Launching in March 2024, emergency department (ED) physicians at the University Health Network (UHN) can now access the Emergency Heart Failure Mortality Risk Grade (EHMRG) calculator within Epic, UHN’s electronic medical record. The EHMRG score estimates the risk of...
Cardiomyopathy is a leading cause of heart failure in children, and there are currently no effective treatments. Could emerging therapies that successfully target the root cause of the condition in adults also work well in children? That was the question Dr....
In the realm of cardiac health, an exciting new study has cast light on the intricate details of our hearts, revealing significant differences between the left and right ventricles' fibroblasts. This research, conducted by a team of dedicated scientists from the...
For children diagnosed with complex heart conditions like hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the diagnosis can be frightening for families and challenging for healthcare providers since the trajectory of the condition is often uncertain. As a leading cause of sudden...
An innovative cardiovascular start-up, HDAX Therapeutics, is the latest company to win $250,000 in funding following another year of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research’s Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) program. The ECHO program...
Several members of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research (TRCHR) participated in Vascular 2023, a five-day conference held in Montreal from October 25-29. The conference is a hallmark event organized by several Canadian specialist and research organizations,...
The Canadian Heart Failure Society is bringing together a global audience for this exciting and interactive event focusing on the theme, Rebooting Successful Heart Failure Care in 2021. This year, the conference will be held virtually on May 7-8 2021. Who Should Participate: Healthcare professionals involved in heart failure care: Cardiologists (community & academic) Internal Medicine Specialists & Hospitalists Nurses […]
In partnership with the HeartLife Foundation, we are proud to host a two-part vision board workshop, facilitated by HeartLife member Manpreet Tutt. This collaboration aims to give voice and images to the lived experience of heart disease in a way that celebrates life. A vision board is a collage of words and images that represents a […]
We invite you to join our lab meeting taking place on Tues Apr 27, 4-5 pm on Zoom. Presenters “A novel cardioprotective role of type I interferon in hypertensive heart disease” Rysa Zaman PhD candidate, Epelman lab University Health Network “The Foundational Basis of Translational Research: New Approaches and Insights into Cardiovascular Medicine” Dr. Gavin […]