Please consider sharing this article widely using the hashtag #HerHeartMatters. It’s an alarming truth: Globally, heart diseases affect one in three women, yet, in 2022, women are under studied, under diagnosed, under treated, and under aware when it comes to their heart health. This truth is...
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Cardiac patients at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) are getting healthier faster thanks to recently acquired state-of-the-art cardiopulmonary exercise monitoring equipment with ergospirometry (CPET). The Oxycon TM Mobile Device pairs portability with functionality, and packs a big...
Pregnancy causes profound changes in a woman's body, including her cardiovascular system.
[Editor’s note: This article is an update of a previously published story.] Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women worldwide, yet it remains under-diagnosed and symptoms often go unrecognized. In July of this year, the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre published the results of a...
The meetings provide the opportunity to ask questions to clinicians and to meet and interact in an informal setting.
Join us for an insightful education day to explore the fundamentals of women’s heart health.
The 2025 Women’s Heart Health Education Day will provide the latest updates and best practices in women’s heart health and heart disease. This event features excellent multidisciplinary and patient partner speakers.
Events held in communities throughout Canada will drive awareness and action this February
Yearly Certification training
The first studies to scan the entire human genome for genetic variations associated with heart disease didn’t find what researchers expected. More than two-thirds of the newly identified risk variants had no relationship to known risk factors for heart diseases such as cholesterol, high blood...