With a mission to support novel approaches to managing and preventing heart failure, the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research uses its Innovation Fund to propel emerging research with great potential. The 2024-25 Innovation Fund Seed Grants are currently open and you...
The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research is delighted to welcome Iris Cohn as the new Innovator in Genomic Translation - also recently promoted to Director of the Pharmacogenetics (PGx) Program at The Hospital for Sick Children. A trained pharmacist, Iris established...
NorthMiRs Inc., an innovative cardiovascular biotech start-up, has won $250,000 in funding from the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research’s Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) PITCH 2024 competition. Since its launch in 2018, the ECHO...
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most commonly occurring birth anomaly. Despite a strong genetic basis, almost 90% of cases remain genetically undiagnosed. However, the surge of new technology is enabling a search for hidden gene defects not detectable on...
Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) is a 12-month national training program supporting cardiovascular research commercialization through education, mentorship, networking, and funding. Led by a diverse team of experts, ECHO fosters...
Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) is a 12-month national training program supporting cardiovascular research commercialization through education, mentorship, networking, and funding. Led by a diverse team of experts, ECHO fosters...
Heart failure is caused by a weakened pump or a stiff heart that does not relax properly. If there is a pumping problem, it is called “reduced ejection fraction.” If there is a problem with the heart’s ability to relax, it is called “preserved ejection fraction.”
There are many potential factors at play for how the heart entered such a condition.
In North America, the most common causes of heart failure are ischemic cardiomyopathy (where the heart muscle is weak due to narrowed or blocked arteries around the heart), a previous heart attack, and chronic high blood pressure. For children, it is most commonly congenital heart disease and abnormal heart muscle.
From here, there is an abundance of other factors that could directly cause or influence a state of heart failure. They include:
For a deeper dive into the causes of this disease, please visit our heart failure patient website.
