In the largest-ever collaborative study of its kind, a team of cardiovascular genetics researchers from around the world have identified 13 new genetic variants associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). This finding more than doubled the number of genetic variants known to impact risk for CAD...
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Dr. Kelly Cobey is the 2024 recipient of Nature’s John Maddox Prize
When you hear “ Code STEMI” announced over the loudspeakers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, you can be sure of two things: Someone in the Ottawa region is having a serious heart attack, and he or she may well be in the best place in the world for that to happen. A STEMI (ST-elevation...
Somewhere between traditional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons sit interventional cardiologists. Like surgeons, interventionists get blood on their gowns in the process of correcting structural problems of the heart, but their approach is more subtle and less invasive. Spending their days in the...
To new cardiac anesthesiology residents, Dr. Jean-Yves Dupuis explains that it may be hard for them to predict the twists and turns their careers might take. “I tell them that the day I finished my internship back in 1979, I swore I would never go back to a university hospital—I wanted to travel the...
In March, Dr. Rob Beanlands was appointed Chief of Cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He brings extensive career experience in cardiovascular imaging and a passion for patient-centred care and education to his new position. Dr. Beanlands takes over from Dr. Terrence Ruddy, Chief...
An educational class for patients and their loved one(s) who have experienced a Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD).
Cardiology experts from Canada and around the world have gathered in Toronto this weekend to attend the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC), the largest gathering of cardiovascular and allied healthcare professionals in the country. The Congress draws hundreds of speakers highlighting innovations...
Grant A. Jameson is an Elected Director of the Board of Governors at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
As a scuba diver with over 200 dives, I was wondering what the future held for me after my double valve repair in October 2021. After great work by Dr. Glineur and his team and the comprehensive rehab program, I was able to resume scuba diving.
Whether it’s watching television, going for a long drive or spending hours in front of a computer, sitting for long periods of time increases your risk for a variety of health problems, even if you get regular exercise. While regular exercise is key to preventing heart disease, obesity and diabetes...
Key policies and agreements at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Kyoung-Han Kim, PhD, is a scientist and director of the Functional Genetics and Metabolism Laboratory at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Dr M Labinaz is a staff cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He is the Director of Structural Cardiac Interventions at the University of Ottawa.
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute acknowledges the unceded traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg and the people of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation which encompasses the watershed of the Kitchissippi (Big River) now commonly known as the Ottawa River.
In July, the first patient in a landmark clinical trial received treatment at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. The new ENACT-AMI (Enhanced Angiogenic Cell Therapy—Acute Myocardial Infarction) trial, led by the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, is designed to test whether genetically...
Dr. Le May is the Director of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Regional STEMI Program and an Interventional Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine.
This guide will help you and your caregiver understand and feel more comfortable with your left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
Dr. Wenbin Liang is a Scientist and Director of the Cardiovascular Electrophysiology Laboratory at University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He is also a 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.