Eating for a Healthy Heart What you eat affects important factors that contribute to heart disease. Making healthy choices about the food you eat can improve your: Blood cholesterol and tricglicerides Blood pressure Blood sugar levels (glucose) Weight and waist circumference If you have a condition...
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The purpose of this guide is to provide information about heart failure, to outline the treatment options and to provide tips on managing your heart failure.
The Heart Healthy Living Guide was developed for people who have been diagnosed with heart disease, but the tools and information are useful for anyone. Topics in this revised edition include: managing your risk factors, nutrition, physical activity, cardiac rehabilitation and managing your...
Heart Hub - UOHI Staff Intranet
This guide provides extensive information about the transplant process. Topics include the waiting period, the transplant procedure, organ rejection, medications, infection prevention, rehabilitation and nutrition.
Heart Wise Exercise works with fitness providers in your community to develop and identify programs and classes that are appropriate for people who want to stay healthy, continue with exercise after cardiovascular rehabilitation, or who may be living with a chronic health condition. Heart Wise...
About The Canadian Vascular Network, University of Ottawa Heart Institute and University of Ottawa hosted the Heart-Brain Connection Summer School on August 16-18, 2023 in Ottawa. This event was open to cardiovascular and brain research trainees across Canada and was designed to bring together a...
CTV News Ottawa (video) Cardiac program targets marital woes that can exacerbate health problems (National Post) Caring for the caregivers: Recognizing the challenges (The Beat) Cardiac caregivers: The invisible plus ones at the table (The Beat) Two hearts: How an Ottawa program is helping heart...
The High Resolution Cell Imaging Core (HRCIC) Facility provides regional researchers with access to equipment and expertise in flow cytometry, high resolution imaging, histology, and analysis that enable high quality data interpretation to support grant applications and publications. The HRCIC is...
The following are examples of Heart Institute-led trials with broad impact on patient outcomes. Bridge or Continue Coumadin for Device Surgery Randomized Controlled Trial - BRUISE CONTROL This clinical trial was funded primarily by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and in part by the...
Yves Marcel, BSc, PhD Director, Atherosclerosis, Genetics and Cell Biology Laboratory University of Ottawa Heart Institute Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology University of Ottawa American Heart Association...
Former Director, Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre University of Ottawa Heart Institute Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa Dr. Robert Roberts is the President and CEO of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) since 2004 and the founding Director of The Ruddy Canadian...
Before you submit a written request for general records, please review the Directory of Records and Personal Information Bank page to see if the records you are seeking are included in our inventory. This will help you find records that are already public or to narrow down your request. All requests...
Make a Donation By making a donation, you are helping the Heart Institute do more for heart disease prevention, treatment, and research. Join a Study Patient studies and clinical trials are an important part of research at the Heart Institute. They help to develop and test new therapies and...
The Research Administration Human Resources Office provides Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation (OHIRC) staff, in all capacities, with support and guidance in areas such as: Legislative Compliance Policy Interpretation and Application Recruitment and Selection Employee Relations Payroll and...
Contact our research coordinator at 613 696 7000 x 15406 or at @email.
You have been recommended to have an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) to treat your heart rhythm problem. The purpose of this guide is to help you and your family prepare for this procedure and for your recovery at home.
The media regularly turns to our healthcare professionals for their expertise on a wide range of important heart health topics. Here is a selection of recent news items featuring the Heart Institute and its experts. Please note this page is updated regularly. Linked content is available in the...
The CFI/MRI funded In Vivo Cardiac Surgery Core Facility provides shared access to state of the art in vivo surgery. The intent of this core facility is to provide investigators the means of leveraging these skills “on demand” rather than having to hire, train and retain their own in-house surgeons...