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Dr. Martin Green is a Cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. His main interest is heart rhythm.
Marc-André Groulx is an Elected Director and Chair of the Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation(OHIRC) Board of Directors.
It was a cold, wintery morning on January 15 when a crowd of well-wishers joined numerous city and provincial dignitaries to celebrate the groundbreaking for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s expansion project. Many years in the making, the expansion will have a substantial impact on the...
The Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Clinic is a nurse-led clinic to help patients gradually increase the dosage of their heart failure medication to the target dosing. Heart failure medication has been proven to lower a patient’s risk of hospitalization and death when they have heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Ming Hao Guo, MD, is a surgeon in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI).
While you are admitted, or even after you are discharged from hospital, you should feel comfortable to ask your health care provider, “Did you wash your hands?” The Heart Institute posts hand hygiene compliance rates.
Simon Hansom, MD, is a cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
After five years as a post-doctoral fellow at New York University, former Ottawa Heart Institute trainee Mireille Ouimet, PhD, has returned to the Institute to lead the new Cardiovascular Metabolism and Cell Biology Laboratory. Her team will focus on understanding how defects in a cellular process...
Precision medicine, tailored care, personalized medicine—these catch phrases all have been used over the last decade to represent similar visions for fundamentally changing the way health care is provided. The goal, in the broadest sense, is to move away from delivering care based on population...
Healing Hearts Together (HHT) is a relationship-education program for couples that aims to enhance couples’ relationship quality, and mental and physical health.
Today, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) is releasing the first ten episodes of The Heartwise Podcast, a cardiac prevention and rehabilitation prototype that offers practical and pragmatic advice to the health conscious to help them live healthier and happier lives. Dr. Bob Reid, the...
Find information on referring a patient, resources for your patients, professional training, clinical trials, guidelines and best practices, and more.
A good night’s sleep is important for a healthy heart. In fact, studies show that poor quality sleep increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease and can be a point of concern for those living with cardiovascular disease.
Two Heart Institute researchers were recently awarded national peer reviewed Heart and Stroke Foundation Grants-in-Aid! Dr. Katey Rayner and Dr. Peter Liu received operating grants in support of their important, novel research that will lead to improved heart health for Canadians. Dr. Peter Liu was...
The Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada named two (2) researchers from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute recipients of project funding through its Grant-in-Aid Program, and honoured Erin Mulvihill, PhD, with its National New Investigator Award. The Grant-in-Aid Program provides operating...
A heart attack happens when the supply of oxygen-rich blood is cut off from part of the heart muscle. Heart attacks are usually caused by blockages in the arteries that provide the heart with blood.
The purpose of this guide is to provide information about heart failure, to outline the treatment options and to provide tips on managing your heart failure.