The purpose of this guide is to provide information about heart failure, to outline the treatment options and to provide tips on managing your heart failure.
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February is Heart Month, but it’s always a good time to pay attention to your heart health. That’s especially true because the things you can do to keep your heart healthy are also good for your general wellbeing and help prevent many other chronic diseases.
The Heart Healthy Living Guide was developed for people who have been diagnosed with heart disease, but the tools and information are useful for anyone.
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When Stephanie Colpitts’ mother-in-law became ill and had to be admitted to hospital, her family took great care in selecting and decorating her room with artwork from home to make her feel more comfortable. Despite their best efforts, her mother-in-law spent a great deal of time looking up at a...
With topics ranging from sedentary behaviour to stem cells, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute has more than 80 items on the program at CCC 2015. Our program guide will help you find them all. Look for the Heart Institute in the exhibit hall at booth 908. Presentations and Activities Schedule...
Nearly 70 Ottawa Heart Institute program items will be on tap this year at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Montreal. Topics range widely across basic research, clinical research and clinical practice. Our program guide will help you find them all. A particular highlight will be the Heart...
Nearly 70 Ottawa Heart Institute program items will be on tap this year at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Vancouver. Topics range widely across basic research, clinical research and clinical practice. Our program guide will help you find them all. Download the 2017 Canadian Cardiovascular...
It’s a remarkable feat of science and innovation, a team effort through and through – and the Heart Institute has excelled at it for decades
Like most health care organizations in Canada, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute undergoes regular review by Accreditation Canada. This rigorous process assesses hospitals against more than 900 standards and criteria. As part of its 2013 accreditation, Accreditation Canada identified four...
Newly funded projects will advance discoveries that could transform cardiovascular disease prevention and AI-enabled care
Congratulations Drs. Kelly Cobey, Mireille Ouimet and Heather Tulloch
Researchers recommend a unified framework to improve care for patients with heart disease.
Ottawa Heart Institute researcher and scientist Jodi Edwards, PhD, will lead a new $5 million national research network focused on improving recovery and rehabilitation for women after heart-brain events such as stroke, heart attack, and cardiac arrest.
UOHI researchers have identified a stretch in the DNA sequence that increases risk of heart disease by up to 40 per cent regardless of other established risks such as cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes. The discovery could help identify people at high future risk for heart disease, enabling...
Use of the VARIPULSE™ Platform marks a significant milestone in the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
Traditional cardiovascular revascularization trials have long been designed by clinicians to examine outcomes that are predominantly of interest to clinicians. These trials are sometimes referred to as “tombstone trials” within the medical community for their tendency to focus on death or other...
Technologists at the Qikiqtani General Hospital (QGH) in the Nunavut territorial capital of Iqaluit are now performing sophisticated scans of patients’ hearts. It’s a feat that saves would-be travellers in the name of cardiac health the burden of a lengthy trip south for diagnostic testing, and the...
Attend a day of education to receive insightful information about valvular heart disease. Hosted by the Centre for Valvular Heart Disease (CVHD) at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI).
Join us to learn about heart valve disease, care and treatment options. Hear from University of Ottawa Heart Institute experts and patient partners about their experience with heart valve disease.