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  • Heart attack
  • Heart Failure
  • Heart valve disease
  • High cholesterol
  • Hypertension (high blood pressure)
  • Inherited cardiac conditions (genetic disorders)
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
  • Thoracic aortic diseases

Tests and procedures

  • Alcohol septal ablation
  • Ambulatory blood pressure monitor
  • Ambulatory electrocardiogram (holter monitor)
  • Angioplasty
  • Angiogram (cardiac catheterization)
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Cardioversion
  • Chest X-ray
  • Computed tomography (CT) scan
  • Coronary artery bypass surgery
  • Echocardiogram
  • Electrocardiogram
  • Electrophysiology study/standard catheter ablation
  • Heart transplant
  • Heart valve surgery
  • Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
  • Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery
  • MitraClip
  • Nuclear multigated acquisition scan
  • Pacemaker
  • Pericardiocentesis
  • PET cardiology viability imaging
  • PET myocardial perfusion imaging
  • Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy
  • Stress echocardiogram
  • Stress myocardial perfusion imaging
  • Surgical cardiac ablation
  • TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation)
  • Thoracoscopic surgical ablation
  • Transesophageal echocardiogram
  • Treadmill exercise stress test
  • Ventricular assist device

Tools and resources

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  • Living well with heart disease
  • Caregiver resources
  • Classes, workshops and support groups
  • Death and bereavement
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Patient guides

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Clinical care guidelines and best practices

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Professional development

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Cardiovascular research in Ottawa

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About our research

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Recent publications

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Research teams

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  • ARCHIMEDES
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  • Behavioural Research Group
  • Bio-nanomaterials Chemistry and Engineering Laboratory
  • Cardiac Anesthesiology Research
  • Cardiac Arrhythmia Research
  • Cardiac Function Laboratory
  • Cardiac PET Research
  • Cardiac Translational Research Laboratory
  • Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
  • Cardiovascular Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine Laboratory
  • Cardiovascular Metabolism and Cell Biology Laboratory
  • Cardiovascular Research Methods Centre
  • Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Laboratory
  • Clinical Services Research
  • Energy Substrate Metabolism Research Laboratory
  • Exercise Physiology and Cardiovascular Health Laboratory
  • Functional Genetics and Metabolism Laboratory
  • Laboratory of Translational Genomics
  • Leenen Laboratory
  • Lipoprotein Receptor Biology Laboratory
  • Mechanisms of Right Heart Failure
  • Metaresearch and Open Science Program
  • Molecular Imaging Probes and Radiochemistry Laboratory
  • Molecular Signaling Laboratory
  • Patient Oriented Research in Cardiac Arrhythmia
  • RAPID Research Team
  • Regenerative Therapies Laboratory
  • SPECT Research
  • Vascular Inflammation and Metabolism Laboratory

Resources and services

  • Core facilities and infrastructure
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  • Research Ethics Board
  • Trainee corner

Core facilities and infrastructure

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  • Biomarker Discovery and Validation Facility
  • Cardiac Imaging Resources Core Laboratory Facility
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  • High Resolution Cell Imaging Core Facility
  • FlowQuant - Flow Quantification Software
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Cardiac Imaging Resources Core Laboratory Facility

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Conferences and events

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  • Bench, Biz and Beyond: A Path to Commercialization
  • Ottawa Cardiovascular Research Day 2025
  • Ottawa Heart Conference
  • Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit

Rare Cardiac Conditions conference

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Ottawa Cardiovascular Research Day 2025

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  • Research Day 2023
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Ottawa Heart Conference

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Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit

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Healing Hearts Together

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Medical Education and Training

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Cardiology

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Nursing and allied health training

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