Care

June 2022

Nordic walking provides sustained health benefits to heart patients

Researchers comparing the prolonged effects of cardiovascular rehab exercises in patients with coronary artery disease determine Nordic walking confers additional health benefits

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First-of-its-kind research offers new hope for people at risk of heart attack

Care / Research

December 2021

Experimental therapy reduces cardiac-damaging toxin produced by heart attacks

First-of-its-kind research offers new hope for people at risk of heart attack

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Enhancing care, improving outcomes, and optimizing essential resources

Care / Research

September 2021

Enhancing care, improving outcomes, and optimizing essential resources

Data scientists at the Heart Institute have developed and tested a model with predictive capabilities for patients on the waitlist for heart surgery

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Care

December 2020

How an Ottawa cardiologist is transforming care for patients with incurable heart disease

In less than a year, amid the backdrop of a global pandemic, one Ottawa doctor creates a first-of-its-kind program for heart patients

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Care / Research

October 2020

“Last ditch effort” may give critically ill patients hope and a “fighting chance”

Transcatheter mitral valve repair may be a salvage therapy for patients with cardiogenic shock

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Care

March 2020

Heart scans save time and money in Canada’s far north

An acute care facility in the Nunavut territorial capital of Iqaluit becomes the country’s most northern hospital capable of performing cardiac computed tomography

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A quicker, better way to detect coronary artery disease

Care / Heart Health / Research

January 2020

Seven minutes to change the world for underserviced and remote populations

Heart Institute to begin work to validate a new, non-invasive, five-minute test for detecting coronary artery disease

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Care

October 2019

Cardiac caregivers: The invisible plus ones at the table

Are cardiac caregivers at elevated risk for CVD themselves?

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Heart Institute art project turns ceiling into healing

Care

September 2019

Heart Institute art project turns ceiling into healing

Nature-based ceiling art for happier, healthier hearts

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Electrophysiology laboratory at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Care / Research

November 2018

(Fluoro)less is more when it comes to cardiac ablation

The University of Ottawa Heart Institute is the first institution in Canada to systematically perform fluoroless ablation in patients with complex atrial arrhythmias