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April 2011

Heart Institute Pathologist Takes Leading International Role

Dr. John Veinot of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute has been elected President of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology, an international association that brings together professionals from around the world.

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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.

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Dr. Ruth McPherson, Dr. Robert Roberts and Alexandre Stewart, PhD

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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

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