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Pregnancy causes profound changes in a woman's body, including her cardiovascular system.

Quality of life is significantly lower for women than men after a cardiac event, and women who lack social support have a higher risk of fatal heart disease. The Women@Heart program is a peer support program led by women with heart disease, for women with heart disease that aims to create a caring environment for women to learn from each other and support one another on the road to recovery.

Today's cardiovascular health services take place in a complex and fast-changing medical and technological environment. A well-informed public places high expectations on health care providers. At the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, collaboration and group practice are the foundation of our...

Yearly Certification training

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.