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Robotics, AI key to faster cardiac ultrasound system under development

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 17 August 2021
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Improved detection of atrial fibrillation through new devices could prevent a significant number of disabling strokes

  • Ross Neitz
  • 1 June 2021
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Innovative fitness program encourages kids with heart disease or transplants to train safely at home

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 19 April 2021
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U of A team identifies new approach to tackling heart disease in people with Type 2 diabetes

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 6 April 2021
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Pediatric heart transplant method developed by U of A doctors allows for more surgeries, better outcomes: study

  • Gillian Rutherford
  • 25 March 2021
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Fat cells may influence how the body reacts to heart failure, study shows

  • Ryan O’Byrne
  • 23 February 2021
Kevin Bainey

Stents or bypass surgery more effective for stable patients with high-risk cardiac anatomy: study

  • Ryan O’Byrne
  • 18 February 2021
Paul Armstrong, founding director of the U of A's Canadian VIGOUR Centre

FDA approves new cardiovascular drug based on study from U of A’s Canadian VIGOUR Centre

  • Ryan O’Byrne
  • 25 January 2021
Lori West was named an officer of the Order of Canada on Dec. 25 for her leadership in the field of organ transplantation and donation. (Photo: Laughing Dog Photography)

Pioneering U of A heart transplant expert named to Order of Canada

  • Michael Brown
  • 13 January 2021