This guide will help you and your caregiver understand and feel more comfortable with your left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
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Dr. Wenbin Liang is a Scientist and Director of the Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Laboratory at University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He is also an Associate Professor at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, in the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Ottawa.
Hear the latest best practice updates in primary prevention, prehab, smoking cessation, and much more.
Living Well as a Caregiver is a guide designed to support caregivers of patients with cardiovascular disease.
Even though you will receive the best available care to treat and manage your heart condition, your heart disease is not curable. Heart disease is a chronic health condition that, like any health problem, can bring uncertainty and changes into your everyday life.
The purpose of this guide is to provide information about atrial fibrillation, to outline the treatment options for this condition and to provide tips on living well with atrial fibrillation.
Map and directions to find the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Heart Wise Exercise started in Ottawa and is a program of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. The model has been adapted by several partners who have developed HWE networks in their regions.
Erika MacPhee is Vice President, Clinical Operations at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Dr. Gyaandeo Maharajh is a core member of the adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) team at the Ottawa Heart Institute, having served as the Institute’s lead congenital cardiac surgeon for over 25 years.
Dr. Jakub Maj is a cardiologist and a clinician expert at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He specializes in adult echocardiography.
Dr. Rebecca Mathew is a cardiologist and critical care medicine specialist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). She is also appointed as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Danielle May-Cuconato is an Elected Director of the Board of Directors at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Dalton McGuinty is Elected Director and Chair of the Board of Governers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
All media must work through the Department of Communications, which is pleased to help connect any writer/reporter with the best experts in cardiovascular medicine and research.
Meet our research team.
Dr. Messika-Zeitoun is a cardiologist in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and a full professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He is currently director of the Centre for Valvular Heart Disease and of the Heart Valve Mobile Screening Program.
This unique approach uses small incisions between the ribs to access the heart as an alternative to the incision through the breastbone (sternum) typical of traditional open-heart surgery. As a result, there may be less damage to surrounding tissues and therefore less pain and quicker healing.
Andres F. Miranda-Arboleda, MD, is a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He is also an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.