The media regularly turns to our healthcare professionals for their expertise on a wide range of important heart health topics.
Here is a selection of recent news items featuring the Heart Institute and its experts.
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- New research coordinated by the Ottawa Heart Institute is being called a game-changer for people with atrial fibrillation – the most common cause of irregular heartbeats, the Ottawa Citizen reports.
- A study co-led by the Ottawa Heart Institute provides the first definitive evidence blood thinners may no longer be needed for many with irregular heartbeats, reports the Canadian Press.
- Karine Proulx, director of public affairs at the Ottawa Heart Institute, appeared on Radio-Canada’s flagship news program, Téléjournal 18 h 30, to discuss and promote the One Million Canadian Hearts initiative.
- The Ottawa Heart Institute has been taking a mobile cardiac screening clinic into churches, retirement homes and community hubs across the city, trying to get heart conditions detected earlier in seniors. Dr. David Messika-Zeitoun joined host Rebecca Zandbergen for an interview on CBC Ottawa Morning.
- CBC: The Ottawa Heart Institute has found seven to nine per cent of people over the age of 65 have a heart condition in eastern Ontario, a statistic gathered for the past year and a half.
- The Ottawa Heart Institute will screen the hearts of one million Canadians for free to better prevent cardiovascular diseases — starting with the mayor of Ottawa! Le Droit reports.
- CTV: The Ottawa Heart Institute wants to screen one million people in Ottawa and across Canada for heart disease, as part of its five-year strategic plan to address the world’s leading cause of death.
- The Heart Institute's mobile screening program uncovered high rates of heart diseases in older adults, including some in need of urgent intervention, reports the Ottawa Citizen.
- Lianne Laing, president of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, was recently a guest on CTV Morning Live to promote the upcoming Jump In For Women's Heart Health campaign, a 30-day movement challenge and fundraising effort beginning in September.
- A new acute triage unit at the Ottawa Heart Institute is helping to reduce pressure on busy emergency departments across the city and preventing patients from being readmitted to hospital. The Ottawa Citizen reports. Lindsay MacArthur, clinical manager of the unit, was a guest on CTV Morning Live and CBC All in a Day and talked about the unit's impact.
- Emilio Alarcón, PhD, a scientist at the Ottawa Heart Institute, has been named one of the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants. He recently appeared as a guest on CTV Morning Live to share his story.
- Marcelo Muñoz shares the story behind a churro-inspired medical breakthrough with CBC Radio Ottawa Morning host Rebecca Zandbergen. Hear how this sweet treat sparked a surprising innovation — listen to the full interview on CBC or read the article in the Ottawa Citizen.