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January 2020
Three highlights from North America’s premier smoking cessation conference
Top experts gathered in Ottawa last week to discuss the latest ideas, evidence and research in clinical smoking cessation approaches
Videos
October 2019
Video highlights from CCC: Canada’s largest and longest-running cardiovascular meet-up
10 video highlights from this year’s Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
August 2016
A Way to Find and Stop Heart Attacks Before They Happen
Heart Institute researchers have found a way to identify locations in arteries at high risk of causing a heart attack
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
October 2014
CCC 2014: Gaining Weight Over Time Can Start the Process of Heart Disease
News from the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2014: Long-term weight gain found to trigger the first step in the development of arterial disease, independent of other risk factors.
October 2014
Researchers Uncover Mechanism Used by the Brain to Control Blood Pressure
Substance similar to an African arrow poison could lead to new treatments for hypertension and heart failure.