Congratulations Katey Rayner, PhD! The American Heart Association (AHA) will present its 2021 Joseph A. Vita Award to Katey Rayner, PhD. This award is given annually in honour of the late cardiovascular scientist Joseph A. Vita, M.D., to recognize research that had a major impact on the field of...
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Timothy Zakutney, University of Ottawa Heart Institute’s Senior Vice President, Digital Health and Cardiac Technology and Chief Information and Technology Officer, has been awarded a 2020 CMBES Fellow Award. This award from the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society aims to recognize...
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...
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...
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).
Join us to learn about heart valve disease, care and treatment options. Hear from University of Ottawa Heart Institute experts and patient partners about their experience with heart valve disease.
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...
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The University of Ottawa Heart Institute's Prevention, Rehabilitation and Wellness team is hard at work developing and testing future programs to help people learn about their heart and vascular health and enable them to initiate and/or maintain heart-healthy behaviours to improve their overall quality of life.
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