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Bonnie Quinlan is the director of prevention and rehabilitation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
The Quit Smoking Program is a nurse-led clinic that provides you with one-on-one support during your attempt to quit.
The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association have named the RAFT trial among the top 10 research advances in heart disease in 2010. Led by the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, RAFT showed cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is effective in reducing the risk for death...
Few health challenges are as well-publicized as high blood pressure, a topic that has become all too familiar, appearing everywhere from the daily news to medical conferences. And being so familiar, it is easy to overlook the fact that most of this attention has been devoted to a problem that stems...
It takes years and years of training to become a doctor, nurse or any other healthcare practitioner. It takes years and years more to master the skills demanded of those occupations. The truth about a career in medicine is no matter the specialty, learning continues long after the graduation caps...
F. Daniel Ramirez, MD, is a cardiac electrophysiologist and clinician scientist in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. He is also an assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Blood Test Identifies Those at Risk for Heart Attack Knowing an individual’s specific risk of heart attack could significantly impact his or her medical care as well as willingness to adopt a healthier lifestyle. A blood test now available in the United States has been shown to do just that. The...
To coincide with coverage of the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit, this edition of “Rapids Beats” is dedicated to news related to women and heart disease. Why Women Are Less Likely to Receive Statin Therapy Statin drugs, which lower cholesterol, are equally effective in men and women at...
A listing of rare cardiac conditions programs and clinics across Canada.
The conference provides healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers with the chance to learn about the challenges and opportunities in understanding and treating rare cardiac conditions.
Ruth Rayman is an Elected Director of the Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation (OHIRC) Board of Directors.
Katey Rayner, PhD, is the chief scientific officer and vice president of research at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. She holds a University Research Chair and is the director of the Vascular Inflammation and Metabolism Laboratory.
Recent publications - 2024
A pillar in the world of cardiovascular nuclear medicine, Dr. Ruddy said: “People make all the difference.”
Directory of Records Index Ontario's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, R.S.O 1990 (FIPPA) requires the hospital to make available to the public an index of the general classes and types of records prepared by or in the custody or control of the University of Ottawa Heart...
The holiday season has come and gone. So, while we’re still honouring our New Year, New Me mantra, lets revisit our most popular stories from last year. Health podcast helps listeners be “heart-wise” It’s March 2021: The Heart Institute’s Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation releases...
The purpose of this guide is to help you recover from cardiac surgery performed at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
Dr. Calum Redpath is a Clinician-Scientist and Staff Cardiologist in the Department of Electrophysiology at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.