Poster Presentations

Below is the list of poster presenters for the 2025 Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit. Posters will be presented on Friday, April 25, 2025, from 5:00 – 6:00 PM.

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Basic Science

Poster Number

Title and Authors

P-01

Effect of Pregnancy on the Progression of Aortic and Aortic Valve Disease in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valves
K Abdoun*, M Fortin*, L Brunet*, M Shen, É Bédard, P Chetaille, M-A Clavel  
*These authors contributed equally to the content of this manuscript 

P-02

PET Imaging of Cardiac SNS Function with [18F]mFBG in Heart Failure Models
E L Hoddinott, U S Ismailani, B H Rotstein 2025 

P-03

Impact of pregnancy on atrial connexins 40 and 43 in mice
É Leblanc, V Long, F Dierick and C Fiset 

P-04

Characterizing arterial stiffness and reproductive status in hospital-based nurses: Results from the Champlain Nurses’ Study 
L Lew, L Cotie, T Coutinho, P Harvey, K Way, and J Reed 

P-05

A Pharmacist Care Pathway Intervention for Vascular Prevention: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial, PRxOACT 
S Liu1, RT Tsuyuki1,2,3, MM Graham2, D Nelson (patient partner), G Semeniuk (patient partner), YN Al Hamarneh1, 3 1 EPICORE, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta. 2 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta. 3 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta.

P-06

Sex Specific Differences in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy and Altered Mitochondrial Protein Acetylation in the Offspring Heart and the Protective Role of SIRT3
C Menzies, M Tomczyk, B Xiang, S Kereliuk, R Leduc, V Dolinsky 

P-07

The Pause Before the Storm: Identifying Cardiac Molecular Changes in a Mouse Model of Menopause
S Rouhana, C Barry, JL Braun, MS Geromella, VA Fajardo, WG Pyle

P-08

Exploring the Mechanisms of How Excess Androgens Adversely Impact Lipid Metabolism in Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
M. Wang, S Proctor, M Ghosh and D Vine 
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Behavioural Science

Poster Number

Title and Authors

P-09

Getting to the Heart of the Matter – Social Determinants of Health, Behaviour Change and Cardiovascular Disease: A Phenomenological Study
G Crichlow, S L Sibbald

P-10

Impact of intervention delivery method on adherence and exercise time in women with prediabetes or diabetes
AP Batalha, M Cassimiro, I Vilete, G Patueli, M Camargos, D Amaral, P Trevizan, L da Silva.

P-11

Development and Preliminary Validation of the Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire for Postpartum Women with Pregnancy-Related Complications (CADE-Q-PP): A Modified Delphi Approach
G Lima de Melo Ghisi,L Cotie, K Nerenberg, S Gundy, G Smith, CL Pollock, K Fleming, TJF Colella.

P-12

Sex Differences in the Cognitive Recovery of Adults with Cardiac Arrest and Myocardial Infarction 
S Kelly, D Debicki, L Norton, A Owen 
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Clinical Science

Poster Number

Title and Authors

P-13

Incorporating severe maternal morbidity into clinical prediction models for postpartum cardiovascular disease
M Alcantara, GD Shapiro, RW Platt, M Abrahamowicz, JG Ray, UV Ukah, N Dayan

P-14

Impact of Patient-Physician Sex Concordance on Patient Outcomes in Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures
T Anpalagan, F Qiu, R Manoragavan, H Wijeysundera

P-15

Distribution of HDL-C and LDL-C and their subfractions in mammary carcinogenesis. Case-control study
S Belbraouet, M Nappert, A Meziane, N Zoubdane, T Fülöp, A Khalil

P-16

Cognitive functioning and biological differences in heart failure: a matter of sex or disease?
C-A Blanchette, F Besnier, E G Dupuy, C Gagnon, T Vincent, J-L Rouleau, N Bouabdallaoui, J Iglesies-Grau, N Racine, F Tournoux, F J Apullan, P Vitali, S Belleville, L Bherer

P-17

Prescribing Trends of Hospital Discharge Medications for Secondary Prevention of Patients with Myocardial Infarction with Non-obstructive Coronary Arteries (MINOCA) 
J Chai, E Théberge, T Sedlak

P-18

Acceleration Postpartum (ACCEL-PP): A pilot feasibility study
L Cotie, C Pollock, S Gundy, K Nerenberg, G Smith, P Oh, TJF Colella

P-19

Detection Methods for Persistent Postpartum Hypertension: A Scoping Review
M Daneshmand, H Dastari, L Hales, N Patel, A Alkatat, G Altit, S Grandi, K Nerenberg, S Daskalopoulou, I Malhamé

P-20

Women@Heart In-patient Support Program: Bedside Support Initiative for Women with Heart Disease
N Elias, N Parast, Z Koopman, A Charlebois, L MacArthur, J Harris, B Quinlan

P-21

Assessment of valve hemodynamics following transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in women with small aortic annulus
E Fadel, C Diep, E Calin, JB Masson, J Potvin, JF Gobeil, N Noiseux, D Kalavrouziotis, S Mohammadi, LM Stevens, J Forcillo

P-22

V02max determinants are associated with different cognitive outcomes in women with HFrEF and HFpEF
C Gagnon, F. Besnier, PO Magnan, B Bérubé, F Sellier, J Iglesies-Grau, M Gayda, V Dionne, H Benhalima, A Nigam, M Juneau, P L L'Allier, N Bouabdallaoui, JL Rouleau, L Bherer

P-23

The association between duration of menopausal hormone therapy and cardiovascular health
N Gulamhusein, S Dumanski, T Harrison, S Butalia, S Ramesh, D Sola, S Ahmed

P-24

Estimating the association between parity and gravidity & blood pressure and hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis
N Gulamhusein, B Pattar, S Dumanski, S Butalia, T Harrison, S Ahmed

P-25

Hysterectomy and hypertension risk: a protocol for a retrospective population-based cohort study
N Gulamhusein, T Harrison, S Butalia, S Dumanski, S Ahmed

P-26

Exploring the Feasibility of Implementing First Trimester Screening for Pre-eclampsia in Primary Care
N Leung, N Okun, I Wirsig, K Fleming

P-27

Bayesian Methods in High-Impact Surgical Journals (2000–2024): Gender Disparities, Trends, and Reporting Standards
Z Li, A Izumi, D Vervoort, S Fremes

P-28

Beta-Blockers in Patients with Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) — Easing Angina, But Not Anxiety 
L-M Maukel1 (PhD), T Coutinho2 (MD, FRCPC), S Mulvagh3 (MD), D So1,4 (MD), M Madan5 (MD), K Bouchard1,4  (PhD), C Pacheco6 (MD), J Saw7 (MD), J Reed1,4 (PhD), S Liu8 (MD), L Sun1,9 (MD), G Wells1,4 (PhD), H Robert10, N Lappa10, & H Tulloch1,4 (PhD, C. Psych)  1 University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada; 2 Mayo Clinic Cardiology, Rochester, MN, USA; 3 Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; 4 University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada;5 University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 6 Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada; 7 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; 8 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 9 Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; 10 Patient partner of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada

P-29

Sex based differences in epicardial adipose tissue volume and association with histological acute cellular rejection among post cardiac transplant patients
B.Mengesha MD, M.C.Caires, R.DeKemp PhD, R.Beanlands MD, B.Chow MD, D.Dey MD, S.Chih MD, K.M.Boczar MD 

P-30

Monitoring, managing and preventing cardiovascular risks in women with hypertensive disorders during pregnancy: A scoping review
N Moubarak, G Maria-Cécilia

P-31

An Environmental Scan of Psychological Care Offered Through Women’s Heart Health Clinics
JStadlwieser & VPatel, NTegg, CMNorris

P-32

Recognizing the risks to women for cardiovascular disease: A quality initiative in the cardiac imaging program at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI)
V Skinner, C Brewer, S Wong

P-33

Exploring associations between estrogen and gene candidates identified by coronary artery disease genome-wide association studies
Théberge ET, Aminbakhsh AP, Burden E, Kalenga-Adejumo C, Gravely A, Lehman A, Sedlak TL

P-34

Natural History of Cardiovascular Disease In Young Women: Cardiometabolic Risk, Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and Cardiac Function is Exacerbated in those With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
X Wu, Ghosh M, H Becher, J Windram, K Nadeau, M Cree and Vine D

P-35

Heart Health in Young Women: Progression of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease is Increased in those with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
X Wu, J Batara, H Becher, J Windram, P Raggi, M Ghosh, M Cree, D Vine

P-36

Exploring Women’s Involvement in Cardiac Rehabilitation: Women in the Heart of Recovery
Jennifer Harris, Katherine Wolf, Carley D. O’Neill, Gareth Davies

P-37

Progression of Atherosclerosis and Left Ventricular Dysfunction in High-Risk Young Women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
X Wu, M Ghosh M, P Raggi, H Becher, J Windram, D Vine 
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Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence

Poster Number

Title and Authors

P-38

How Do Clinicians Perceive the Role of AI in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention for Women?
T Wang, A Sandhu, K Vamvakas, H Bergman, R Grad, I Vedel, M-P Gagnon, S Yousefi, S Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi 
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Equity, Diversity, Justice and Belonging

Poster Number

Title and Authors

P-39

Empowering Korean immigrant women through culturally tailored cardiovascular health education: An educational tool creation 
LMoon, NTegg, CMNorris

P-40

Intersectionality and Unpaid Caregiving: Implications for Caregiver’s Health and Wellbeing Across Cultures in Canada
M Parry, K Patel, F Tavangar, D Baiden, R Nissim, R Betini, H Burnside, D Gaetano, S Hemani, N Nickerson, C Norris, T Owadally, L Pilote, P Baxter, A Coupal, S Hasan, M Ho, O Kulbak, S Mohammed, L Mullaly, J Theriault, W Wu, A O’Hara, E Peter

P-41

HER-CROWN – Re-examining HER Cardiovascular Risks – Ottawa WomeN’s Longitudinal Cohort Pilot Study – Protocol and Preliminary Analysis
C Van Dam, T Coutinho, A Dicks, R Crosier, H Mir, K Boczar, E Quirouette, K Mullen 

P-42

Incidence of Cardiometabolic Associated Reproductive Events (CARE) over 2010-2020 in Alberta, Canada
Bali K, Eckert B, Liu Z, Martin EA, Job-McIntosh C, Metcalfe A, Negre J, Nix K, Shahid A, Southern D, TLA Hawkins, Vlasschaert M, Nerenberg KA

P-43

Engaging Women with Lived Experience in Tailoring Educational Resources for Cardiovascular Rehabilitation
AP Batalha, G McKinley, GLM Ghisi

P-44

Development Of A Post-Pregnancy Inter-Professional Workshop For Patients With A Hypertensive Disorder Of Pregnancy Within An Academic Family Health Team
J Rao, M Shireen, I Wirsig, T Johannsen, N Leung, D Elman, L Caplan, K Fung, L Copeland, M Feldt, K Fleming

P-45

Improving Patient Care for Women’s Heart Health by Increasing Women’s Heart Health Education
Z Koopman, M Sergerie, N Parast, B Quinlan

P-46

The Development of a Chest-Pain Protocol for Women Presenting to the Emergency Department
S Jaffer, M Noble, A Pozgay, V Randhawa, M Gulati, E Mensour, N Parast, N Tegg, E Theberge, EK Harchaoui, SL Mulvagh

P-47

A Provider Toolkit for the Post-Pregnancy Cardiovascular Assessment of Patients With a Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy
J Rao, M Shireen, I Wirsig, T Johannsen, N Leung, L Dubrofsky, D Elman, K Fleming 

P-48

Calls for engaging patient partners have largely gone unheard in cardiovascular research
Kelly D. Cobey, Marc A. Albert, Kailyn MacKinnon, Sheila Gariepy, Helen Robert, Ann-Marie Julien, Anna Catharina Vieira Armond, Edward Xu, Faris Almoli, Bassam Almoli, Aarooshi Gulati, Nana Yaa Barnes, Stuart G. Nicholls, Sarah Visintini, David Moher

P-49

Getting To The Heart Of “Adherence”: Prototyping Treatment Support For Young Women After Heart Events
A Saby

P-50

Development of Provincial Patient and Primary Clinical Care Pathways For Those With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome to Manage Their Health And Risk Factors For Heart Health
S Chambers, P Beckles, M McPherson, L Sadiq, M Kupreeva, L Mereu, A Achi, T Motan, C LeJour, BC Sydora, J Robison, M Ghosh, DF Vine 
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Indigenous Health

Poster Number

Title and Authors

P-51

Exploring Determinants of Cardiovascular Health in Métis Women: The Role of Adverse Childhood and Discrimination Experiences, Social Support, and Physical Fitness
S Johnson, S Moore, G Selinger, J LaFleur, M Fatima, H Foulds
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Population Health

Poster Number

Title and Authors

P-52

Challenges and opportunities for improving the cardiovascular health in women with breast cancer.
S Ali; KA Mullen

P-53

The effect of gender related factors in the association between Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and White Matter Hyperintensities
A Angarita-Fonseca, M Marcotte, A Kaur, H Behlouli, M Rajah, L Pilote

P-54

Making the shift from knowing to unknowing and living with one's risk for coronary artery disease following a diagnosis of gestational diabetes: A grounded theory study
D. Baldwin, A. Pike, M. Mackay, D. Moralejo, K. Jarvis

P-55

Multiple CVD Risk Factors in Women Earlier in the Lifespan: Results of a secondary analysis from a cluster RCT in Canada.
J Bruneau, D Moralejo

P-56

Losing social connections as we age and links to hypertension risk in adults in Canada: a gender-sensitive secondary data analysis study of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (2011-2021)
G Ceolin, NA Khan, G Veenstra , R Madani Civi, S Mehranfar, AI Conklin

P-57

Adverse changes in social ties are a risk of developing central obesity over 6 years among aging women and men in Canada
G Ceolin, G Veenstra, NA Khan, R Madani Civi, S Mehranfar, AI Conklin

P-58

Three systematic reviews of prospective associations between social connections and cardiovascular risk factors using a gender lens
AI Conklin, S Mehranfar, R Madani Civi, P Guo

P-59

Estimation of the Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Screening among Females with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Alberta
J Ha, J Yamamoto, R Vettese, J Benham

P-60

Long-Term Brain Health among Females with Hypertension during Pregnancy
A Kaur, A Angarita Fonseca, H Behlouli, N Rajah, L Pilote

P-61

Sex Differences in In-Hospital Management and Outcomes of Patients with Acute Heart Failure
A Li, N Mehta, S Kader, J Singh, A Lavoie

P-62

Gender, alterations in social connections and changes in healthy eating: a prospective study of aging Canadians
S Mehranafar, G Ceolin, R Madani Civi, AI Conklin

P-63

Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and cardiovascular disease risk factors in Canadians living with and without cardiovascular disease
J Reed, D Zaman, M Betancourt, C Robitaille, M Majoni, C Blanchard, C O’Neill, S Prince

P-64

Impact of Secondary Amenorrhea on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Physically Active Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
N Tegg, C Myburgh, E O’Donnell , M Kennedy, C M Norris
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