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...
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Great strides have been made over the last 40 years in reducing the number of Canadians who smoke. Yet, smoking tobacco remains a leading cause of preventable illness, hospitalization and death. People who smoke daily average twice as many days in hospital as people who have never been daily smokers...
This is a joint message from chiefs-of-staff at hospitals in the Champlain Region OTTAWA - June 10, 2020 - Hospitals in the Champlain Region are taking a safe, coordinated and gradual approach to increasing scheduled services, which were postponed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. While...
Hot topic: hypertension during pregnancy - how they present, why they matter, and their impact on the long-term.
Whether you live in a large urban centre with frequent smog advisories or in a more rural setting, the air you breathe can pose significant risks for developing cardiovascular distress and disease. While children, the elderly and those with diabetes, lung disease or existing heart conditions are...
Dr. Caroline McGuinty is one of the newer faces around the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). Thanks to an unrelenting coronavirus pandemic, the early-career cardiologist has yet to meet some of her colleagues in person. Despite these challenges, however, McGuinty is making strides. In the...
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Thanks to advances in gene sequencing technology that have made better, faster, and cheaper exploration of variations in the human genome possible, scientists have spent the last decade in a mad dash to catalogue the genetic variations associated with acute and chronic diseases. But identifying...
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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...
Dr. Jordan Hutson is a cardiologist and critical care physician at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) and an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
When the dust settles on the Ottawa Heart Institute’s new addition in early 2018, one of the innovative new facilities to come online will be a hybrid operating room (OR). It will be a space for surgeons, interventional cardiologists, imaging specialists and other medical professionals to work side...
Dr. Mark Hynes is a Cardiac Anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Ottawa.
This guide will help you to better understand your blood pressure, the risk factors associated with it, and how to improve your lifestyle.
Your blood pressure is considered high if you have systolic pressure of 140 mmHg or more and/or diastolic pressure of 90 mmHg or more. At these levels, the force of blood against the walls of your arteries is too high and the workload on your heart is increased.
The Hypertension Clinic is a specialized outpatient cardiac clinic for the care of patients with high blood pressure.
Details The Hypertension Education Group is free and open to all patients and their partners. The meetings provide the opportunity to ask questions from clinicians and meet and interact in an informal setting. Many sessions feature guest speakers on a variety of topics specifically related to...
Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is a test used to assess the flow of blood to the heart muscle in patients with suspected or existing coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease. A sophisticated Canadian technology is expected to significantly enhance access to positron...
Before you go for your implant, the doctor will come and meet you in the Day Unit. This will be a good time to ask any questions you may have. Once you are in the Day Unit, the final preparations for your procedure will start. You will change into a hospital gown. You may have a small intravenous...
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.