It has been little more than a decade since researchers categorized the full suite of genes contained in the human body, but this exciting milestone merely opened up an even more challenging frontier. There turns out to be only about 20,000 genes associated with the famous DNA molecule—a sizable...
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Lisa Mielniczuk, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and a Cardiologist and Clinician Investigator at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. In addition, Dr. Mielniczuk is the Director of the Heart Failure Program and Medical Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic. Dr. Mielniczuk co-leads the Ottawa region strategic research Innovation Cluster on Heart Failure.
OTTAWA, May 11, 2021 — It was 45 years ago, on May 11, 1976, that the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) opened its doors. Founded by visionary cardiac surgeon and researcher Dr. Wilbert J. Keon, what began as a department in The Ottawa Hospital has since flourished into Canada's largest...
Results of the trial are published in the New England Journal of Medicine Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) comparing the efficacy and safety of two inotropic medicines used to treat patients with cardiogenic shock conclude there is no clinically significant difference...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) is one of few medical centres in the world offering minimally invasive bypass surgery to address blockages in more than one coronary artery. Our cardiac surgery team has a superior level of experience and skill in performing minimally invasive heart surgery.
Heart valve replacement or repair surgery is usually performed through an incision in the chest. The breastbone is cut so the surgeon can access the heart for surgery. In contrast, minimally invasive heart valve replacement or repair is performed through a small incision between the ribs.
In a research letter published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, a group of researchers led by Dr. Marc Ruel of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) conclude that minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS CABG) has “favourable long-term outcomes” for...
February is Heart Month, and the federal Minister of Health, the Honourable Jane Philpott, chose to kick it off by coming to the Ottawa Heart Institute to announce $2.9 million in funding for five of its researchers. Heart disease is the second-leading cause of death in Canada. This funding, through...
Hassan Mir, MD, FRCPC, is a cardiologist in the Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, and program chair of The Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation. He is also an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa.
1. The MitraClip procedure is performed in a cardiac catheterization lab, not in the cardiac operating room. 2. Patients receive a general anesthetic and will be asleep for the procedure. 3. Insertion of the MitraClip is done with the use of a catheter which is inserted through the femoral vein in...
Your doctors have recommended a mitral valve repair using the MitraClip device to treat your mitral regurgitation. The purpose of this guide is to help you and your family prepare for your procedure at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
It’s 2062. The world is a futuristic utopia of push-button conveniences made possible by technology. Even visiting the doctor happens virtually via videophone. Such was the premise of the popular American animated sitcom, The Jetsons, which first hit airwaves in 1962. But, as Cardiac Telehealth...
Research in our lab includes basic science radiochemistry and translational radiotracer development. Our overall goal is discovery and refinement of tools for molecular imaging, principally by positron emission tomography (PET). PET allows for non-invasive, quantitative and dynamic imaging of...
The Molecular Signaling Laboratory focuses on the effects of two important and interrelated aspects of heart development: molecular regulation of myocyte differentiation and regeneration. The first research objective is the elucidation of the role that A-type lamins play in cellular differentiation...
The good news is that their hearts are in the right place. Women in Canada see themselves as their families’ “heart keepers,” playing a significant role in maintaining everyone’s heart health, whether it’s the food they serve, the physical activity they encourage, or the non-smoking households they...
Advance preparation will help you get the most benefit out of your visit to the Adult Congenital Heart Clinic at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Allow yourself ample time for parking. If this is your first visit to the Heart Institute, you will need some extra time to find the areas for...
Dr. Mullen is a Scientist with the Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation. Kerri-Anne has been with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute since 2006 where, until 2019, she managed the Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation. Since 2019, she has been Director of the Canadian Women’s Heart Health...
Andrew Mulloy, MD, is a cardiologist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and The Ottawa Hospital. He is also appointed as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Mulloy is the director of undergraduate medical education in the Division of Cardiology...
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute offers a multimodality cardiac imaging fellowship which covers nuclear cardiology, cardiac positron emission topography (PET), cardiac computed tomography (CT), and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Erin E. Mulvihill, PhD, is a Scientist and Director of the Energy Substrate Metabolism Research Laboratory at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. She is also an Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, in the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Ottawa...