Read detailed coverage of CCC and AHA 2014 – highlights include text messaging and mobile apps for health promotion, updates on atrial fibrillation and the future of cardiac rehabilitation. CCC 2014: Presentations and Activities Schedule (pdf) AHA 2014: Presentations and Activities Schedule (pdf)...
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We know the best ways to prevent a heart attack. Healthy eating, being physically active and not smoking are key among them. And advances in cardiac care are helping people live longer and with a better quality of life if they do have a heart attack. But there is no way to repair the damage and...
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...
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...
The Centre for Valvular Heart Disease (CVHD) provides a state-of-the-art evaluation of patients with heart valve disease. We welcome any symptomatic or asymptomatic patient with newly diagnosed or pre-existing heart valve disease for a second opinion, full evaluation, and care.
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) offers internationally recognized programs, education and services for the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease risk factors to patients, families, healthcare practitioners, and the public.
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...
Dr. Vincent Chan is a Cardiac Surgeon at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Ottawa.
Amy Charlebois is the advanced practice nurse for cardiac surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute where she participates in patient education, care and research.
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...
Robert Chen, MD, is a staff anesthesiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
You will be asked to change into a hospital gown and remove any jewellery in the chest area. This reduces the risk of any interference that can be caused by clothing or jewellery. You will be asked to stand in front of the detector in the X-ray room. A medical radiation technologist will confirm...
Attendees of the 5th Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit can access professional childcare services on April 25-26, 2025, at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa.
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...
Aun-Yeong Chong, MD, is a staff interventional cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Benjamin Chow, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACC, FESC, FASNC, MSCCT is a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology and Nuclear Medicine) and Radiology at the University of Ottawa.
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...
Dr. Nadia Clarizia is a cardiac surgeon and intensivist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
We offer a variety of classes and workshops for patients and family/caregivers that deal with healthy living, as well as specific types of heart disease and treatments.
Clinical Guidelines Links to guidelines and best practices for cardiovascular medicine issued by professional societies Guidelines Applied in Practice A regional initiative for acute coronary syndrome and heart failure