Cardiac arrest
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The Ottawa Hospital is conducting cutting-edge research to improve our understanding of cardiac arrest and develop better approaches for treatment and prevention. This page includes selected news stories about our cardiac arrest research, links to researchers working in this area and related resources. Learn more below.
Research & News
Labs and Groups
These research teams may include multiple scientists, investigators, staff and trainees all working towards a common goal, or they can represent a single scientist and their team.
Vaillancourt Group
Venk Group
Publications
The following research publications from The Ottawa Hospital are pulled from PubMed, with publication date of 2020 or later. Note that PubMed is hosted by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and is only available in English.
Frailty Status and Preoperative Cardiac Risk Stratification in Older Adults Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.
2026-06-16 Go to publicationPrognostic value of the Duke Activity Status Index for preoperative cardiac risk stratification: an international pooled cohort study.
2026-06-11 Go to publicationClinical Prediction Models for Prognostication After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
2026-06-11 Go to publicationWhen the heart stops: point-of-care ultrasound in perioperative cardiac arrest.
2026-05-01 Go to publicationImpact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Medicalized Prehospital Setting on Diagnostic Workup: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.
2026-05-01 Go to publicationResources
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