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From Gut to Heart: GLP-1, Diet, and the Metabolic Roots of Cardiovascular Disease
AI-enabled Treatment Decision Support for Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Cardiogenic Shock: Where We’ve Been and Where We Are Going
Sex and Gender in Cardiovascular Health and Disease: A Decades-Long Journey - And We Have Only just Begun!
Hearts on Fire - The New Frontier in Pericardial Disease
From Cardiac Conduction System Heterogeneity to Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy: Conserved Programs Linking Development and Disease
Management of tricuspid valve regurgitation: Why, When, Who and How to treat?
Endowed lecture - Reclaiming Our Hearts; What Places South Asians at Risk of Heart Disease and What Can We Do About It?
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is Canada’s largest heart health centre. Our goal is to understand, treat and prevent heart disease through excellent patient care, research, and teaching.
Heart disease can feel scary – but the good news is there is a lot you can do to lower your risk. In this article, we’ll touch on the risk factors you can't change, then focus on the ones you can and provide simple steps you can take to protect your heart and your health.
If you are eligible to participate in the study, you will be asked to attend a “baseline” assessment with your partner at the UOHI. We will ask both partners to complete some questionnaires before this appointment.
Sugar has been getting a lot of negative attention lately. American cities have tried to ban extra-large soft drinks. The Canadian Diabetes Association and some municipalities want a tax imposed on sugar-sweetened beverages. Some articles claim certain kinds of sugar are worse for you than others...
As we age, the aortic valve in our hearts can become hardened due to calcium deposits that build up over time. This is the most common cause of aortic stenosis which affects the opening and closing of the valve, restricting blood flow to the rest of the body. The condition affects more than 100,000...
We are Canada's largest and foremost heart health centre dedicated to understanding, treating, and preventing heart disease.
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...
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.