Research

December 2011

CCC 2011: Repair for Damaged Tissue

With the recent understanding that progenitor cells in the adult body can help heal a damaged heart, both by repairing heart muscle tissue and building new blood vessels to supply oxygen, researchers have been looking for ways to help these cells work harder and live longer.

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December 2011

AHA 2011: UOHI Research Named among Top 5 Canadian Abstracts

Mutations in the gene are associated with striated muscle diseases such as cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy. Patrick Burgon

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December 2011

UOHI at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011

At this year’s Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Heart Institute staff participated in nearly 100 research presentations, workshops, panels and invited talks.

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December 2011

The Heart Institute at AHA 2011

Heart Institute staff presented more than 40 talks and posters at this years American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, Florida.

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December 2011

Transforming Advanced Imaging Technology into Patient Care

New cardiac imaging technology at the Heart Institute will allow physicians and researchers to greatly expand their pursuit of advanced heart function studies while ensuring shorter diagnostic wait times for patients.

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Education / Featured / Research

December 2011

Graduate Research: Building Collaborations and Careers

The Beat spoke with four Ottawa Heart Institute graduate students about their reasons for coming to train here, their ongoing research and their plans for the future.

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Care / Research

September 2011

Helping the Heart Heal Itself: The Promise of Regenerative Medicine

Looking for ways to supercharge cells to spur the repair of tissue damaged by heart attack.

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September 2011

Researchers Discover Cellular Process that Could Reverse Major Cause of Heart Attack

A research team at the Heart Institute led by biochemist Yves Marcel, Director of the Heart Institute’s High-Density Lipoprotein Biology Laboratory, has discovered a new function for a known cellular pathway known as autophagy.

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Featured / Profiles / Research

June 2011

A New Gene Linked to the Aging Process and Heart Development

A Heart Institute research team has been the first to describe a gene that appears to play a role in heart development and aging.

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Featured / Research

April 2011

Refining Cardiovascular Risk

The international CARDIoGRAM consortium has discovered 13 new genetic variants associated with increased risk for heart disease.

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April 2011

International Collaboration Links 13 New Genes to Heart Disease

In the largest-ever collaborative study of its kind, a team of cardiovascular genetics researchers from around the world have identified 13 new genetic variants associated with coronary artery disease (CAD).

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February 2011

RAFT Trial Among Top 10 Research Advances

The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association have named the RAFT trial among the top 10 research advances in heart disease in 2010.

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CCC 2011: Repair for Damaged Tissue

AHA 2011: UOHI Research Named among Top 5 Canadian Abstracts

UOHI at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011

The Heart Institute at AHA 2011

Transforming Advanced Imaging Technology into Patient Care

Graduate Research: Building Collaborations and Careers

Helping the Heart Heal Itself: The Promise of Regenerative Medicine

Researchers Discover Cellular Process that Could Reverse Major Cause of Heart Attack

A New Gene Linked to the Aging Process and Heart Development

Refining Cardiovascular Risk

International Collaboration Links 13 New Genes to Heart Disease

RAFT Trial Among Top 10 Research Advances

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