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Marc Ruel

ResearcherCardiac SurgeryUniversity of Ottawa

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Marc Ruel

Researcher

Cardiac Surgery

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
98 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 24 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervisor on 2 trainee awards (2 CIHR), most recently in 2010.

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Academic metrics

378

Publications

960

Citations

102

Collaborators

Grants

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Research

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Anti-Platelet Therapy Bleeding Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Graft Patency Randomized Controlled Trial Biomaterials Cardiac Remodeling Cell Therapy

Latest papers

Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via small thoracotomy versus sternotomy (MIST): an investigator-initiated, international, open-label, randomised controlled trial
The Lancet · 2026 · first author
Coronary artery bypass grafting in women: optimizing operative outcomes.
Current opinion in cardiology · 2026
The 10 Commandments of Antiplatelet Management Before and After CABG.
Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026 · senior author

All 378 publications

Latest funding

Role of Wnt5a in Arrhythmogenesis of Heart with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,044,225
One-month DAPT In CABG PatieNts: the ODIN trial
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
$2,998,800
Sex, gender and intersecting social factors within interprofessional cardiac operating room teams: A new, multi-methods approach to optimizing practice, provider well-being, and patient outcomes
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$487,304

All 11 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 378 publications.

Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via small thoracotomy versus sternotomy (MIST): an investigator-initiated, international, open-label, randomised controlled trial

Ruel M, Nambala S, Guo MH, Verevkin A, Rabindranauth P, Kikuchi K, Davierwala PM, Lemma M, Ponnambalam M, Sheikh A

The Lancet20263 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01288-2

Coronary artery bypass grafting in women: optimizing operative outcomes.

Constantakis S, Lamarche-Silmser K, Reed E, Clarizia NA, Ruel M, Sozzi FB

Current opinion in cardiology2026

DOI: 10.1097/hco.0000000000001332 PMID: 42559733

The 10 Commandments of Antiplatelet Management Before and After CABG.

Watkins AR, Clarizia NA, Voisine P, Ruel M

Innovations (Philadelphia, Pa.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/15569845261449187 PMID: 42237684

The path towards an accessible blood pressure monitor for persons living with low vision or blindness: a Canadian pilot study.

Hernandez-Sanchez D, Kazantceva A, Nizam A, Salehi Z, Knot M, Watkins AR, Ruel M, Sukhai M, Alarcon EI

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology2026

DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2026.2635508 PMID: 41774054

Editorial commentary: Lessons learned, challenges ahead, and the path to durable coronary revascularization.

Sene PM, McDonald M, Ruel M

Trends in cardiovascular medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2025.08.010 PMID: 40885280

Stop the Invasion-Advances in Myocardial Revascularization.

Ruel M, Chong AY, Grudzinski AL, Pritchard K, Clarizia NA, So DY

The Canadian journal of cardiology2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2026.03.033 PMID: 42161480

Why MICS Has Been the Future of CABG for The Last 20 Years?

Monteiro Neder Issa H, Chan V, Ruel M

European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezag053 PMID: 41686692

Intra-institutional use of positive deviancy in surgical infections in isolated coronary bypass.

Rubens F, Qiu Y, Dean M, Lajeunesse J, Taljaard M, Neilipovitz K, Charlebois A, Hogan C, Al-Atassi T, Boodhwani M, Guo M, Issa H, Lam BK, Masters R, Ruel M, Toeg H, Voisine P

Infection control and hospital epidemiology2026

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2026.10481 PMID: 42219965

Sequential Grafting of the Left Internal Thoracic Artery to the Left Anterior Descending Artery and Graft Failure

Leith J, An KR, Harik L, Dell'Aquila M, Rossi CS, Cancelli G, Soletti G, Fremes SE, Hare DL, Kulik A

Annals of Thoracic Surgery20254 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.11.009

Broadening the applicability of coronary surgery from minimally invasive approaches to the modern treatment of ventricular septal rupture.

Ruel M, Verma S

Current opinion in cardiology2025First author

DOI: 10.1097/hco.0000000000001257 PMID: 41025332

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Marc Ruel

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Multivessel coronary artery bypass grafting via small thoracotomy versus sternotomy (MIST): an investigator-initiated, international, open-label, randomised controlled trial

Coronary artery bypass grafting in women: optimizing operative outcomes.

The 10 Commandments of Antiplatelet Management Before and After CABG.

The path towards an accessible blood pressure monitor for persons living with low vision or blindness: a Canadian pilot study.

Editorial commentary: Lessons learned, challenges ahead, and the path to durable coronary revascularization.

Stop the Invasion-Advances in Myocardial Revascularization.

Why MICS Has Been the Future of CABG for The Last 20 Years?

Intra-institutional use of positive deviancy in surgical infections in isolated coronary bypass.

Sequential Grafting of the Left Internal Thoracic Artery to the Left Anterior Descending Artery and Graft Failure

Broadening the applicability of coronary surgery from minimally invasive approaches to the modern treatment of ventricular septal rupture.

Injectable collagen matrices for cardiac tissue repair

Frequent collaborators

Munir Boodhwani

David Glineur

Marino Labinaz

Harry Lapierre

Fraser Rubens

David Messika-Zeitoun

Bobby Yanagawa

Andre Lamy

Howard Leong-Poi

Benjamin Hibbert

Wenbin Liang

Paul Hendry

Louise Sun

Hwee Teoh

Stephen Fremes

Michel Le May

Ariane Marelli

Subodh Verma

Juan Grau

Ricky Turgeon

May Griffith

Francois Dagenais

Derek So

Kim Connelly

Erik Suuronen

Madhu Natarajan

Paul Poirier

Philippe Pibarot

Sanjit Jolly

Pierre Voisine

Richard Whitlock

Shamir Mehta

Christopher Overgaard

John Eikelboom

Salim Yusuf

George Wells

Seema Mital

Monica Taljaard

Louis Perrault

Jonathan Afilalo