Care / Research May 2016 Pacemaker/ICD Bleeding Complication Increases Risk of Serious Infections Patients who experience bleeding around an implanted device are at greater risk for a variety of infections Read more about Pacemaker/ICD Bleeding Complication Increases Risk of Serious Infections
Care / Education / Heart Health / Research / UOHI News May 2016 CWHHS 2016: What’s Needed to Improve Women’s Heart Health? Part Two of our Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit coverage looks at the knowledge gaps and steps that need to be taken to improve awareness, prevention and treatment of heart disease in women Read more about CWHHS 2016: What’s Needed to Improve Women’s Heart Health?
Care / Education / Heart Health / Research / UOHI News May 2016 CWHHS 2016: What We Know about Women and Heart Disease Part one of our Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit coverage looks at the many ways women experience heart disease differently Read more about CWHHS 2016: What We Know about Women and Heart Disease
Care / Heart Health / Research March 2016 Sleep Apnea and Heart Disease A common cause of sleep disruptions, sleep apnea is strongly linked to heart disease and can make outcomes worse Read more about Sleep Apnea and Heart Disease
Care / Research March 2016 What’s Next for TAVI? Catheter-based aortic valve replacement looks to become an option for more patients if competition and demand bring down the cost of valves Read more about What’s Next for TAVI?
Care / Research / UOHI News March 2016 40th Anniversary Flashback: Launch of the STEMI Heart Attack Program The pioneering STEMI program has cut heart attack deaths in half and changed cardiac care internationally Read more about 40th Anniversary Flashback: Launch of the STEMI Heart Attack Program
Care / UOHI News / Videos February 2016 40th Anniversary Flashback: The First Heart Transplant in Ottawa The Heart Institute has performed more than 600 transplants, in some years more than any other centre in Canada Read more about 40th Anniversary Flashback: The First Heart Transplant in Ottawa
Care / Heart Health / UOHI News January 2016 Aider les patients à garder le contact et à s’informer Patient Alumni makes big changes and begins to roll out new services Read more about Aider les patients à garder le contact et à s’informer
Care / Education / Research / UOHI News January 2016 Toute une vie consacrée à la recherche du bon rythme Tracing the development of cardiac electrophysiology through a career at the forefront Read more about Toute une vie consacrée à la recherche du bon rythme
Care / Featured / Heart Health January 2016 Prescribing Physical Activity: A Call to Action Making a powerful tool for health and wellness central to patient care Read more about Prescribing Physical Activity: A Call to Action
Care / Research December 2015 AHA 2015: Knowledge of Genetic Risk Can Encourage Increased Prevention Simple awareness of genetic risk scores improves the uptake of preventive measures for heart disease Read more about AHA 2015: Knowledge of Genetic Risk Can Encourage Increased Prevention
Care / Heart Health December 2015 AHA 2015: The Lower Your Salt Intake the Better Study finds no risks associated with low sodium consumption Read more about AHA 2015: The Lower Your Salt Intake the Better