December 2011
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December 2011The State of the Science Lecture on Women and Heart Disease by Anne Rosenfeld of the Oregon Health Sciences University made it
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December 2011The
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December 2011Following Burgon’s talk at the International Forum, Philip Devereaux of McMaster University spoke about Canada’s unique place i
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December 2011Coronary art
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December 2011At this year’s Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Heart Institute staff participated in nearly 100 research presentations, workshops, panels and invited talks.
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December 2011Heart Institute staff presented more than 40 talks and posters at this years American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, Florida.
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December 2011New cardiac imaging technology at the Heart Institute will allow physicians and researchers to greatly expand their pursuit of advanced heart function studies while ensuring shorter diagnostic wait times for patients.
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December 2011The Beat spoke with four Ottawa Heart Institute graduate students about their reasons for coming to train here, their ongoing research and their plans for the future.
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December 2011
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December 2011Mutations in the gene are associated with striated muscle diseases such as cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy.
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December 2011Dr. Michel Le May, Director of the Heart Institute Regional STEMI Program, discussed the impact of bleeding on mortality in patients referred to primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; angioplasty and stenting) through the STEMI heart attack program.
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December 2011Several leading voices in cardiovascular medicine spoke out strongly at this year’s Congress about the looming crisis in health
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December 2011With the recent understanding that progenitor cells in the adult body can help heal a damaged heart, both by repairing heart mu
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December 2011
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December 2011The Ottawa Model for Smoking Cessation
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December 2011A review of 25 years of heart transplant cases showed that the surgical procedure is a highly effective form of treatment. Cardiac surgeon Dr. Marc Ruel presented findings from 461 Heart Institute transplant patients showing that survival rates are high. This is particularly true over the past decade, where eight-year post-procedure survival is nearing 90 per cent. Over the full period of the review, five-year survival was 75 per cent.
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December 2011In a featured research presentation, surgical resident Dr.