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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.
UOHI News
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
September 2011
Plans for Expansion and Renovation in Hand
The Ontario government has announced its commitment to fund a building extension and major renovation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
September 2011
In Conversation: Dr. Robert Roberts: Looking Ahead to Our Expansion
Dr. Roberts, CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute discusses the new building expansion and what it means to patient care.
September 2011
Fresh Challenges Ahead for New Foundation Leadership
Jim Orban, the new President and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation, is ready for his next significant milestone.
December 2010
Celebrating 30 Years of the Endocrine Heart
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.
May 2007
Heart Institute Scientists Make Genetic Discovery
UOHI researchers have identified a stretch of DNA that increases risk of heart disease by up to 40 per cent regardless of other established risk factors