of acute pericarditis Pericarditis is a common disease but is usually subclinical. Causes of pericarditis include idiopathic, infectious, and systemic disease, trauma, neoplasm, and iatrogenic causes, both... Read More
Introduction Myocarditis involves inflammation and injury of the myocardium in the absence of ischemia, and it may result in cardiac dysfunction. Idiopathic, autoimmune, and infectious forms have been recognized,[1]... Read More
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