Research Grants and Projects
01/2025 – 12/2026: Ministry of Economy, Innovation and Energy (MEIE) & AYE3D – Evaluating the impact of 3D modeling with the FR3DOM monitor on planning percutaneous mitral valve repair (TEER technique).
01/2025 – 06/2026 : McMaster University (ACT/AEC Canada) – Imaging substudy of bicuspid aortic valve replacement: EvaLuation of transcathetEr versus surgEry- PILOT trial (BELIEVE IT) project
03/2025 – 04/2026 : Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Imaging Substudy of Bicuspid aortic valve replacement: EvaluatIon of transcatheter Versus Surgery (BELIEVERS) Trial.
01/2025 – 06/2026 : Accelerating clinical trials (ACT) – Canada & Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Imaging Substudy of Bicuspid aortic valve replacement: Evaluation of transcatheter Versus surgery – PILOT Trial
08/2024 – 07-2025 : Canadian Foundation and Innovation – Cardiac simulator platform for research and innovation in the treatment of valvular heart disease.
04/2023 – 03/2026 : Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Accelerating clinical trials (ACT) – Canada.
01/2023 – 05/2024 : Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQS) – Development of Automated Learning Strategies to Determine Phenogroups, Progression, and Clinical Outcomes of Aortic Valve Stenosis
10/2022 – 09/2027 : Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Imaging substudy of the BEST trial: Balloon-Expandable versus self-expanding transcatheter heart valve for treatment of symptomatic native aortic valve stenosis.
06/2022- 03/2024 : Pfizer Canada ULC – Prostate and cardiac amyloid incidence awareness in patients with atrial fibrillation.
12/2021 – 11/2028 : Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Canada Research Chair in Valvular Heart Diseases.
09/2021 – 08/2026 : Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Blocking the effects of serotonin to prevent ischemic mitral regurgitation: a randomized trial.
08/2021 – 12/2024 : Centre d’Innovation Cardiovasculaire (CIC) – Standardized invasive hemodynamics for monitoring acute and long-term valve performance in patients with elevated gradients post transcatheter aortic valve replacement: The Discordance TAVR study.
03/2018 – 09/2026: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Finding the molecular drivers of calcific aortic valve stenosis.
10/2015 – 12/2025 : Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) – Transcatheter aortic valve replacement to UNload the left ventricle in patients with advanced heart failure: a randomized trial (TAVR UNLOAD).
Recent Publications (The Last Ten)
837 Referenced Publications
Articles published in press :
Echocardiographic Results of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Women With Severe Aortic Stenosis: The RHEIA Trial. Silva I, Alperi A, Hecht S, Zanuttini A, Théron A, Giuliani C, Camacho B, Dahou A, Mares J, Bax J, Bonaros N, Windecker S, Messika-Zeitoun D, Wesselink W, Rakova R, Bramlage P, Tchétché D, Eltchaninoff H, Pibarot P; RHEIA Trial Investigators. Journal Of American Heart Association. 30 Dec 2025.
Comparison of Diagnostic Parameters Using Cardiac CT-derived Aortic Valve Area and Aortic Valve Calcium Scores for Low-Gradient Aortic Stenosis. Ahmad S, Watson H, Awad M, Pibarot P, Leipsic J, Berzingi S, Patel K, Nassar S, Abdelazeem B, Balla S, Zeb I. Radiology Cardiothoracic Imaging. 11 Dec 2025.
The Prognostic Value of Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery Coupling in Valve Interventions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Androshchuk V, Long E, Chehab O, Montarello N, Wilcox J, McDonaugh B, Rajani R, Pibarot P, Prendergast B, Patterson T, Redwood S. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 7 Nov 2025.
Pitfalls and Solutions in the Imaging Follow-up of Valvular Heart Disease Devices. Ternacle J, Turgeon PY, Hahn RT, Marsan NA, Pibarot P. European Heart Journal – Cardiovascular Imaging. 8 Dec 2025.
Outcomes of Early vs Delayed Aortic Valve Replacement: Analysis of the EARLY TAVR Valve Implant Population. Généreux P, Schwartz A, Pibarot P, Lindman BR, Cohen DJ, Oldemeyer JB, Fearon WF, Babaliaros V, Daniels D, Chhatriwalla AK, Suradi HS, Shah PB, Szerlip M, Mack MJ, Dahle T, Goel K, O’Neill WW, Davidson CJ, Makkar RR, Sheth T, Williams M, Russo MJ, Guerrero M, McCabe J, Leipsic J, Zhao Y, Hahn RT, Blanke P, Leon MB. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 24 Nov 2025.
Severe mitral stenosis as a cause of paradoxical low-flow, low-gradient severe aortic stenosis: an explorative study on hemodynamics and outcomes. Mohty D, Omer MH, Marek J, Ahmad O, Alhemayed W, Janjua MF, Capoulade R, Alhumaid M, Alassas K, Sergani H, Pibarot P, Fadel BM. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 30 Oct 2025.
Outcomes of TAVR in severe aortic stenosis: Very low gradient is not necessarily good news. Pibarot P. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases. 01 Nov 2025.
Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at 7 Years. Leon MB, Mack MJ, Pibarot P, Hahn RT, Thourani VH, Kodali SH, Généreux P, Kapadia SR, Cohen DJ, Pocock SJ, Zhang Y, Szerlip M, Ternacle J, Malaisrie SC, Herrmann HC, Szeto WY, Russo MJ, Babaliaros V, Nazif T, Webb JG, Makkar RR; PARTNER 3 Investigators. The New England Journal of Medecine. 27 Oct 2025.
Association Between Lipoprotein(a), Oxidized phospholipids, and Bioprosthetic Valve Dysfunction Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation. Giuliani C, Hecht S, Zanuttini A, Avvedimento M, Nuche J, Farjat Pasos JI, Bernard J, Lionel T, Abu-Alhayja’a R,
Beaudoin J, Côté N, Beaupré F, Poulin A, DeLarochellière R, Paradis JM, Clavel MA, Arsenault BJ, Capoulade R, Rodés-Cabau J, Tsimikas S, Pibarot P. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 27 Oct 2025.Left Ventricular Health and TAVR Timing in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: Analysis From the EARLY TAVR Trial. Lindman BR, Pibarot P, Schwartz A, Cohen DJ, Giustino G, Oldemeyer JB, Strote JA, Babaliaros V, Devireddy CM, Fearon WF, Fischbein MP,
Daniels D, Spies C, Chhatriwalla AK, Kavinsky CJ, Shah P, Szerlip M, Dahle T, Stegman B, O’Leary JM, O’Neill WW, Makkar RR, Davidson CJ, Sheth T, DeVries JT, Southard J, Depta JP, Pop A, Leipsic J, Blanke P, Li Y, Hahn RT, Leon MB, Généreux P. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 7 Sept 2025.