
MD, FRCPC, Pediatric Cardiologist
Welcome to the Montreal Children's Hospital
Cardiology
I like working with children and their families because they never cease to amaze me with their resiliency and appetite for life!
Division Head, Pediatric Cardiology and Head, Cardiac Catherization Laboratory
Fondation En Coeur/Heart of Life
BSc Biochemistry and Medicine, University of Ottawa
Medical Degree
University of Ottawa
General Pediatrics, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University
Pediatric Cardiology, Montreal Children’s Hospital, McGill University
I am an avid tennis player and a decent cook.
Cardiac Catherization; Pulmonary Hypertension; Health Outcomes and Safety
Zavalkoff SR*, Razack SI, Lavoie J, Dancea AB. Handover after pediatric heart surgery: a simple tool improves information exchange. Pediatric critical care medicine: a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. 2011 May;12(3):309-13. PubMed PMID: 20975613. Epub 2010/10/27. eng.
Dancea A, Justino H, Martucci G. Catheter intervention for congenital heart disease at risk of circulatory failure. The Canadian journal of cardiology. 2013 Jul;29(7):786-95. PubMed PMID: 23790551. Epub 2013/06/26. eng.
Kantor PF, Lougheed J, Dancea A, McGillion M, Barbosa N, Chan C, et al. Presentation, diagnosis, and medical management of heart failure in children: Canadian cardiovascular society guidelines. The Canadian journal of cardiology. 2013 Dec;29(12):1535-52. PubMed PMID: 24267800. Epub 2013/11/26. eng.
Adjagba PM, Hanna B, Miro J, Dancea A, Poirier N, Vobecky S, et al. Percutaneous Angioplasty Used to Manage Native and Recurrent Coarctation of the Aorta in Infants Younger than 1 Year: Immediate and Midterm Results. Pediatric cardiology. 2014 Apr 20. PubMed PMID: 24748038. Epub 2014/04/22. Eng.
Altit G, Dancea A, Renaud C, Perreault T, Lands L, Sant’Anna G. Pathophysiology, screening and diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia- A review of literature. 2017 Jun;23:16-26. doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2016.11.002. Epub 2016 Nov 9.