Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic

Our program’s clinical mission is to provide comprehensive multidisciplinary care to patients with pulmonary vascular disease within Southern Alberta and Southeastern British Columbia. Our academic program strives to advance the science of pulmonary vascular disease, through education and clinically based research activities, with local, national, and international collaborations. 

Coincident with the development of pulmonary hypertension targeted medical therapies, our program was started in the 1990’s at the Peter Lougheed Hospital by Dr. Sid Viner. We have now grown to involve 8 respirologists, 2 nurse practitioners, and 2 nurse coordinators working across 2 hospital sites in Calgary.

Inpatient

• Pulmonary Hypertension Inpatient Service - Peter Lougheed Centre
• Pulmonary Hypertension Inpatient Consult Service – Peter Lougheed Centre/Foothills Medical Centre
• Pulmonary Hypertension Phone Consults – Southern Alberta (ROCA<PLC<Int Med)

Outpatient Clinics

• Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic – Peter Lougheed Centre
• Combined PH-Congenital Heart Disease Clinic – Peter Lougheed
• Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Follow-up clinic – Foothills Medical Centre

Diagnostics

• Right Heart Catheterization (Dedicated PH RHC Suite) – Peter Lougheed Centre
• Right and Left Heart Catheterization (Interventional Cardiology) – Foothills Medical Centre
• Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing – Peter Lougheed Centre

Treatments

Medical Therapies:

• PAH targeted therapies including parenteral prostanoid medications
• PH Nurse coordinator case management/right heart failure monitoring
• Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) and Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty: evaluations, referral to treatment centre and post procedure management

We have an active clinical trials program based at the Peter Lougheed Centre. We currently conduct observational and interventional trials for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), Chronic Thromboembolic PH (CTEPH), and PAH combined with interstitial lung disease (ILD-PH). 

• Internal Medicine/Anesthesia Residents –  contact Monika Khoury-Dool (monika.khoury-dool@ahs.ca)
• Pulmonary/ICU/Cardiology/Hematology Fellows –  contact Monika Khoury-Dool (monika.khoury-dool@ahs.ca)

• Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada

We see patients from throughout Southern Alberta and Southeastern British Columbia. 

All referrals should be sent via Pulmonary Central Access and Triage: 

Via Connect Care: (Use Ambulatory Referral to Pulmonary; Specify Pulmonary Hypertension)
Phone: 403-943-4718
Fax: 403-592-4201