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.
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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...
Long touted as a "rising star" among the Ottawa research community, Dr. Katey Rayner is poised to take cardiovascular research to incredible new heights
April 10, 2019, OTTAWA – The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is pleased to bring the 22 nd Annual Toronto Ottawa Heart Summit (TOHS) and the 7 th International Ottawa Heart Conference (IOHC) to Ottawa this weekend, to be presented jointly under one roof at the National Arts Centre from April 12...
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Dr. Chidam Yegappan is a cardiac anesthesiologist and intensivist with the Department of Anesthesia, Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
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.
Mr. Timothy Zakutney is Senior Vice President, Digital Health and Cardiac Technology and Chief Information and Technology Officer at the world renowned University of Ottawa Heart Institute, providing leadership and guidance surrounding medical and biomedical technology issues for healthcare. An...
The first studies to scan the entire human genome for genetic variations associated with heart disease didn’t find what researchers expected. More than two-thirds of the newly identified risk variants had no relationship to known risk factors for heart diseases such as cholesterol, high blood...