Traditional cardiovascular revascularization trials have long been designed by clinicians to examine outcomes that are predominantly of interest to clinicians. These trials are sometimes referred to as “tombstone trials” within the medical community for their tendency to focus on death or other...
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Technologists at the Qikiqtani General Hospital (QGH) in the Nunavut territorial capital of Iqaluit are now performing sophisticated scans of patients’ hearts. It’s a feat that saves would-be travellers in the name of cardiac health the burden of a lengthy trip south for diagnostic testing, and the...
A wide range of tests are performed before the procedure. A nurse or doctor asks the patient to provide informed consent. This is required before the procedure is performed. The patient is placed under general anesthesia and remains unconscious for the entire operation. The patient is taken by...
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.
The Heart Transplant Clinic cares for patients before and after their heart transplant.
What Is Heart Valve Disease? The heart has four valves, each located at the exit of one of the heart’s four chambers. As the heartbeat pushes blood through the heart, the valves close after blood has entered the chamber to prevent it from leaking backward. Sometimes, a valve may not open properly...
Details Attend a day of education to receive insightful information about valvular heart disease. Hosted by the Centre for Valvular Heart Disease (CVHD) at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). The day will feature presentations from exceptional multidisciplinary speakers and patient...
Damage to one or more heart valves—the small “doors” that control blood flow between the chambers of the heart—can be caused by many diseases and disorders, including congenital heart disease, coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, heart attack, and cardiomyopathy. This damage is called heart valve disease.
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.
Five years ago, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute launched the Heart Wise Exercise (HWE) program in the national capital to both assist people with heart disease and prevent its onset. The program has since broadened its mandate to prevent or limit the effects of living with a chronic health...
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...
OTTAWA, October 19, 2023 — The University of Ottawa Heart Institute Foundation (UOHI Foundation) is proud and honoured to announce it has received a charitable gift of $1.5M from the Joyce Family Foundation to fund a nursing bursary program at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). The...
The Heart Institute accepted a donation of 40,000 KN95 face masks from Dymon Self Storage on December 9, part of Dymon’s philanthropic pledge to donate more than one million masks to local charitable groups and community organizations across Ottawa and the GTA. In a news release posted to its...
Men and women tend to deal with life changing circumstances differently. Heart disease is no exception, and the issues men experience often are not specifically addressed. “Cultural expectations are that men shouldn’t show any emotions because that’s somehow perceived as weak,” said Heather Tulloch...
Patient Alumni makes big changes and begins to roll out new services
In an ideal world, there would be no need for the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. In an ideal world, everybody would eat a healthy diet, be physically active, not smoke—and in living this healthy life, minimize the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in their lives. But this isn’t an ideal...
When a blocked artery causes a heart attack, tissue in the region of the heart served by that blood vessel quickly starts to die. Today, most patients survive an acute heart attack, but there are downstream health implications for these serious cardiac events. Scar tissue that forms in the weeks and...
Qingdao is a metropolis on the northeastern coast of China. Like many Chinese cities, it has seen explosive growth. In the past decade, Qingdao’s population has more than tripled to nearly 9 million people. Such growth has spurred the need to expand and modernize medical facilities and programs. In...
Dr. Paul Hendry is a Cardiac Surgeon and Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Devices Program at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and he is Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Ottawa.
Dr. Jodi Heshka is the director of the Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy Clinic.