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Congratulations to our @ChalProgram Investigators for their funded projects under the @MUHCFoundation Innovation Fund for Women’s Health. Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou @McGill_VHU Dr. Natalie Dayan @DrNatDayan Dr. Judy Luu @JudyMLuu Dr. Nadia Giannetti #womenhealth #research
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publication: Aortic Stenosis in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The Canadian HoFH Registry @iuliaiatan @nicolo_piazza pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4157… #publication

Aortic Stenosis in Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: The Canadian HoFH Registry - PubMed

Moderate-to-severe aortic stenosis was observed in 27.0% of patients in the Canadian HoFH Registry, with 20.6% requiring invasive intervention. The severe aortic phenotype associated with HoFH...

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publication: Ketone monoester ingestion improves endothelial function during hyperglycemia in females with polycystic ovary syndrome @char_lab pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4149… #publication

Ketone monoester ingestion improves endothelial function during hyperglycemia in females with...

Postprandial hyperglycemia transiently impairs endothelial function. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is associated with endothelial dysfunction and impaired glucose tolerance-both risk factors for...

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Publication: Risk Score Development to Predict Postpartum Cardiovascular Disease Incorporating Pregnancy and Nonpregnancy Factors: A Canada-Wide Study. @DrNatDayan pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4152… #publication

Risk Score Development to Predict Postpartum Cardiovascular Disease Incorporating Pregnancy and...

The lack of sociodemographic, clinical, and health behavior information may have contributed to the low predictive performance of this score for postpartum CVD hospitalizations. However, this score...

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Publication: Clinical Care for Patients With Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Level in Canada: A Practical Framework for Screening, Risk Assessment, and Management @ThanassoulisMD @iuliaiatan pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4154… #publication

Clinical Care for Patients With Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Level in Canada: A Practical Framework for...

Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a genetically determined and independent risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, including acute coronary syndrome, peripheral arterial disease, and stroke,...

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Study co-led by @RodgerMarc and published in @nejmunofficial shows significantly lower bleeding risk with apixaban. read more: rimuhc.ca/-/apixaban-safer-t…
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Publication: A standardized approach for the isolation of vascular smooth muscle cells from carotid atherosclerotic plaques. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4151… @LabTouyz @McGill_VHU #publication

A standardized approach for the isolation of vascular smooth muscle cells from carotid atheroscle...

Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are critical players in atherosclerotic plaque development and progression, but existing isolation methods often yield low cell viability, making them suboptimal...

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Congratulations to @ChalProgram investigators @JudyMLuu and Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou @McGill_VHU for being selected as recipients of the Beyond the Paper – Knowledge Mobilization Grants. Read more: rimuhc.ca/-/the-institute-an…
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First North American centre to receive certification from the European Society of Hypertension. Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou's Hypertension and Vascular Medicine Centre earns ESH Hypertension Excellence certification. Congratulations ! read more: rimuhc.ca/-/hypertension-and…
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Congratulations to @ChalProgram Investigators Dr. Amine Benmassaoud, Dr. Michal Abrahamowicz and Dr. Marc Rodger for their successful @CIHR_IRSC Fall 2025 grant applications. read more: rimuhc.ca/-/fall-2025-cihr-c…
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Beyond Plaque Stenosis: How Plaque Inflammation Itself Predicts Heart Attacks and Strokes. @jae_hbyun @atherosociety read the article: linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-pl…

Beyond Plaque Stenosis: How Plaque Inflammation Itself Predicts Heart Attacks and Strokes

By Jae Hyun Byun and Shady Abohashem, MD MPH Over the years, cardiovascular prevention has been organized around a single visual cue: the degree of arterial narrowing. Luminal stenosis has dictated...

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Aortic stenosis: 200 newly identified genes raise hope for future treatments. @ThanassoulisMD and Dr James Engert publish in @NatureGenet their recent findings. read more here: rimuhc.ca/en/-/aortic-stenos… #cardiology #publications
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Publication: C-reactive protein and cardiovascular risk in the general population @DREAMCVLAB1 academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…

C-reactive protein and cardiovascular risk in the general population

AbstractBackground and Aims. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) is a marker of inflammation and predicts cardiovascular (CV) risk in individuals w

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The latest work from @mcgillu and @ChalProgram Prof. Dominique Shum-Tim and his team is now featured in @RCMjournal. From Last Resort to Standard of Care: The Evolution and Future of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation imrpress.com/journal/RCM/27/…

From Last Resort to Standard of Care: The Evolution and Future of Transcatheter Aortic Valve...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has evolved from an experimental, last-resort procedure in 2002 to a first-line therapy for aortic stenosis; moreover, the 2025 ESC/EACTS (European...

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Publication: Ablation of Prdm16 and beige fat causes vascular remodeling and elevated blood pressure @LabTouyz @guto_montezano pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4066…

Ablation of Prdm16 and beige fat causes vascular remodeling and elevated blood pressure - PubMed

While excess adiposity is a major risk factor for hypertension and cardiovascular disease, brown fat is associated with protection from these pathologies. Whether brown fat has a causal role in this...

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Publication: A Descriptive Qualitative Study of Breastfeeding Challenges, Enablers and Confidence Among Women With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. @DrNatDayan pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4106… #publication

A Descriptive Qualitative Study of Breastfeeding Challenges, Enablers and Confidence Among Women...

Skilled, proactive lactation support targeting breastfeeding confidence may help optimize breastfeeding outcomes among individuals with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, potentially mitigating...

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🥳Congratulations to @ChalProgram @mcgillu @RIMUHC1 researcher @iuliaiatan for winning the @CVCTForum 2025 clinical trials award. Read more about it here: rimuhc.ca/en/-/institute-res…
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Three of The Institute’s leading female clinician-scientists honoured with the Medal of the Member of the National Assembly Congratulations to Dr Nadia Giannetti, Dr Liane Feldman and Dr Lucy Gilbert. rimuhc.ca/-/three-of-the-ins…
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🥳Congratulations @iuliaiatan for your CVCT Research Scholar Award.
Women As One@WomenAs1
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We're thrilled to announce the 2025 CVCT Research Scholar Award winners! Congratulations to @jholtzman3, @iuliaiatan, & @MaggieInfeld, who are advancing CV research and shaping the future of clinical trial leadership. Learn more: womenasone.org/latest-news/w… #WomenAsOneAwards
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Dr. Rhian Touyz and Dr. Matthias Friedrich named Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers, ranking them among the world’s most influential scientists in 2025. @LabTouyz @mgwfriedrich rimuhc.ca/en/-/rhian-touyz-a…
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