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October 2012
Interventional Cardiologists Champion Broad Innovation
Committed to expanding the options for treating patients with structural heart disease.
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May 2012
Helping to Modernize Cardiac Care in China
The Heart Institute and Qingdao Municipal Hospital have entered a five-year cooperative agreement under which Heart Institute physicians will mentor the rapidly growing cardiac medicine program in the booming Asian city.
February 2012
High Ranking for Research Impact
The Heart Institutes ranks high in the recently released SCImago Institutions Rankings [SIR] World Report on the research impact of institutions and companies worldwide.
December 2011
Graduate Research: Building Collaborations and Careers
The 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.
September 2011
Plans for Expansion and Renovation in Hand
The Ontario government has announced its commitment to fund a building extension and major renovation at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
June 2011
A New Gene Linked to the Aging Process and Heart Development
A Heart Institute research team has been the first to describe a gene that appears to play a role in heart development and aging.
April 2011
Refining Cardiovascular Risk
The international CARDIoGRAM consortium has discovered 13 new genetic variants associated with increased risk for heart disease.
February 2011
The Changing Cardiovascular Landscape
Late last year, Statistics Canada released new figures detailing the leading causes of death in the country. Based on 2007 data, the report noted that cancer and heart disease were the two leading causes of death for Canadians.