This year, the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress is part of an even larger event called Vascular 2013, combining parallel conferences dedicated to cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes and stroke. The University of Ottawa Heart Institute has program items in all of these—nearly 120 in all...
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Thirty-one years ago, it was not known that the heart produces hormones. That changed in 1981 when Adolfo de Bold, PhD, discovered that muscle cells in the atria of the heart secrete atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), an essential hormone that regulates fluid volume, blood pressure and sodium. Since...
Cessation experts gather in Ottawa this week for fifteenth anniversary of premier quit-smoking event
National and international smoking cessation experts will converge in the capital this week to participate in the 15 th Annual Ottawa Conference: State-of-the-Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation, Canada’s premier event promoting the latest ideas and evidence in clinical tobacco treatment...
In 2016, the first Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit marked the only national gathering focused on women’s heart health in over 15 years. Now, as planning for the 2018 Summit moves into full swing, the organizers have published a summary of the results from the 2016 event in the Canadian Journal...
At the big-picture level, we understand the risk factors for a heart attack, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, and genetics. We also know that a heart attack is caused when plaque buildup in the wall of a coronary artery ruptures and blocks the blood vessel. What...
OTTAWA, March 18, 2021 – The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced the recipients of its Fall 2020 Project Grant competition. Thais Coutinho, MD, and Mireille Ouimet, PhD, along with co-principal investigator Katey Rayner, PhD, from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, will...
Cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention (CRSP) programs are recommended for patients with cardiovascular disease, however participation in these programs is believed to be alarmingly low. At the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, where hundreds of cardiovascular specialists and allied...
In October, a crane carefully lowered the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s first dedicated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner into a narrow access way so that it could be rolled through the exterior wall of the building and into position. By early December, the new MRI facility was fully...
Named uOttawa Faculty of Medicine’s Clinical Researcher of the Year The University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Division Head of Cardiac Surgery has been awarded top honours from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Marc Ruel will receive the 2019 Clinical "Researcher of the Year" Award...
Dr. Marc Ruel, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Division Head of Cardiac Surgery, has been bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of India. Dr. Ruel received this award in recognition of his “seminal advances in...
A White Paper published in the American Heart Association’s Journal, Circulation, is proposing a number of novel strategies for the improved future of heart health centres serving women. Dr. Thais Coutinho, Chief of the Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa...
With case numbers, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions all up, Canada’s third wave is proving more dangerous than at any other point since the pandemic began more than a year ago. It’s beginning to feel as though it’s the twelfth round of a boxing match and COVID-19 is bounce-stepping on fresh legs...
In light of COVID-19, and in keeping with our mission to always put patients first, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is cancelling all outpatient classes, support groups and workshops, effective Monday, March 16, until further notice. The health and safety of our patients, hospital staff and...
Our editorial team is working from home to bring you a series of articles about the coronavirus. This article, about a study that explores the potential of medical imaging for detecting coronavirus, is the second in the series. A computerized tomography scan (CT scan for short) uses three...
Printable, on-the-spot heart repair. Tiny vehicles delivering stem cells to organs in need. Silver scaffolds implanted into an eyeball. Scenes from a sci-fi film, or plausible therapy? Learn about the extraordinary new developments out of Dr. Emilio Alarcon’s BioEngineering and Therapeutic Solutions...
With enthusiasm and a shared sense of purpose, experts in women and heart disease gathered in Ottawa this April for the first Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit. Attendees included leading figures in clinical care and research from across North America. The event aimed to lay the groundwork for...
In the 1950s, available advice on women and heart health largely consisted of information on how to help husbands recover from their heart attacks. As the famous ad says, we’ve come a long way, baby. Progress is being made in addressing women’s heart health, progress that was amply demonstrated at...
Heart Institute announces grand opening of state-of-the-art digital innovation hub for enhanced collaboration and innovation across specialties
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. David Birnie as the new head of its Division of Cardiology. Appointed for a five-year mandate, Dr. Birnie succeeds Dr. Rob Beanlands. Dr. Birnie was educated in Scotland and received his medical degree (MB ChB) from...
Heather Tulloch, PhD, is a Clinical, Health and Rehabilitation Psychologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Medicine and the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. As staff psychologist in the Heart Institute’s Division of Cardiac...