May 3, 2022
PHRI pivotal in national heart failure research network
PHRI is one of six hubs of research in the new Canadian Heart Function Alliance (CHF Alliance) network launched today...
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April 30, 2022
New cardiac defibrillator greatly reduced complications
ATLAS S-ICD RCT at PHRI led by Jeff Healey and Blandine Mondesert presented at Heart Rhythm 2022 found that S-ICD reduced lead-related complications for patients compared to TV-ICD.
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April 22, 2022
Retiring Chief Operating Officer
At a recent PHRI townhall, we projected the image of a pair of Dutch wooden clogs as Janette Panhuis began...
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April 4, 2022
Periop blood pressure management
PHRI Scientist Maura Marcucci presented today at ACC 2022 on the arm of the POISE-3 trial looking at blood pressure...
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April 4, 2022
ACC 2022 recap
Banner image © ACC/Nick Agro 2022 Day 1 (April 2) at ACC 2022 was a big day for PHRI researchers....
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April 3, 2022
Flu vaccines protect patients with heart failure
The first clinical trial of the flu vaccine’s effectiveness in patients with heart failure (HF), IVVE, has found that flu...
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April 3, 2022
SYNERGY stent registry: ACC22
PHRI Scientist Sanjit Jolly presented a session at ACC 2022 on the stent registry that is part of the CLEAR...
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April 2, 2022
COMPLETE analysis: Angina-related QoL
Editor’s note: This research was published in JAMA Cardiology on Sept. 21, 2022. PCI improves angina-related quality of life in...
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April 2, 2022
Major bleeding reduced for non-cardiac surgery patients
Event photos courtesy ©ACC/Nick Agro 2022 The large, international trial, POISE-3, has found a drug that helps the blood to...
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March 29, 2022
Ukraine fundraiser by PHRI staff
Like many organizations and individuals around the world, PHRI wanted to help Ukraine when Russia invaded. So we set up...
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March 21, 2022
More dietary knowledge to digest
Knowledge of what we eat (globally), and how it affects our health, has been added to further since the last...
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March 15, 2022
Killam Prize, Health Sciences, to Salim Yusuf
The Killam Prizes are among the most distinguished research awards in Canada, and PHRI Executive Director Salim Yusuf is being...
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March 2, 2022
Better way to measure risk for heart surgery patients
As a result of PHRI’s large international study, VISION Cardiac Surgery, for the first time there is a marker that...
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February 28, 2022
World Heart Awards
Recognizing individuals and organizations that go above and beyond in the quest to fight cardiovascular disease and promote heart health...
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February 26, 2022
Genetic mutation and kidney disease
Genetic mutations in stem cells (in bone marrow or blood) are associated with a higher risk of dying from all...
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