May 22, 2023
HF 2023: Three-year outcomes of PACT-HF
Yesterday at the Heart Failure Association (HFA)’s Heart Failure 2023 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials: Patient Monitoring session, PHRI Scientist Harriette Van...
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May 19, 2023
7 times more risk of tricuspid regurgitation with TV-ICD vs. S-ICD
Transvenous defibrillators (TV-ICDs), implanted in a patient’s heart, may cause or significantly worsen the risk of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) –...
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May 18, 2023
Clinical Trials Day
It’s International Clinical Trials Day this Saturday; you could say every day is Clinical Trials Day this year in Canada,...
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May 16, 2023
Heart failure deadly and under-treated in most countries: global study of 40 countries
The common condition of heart failure (HF) is deadly and undertreated in most countries, including high-income countries such as Canada;...
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May 12, 2023
Salim Yusuf moves up to #15 in World’s Best Medicine Scientists
Salim Yusuf has moved up 5 spots to #15 in World’s Best Medicine Scientists in the past year, and moved...
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May 12, 2023
PHRI alumnus returns down under as cardioonc star
We couldn’t be more proud of departing PHRI Research Fellow Harry Klimis. After 2 years with us, this summer he...
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May 4, 2023
Statistical leadership in multinational methodological survey
PHRI’s Director of Statistics Shrikant Bangdiwala is a key player in a large-scale, multinational research consortium seeking to rectify the...
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May 1, 2023
PHRI at World NCD Congress
Several PHRI-organized sessions on major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) will be presented at the hybrid World NCD Congress 2023 June 25...
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April 24, 2023
What blood pressure to target intraoperatively?
A large, international study in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery found that a strategy aimed at preventing hypotension (i.e., low blood...
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April 24, 2023
Polygenic risk score research honoured
PHRI is proud to be the home of not only Canada’s largest research biobank, but a genetic epidemiology laboratory led...
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April 21, 2023
Plant-based diet for patients with blocked arteries
New insights from a landmark PHRI trial cohort have shown that a plant-based diet – minimizing red meat and processed...
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April 20, 2023
LAAOS-4 trial to test WATCHMAN FLX Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device
Researchers at the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) have received IDE approval from the FDA for the design of a...
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April 20, 2023
Parents’ education, urbanicity impact animal-source foods eaten by kids and teens
The first global estimates of the intake of meat, fish, seafood, eggs, and milk by young children and adolescents –...
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April 19, 2023
Time to ACT on clinical trials in Canada
More than 350 researchers and support organizations from across the country, along with representatives of the Canadian biotechnology industry, gathered...
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April 19, 2023
Sleep patterns and the risk of acute stroke
Common symptoms of sleep disturbance have been found to be associated with increased risk of stroke, in a recent analysis...
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