Publications Archive

A comprehensive online repository of publications from the CVC’s faculty, staff, and trainees. The publication archive can be filtered by both year and author.

Projecting the benefit of vericiguat in PARADIGM-HF and DAPA-HF populations: Insights from the VICTORIA trial.

2024/10/23 » ESC Heart Fail.

Kittipibul V, Mentz RJ, Young R, Butler J, Ezekowitz JA, Lam CSP, Ponikowski P, Voors A, Corda S, McMullan C, O'Connor CM, Anstrom KJ, Armstrong PW; VICTORIA Study Group.

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The Efficacy and Safety of Bisphosphonate Therapy for Osteopenia/Osteoporosis in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient-Level Meta-Analysis of Placebo-Controlled Randomized Trials.

2024/10/23 » Can J Kidney Health Dis.

Whitlock R, MacDonald K, Tangri N, Walsh M, Collister D.

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Characterization of the literature informing health care of transgender and gender-diverse persons: A bibliometric analysis.

2024/10/10 » PLoS One.

Pattar BSB, Gulamhusein N, Rytz CL, Turino Miranda K, Beach LB, Marshall Z, Collister D, Greene DN, Whitley CT, Saad N, Dumanski SM, Harrison TG, Peace L, Newbert AM, Ahmed SB.

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Timeliness of reperfusion in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and outcomes in Kerala, India: results of the TRUST outcomes registry.

2024/10/10 » Postgrad Med J.

Mathew A, Moolla M, Jeemon P, Punnoose E, Ashraf SM, Pisharody S, Viswanathan S, Jayakumar TG, Jabir A, Mathew JP, John T, Thomas V, Bainey K.

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Effect of Four Hemoglobin Transfusion Threshold Strategies in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Anemia : A Target Trial Emulation Using MINT Trial Data.

2024/10/10 » Ann Intern Med.

Portela GT, Carson JL, Swanson SA, Alexander JH, Hébert PC, Goodman SG, Steg PG, Bertolet M, Strom JB, Fergusson DA, Simon T, White HD, Cooper HA, Abbott JD, Rao SV, Chaitman BR, Fordyce CB, Lopes RD, Daneault B, Brooks MM; MINT Investigators; MINT Investigators*.

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Half-Dose Tenecteplase or Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Older Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: STREAM-2 1-Year Mortality Follow-Up.

2024/10/10 » Circulation.

Sinnaeve PR, Welsh RC, Arias Mendoza A, Ristić AD, Averkov OV, Lambert Y, Kerr Saraiva JF, Sepulveda P, Rosell-Ortiz F, French JK, Musić LB, Vandenberghe K, Bogaerts K, Danays T, Bainey KR, Armstrong PW, Van de Werf F; STREAM-2 Investigators.

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Patiromer Facilitates Angiotensin Inhibitor and Mineralocorticoid Antagonist Therapies in Patients With Heart Failure and Hyperkalemia.

2024/10/10 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

Pitt B, Anker SD, Lund LH, Coats AJS, Filippatos G, Rossignol P, Weir MR, Friede T, Kosiborod MN, Metra M, Böhm M, Ezekowitz JA, Bayes-Genis A, Mentz RJ, Ponikowski P, Senni M, Piña IL, Pinto FJ, van der Meer P, Bahit C, Belohlavek J, Brugts JJ, Perrin A, Waechter S, Budden J, Butler J.

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Pulmonary vascular structure and function are related to exercise capacity in health and COPD.

2024/10/10 » Chest.

Collins SÉ, Kirby M, Smith BM, Tan W, Bourbeau J, Thompson S, van Diepen S, Jensen D, Stanojevic S, Stickland MK; CanCOLD Collaborative Research Group and the Canadian Respiratory Research Network.

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A Multi-Specialty Delphi Consensus on Assessing and Managing Cardiopulmonary Risk in Patients with COPD.

2024/10/10 » Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis.

Bhutani M, Bourbeau J, Goodman SG, Hawkins NM, Kaplan AG, Lin PJ, Penz ED, Verma S, Zieroth S.

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Patiromer for Heart Failure Medication Optimization in Patients With Current or Past Hyperkalemia: DIAMOND Subanalysis.

2024/10/10 » JACC Heart Fail.

Coats AJS, Anker SD, Lund LH, Filippatos G, Rossignol P, Pitt B, Weir MR, Kosiborod MN, Metra M, Böhm M, Ezekowitz JA, Bayes-Genis A, Mentz RJ, Ponikowski P, Senni M, Cleland JGF, Goudev A, Khintibidze I, Lindenfeld J, Merkely B, Waechter S, Budden J, Perrin A, Butler J.

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International Variation in Health Status Benefits in Patients Undergoing Initial Invasive Versus Conservative Management for Chronic Coronary Disease: Insights From the ISCHEMIA Trial.

2024/09/27 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes.

Ikemura N, Spertus JA, Nguyen D, Fu Z, Jones PG, Reynolds HR, Bangalore S, Bhargava B, Senior R, Elghamaz A, Goodman SG, Lopes RD, Pracoń R, López-Sendón J, Maggioni AP, Kohsaka S, Roth GA, White HD, Mavromatis K, Boden WE, Rodriguez F, Hochman JS, Maron DJ; ISCHEMIA Research Group.

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Transcarotid transcatheter aortic valve replacement utilizing monitored anesthesia care: a case report.

2024/09/27 » Future Cardiol.

El-Andari R, Kang JJ, Sidhu S, Cwinn M, Green J, Ma ML, Mathew A, Tyrrell BD, Welsh RC, Nagendran J.

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Resilience and Renewal: Charting the Future of Cardiovascular Care in a Changing World.

2024/09/27 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care.

Vranckx P, Morrow D, van Diepen S, Verbrugge FH.

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Stress cardiomyopathy.

2024/09/27 » CMAJ.

Motamed M, Nunes JT, Udell JA.

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Should renin-angiotensin system inhibitors be stopped or not before non-cardiac surgery?

2024/09/17 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care.

Halvorsen S, Vranckx P, van Diepen S.

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Asundexian versus Apixaban in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.

2024/09/10 » N Engl J Med.

Piccini JP, Patel MR, Steffel J, Ferdinand K, Van Gelder IC, Russo AM, Ma CS, Goodman SG, Oldgren J, Hammett C, Lopes RD, Akao M, De Caterina R, Kirchhof P, Gorog DA, Hemels M, Rienstra M, Jones WS, Harrington J, Lip GYH, Ellis SJ, Rockhold FW, Neumann C, Alexander JH, Viethen T, Hung J, Coppolecchia R, Mundl H, Caso V; OCEANIC-AF Steering Committee and Investigators.

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Triglyceride Levels, Alirocumab Treatment, and Cardiovascular Outcomes After an Acute Coronary Syndrome.

2024/09/10 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

Zahger D, Schwartz GG, Du W, Szarek M, Bhatt DL, Bittner VA, Budaj AJ, Diaz R, Goodman SG, Jukema JW, Kiss RG, Harrington RA, Moriarty PM, Scemama M, Manvelian G, Pordy R, White HD, Zeiher AM, Fazio S, Geba GP, Steg PG; ODYSSEY OUTCOMES Investigators.

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ApoA-I Infusions and Burden of Ischemic Events After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the AEGIS-II Trial.

2024/09/10 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

Gibson CM, Chi G, Duffy D, Bahit MC, White H, Korjian S, Alexander JH, Lincoff AM, Anschuetz G, Girgis IG, Nicolau JC, Lopes RD, Cornel JH, Bainey KR, Libby P, Sacks FM, Ridker PM, Goodman SG, Mahaffey KW, Nicholls SJ, Pocock SJ, Mehran R, Harrington RA; AEGIS-II Committees and Investigators.

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Hospital and Physician Variability in Revascularization Decisions and Outcomes for Patients With 3-Vessel and Left Main Coronary Artery Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

2024/09/10 » J Am Heart Assoc.

Wilson T, James MT, Southern D, Har B, Graham MM, Brass N, Bainey K, Fedak PWM, Sajobi TT, Wilton SB.

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Finerenone in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction.

2024/09/10 » N Engl J Med.

Solomon SD, McMurray JJV, Vaduganathan M, Claggett B, Jhund PS, Desai AS, Henderson AD, Lam CSP, Pitt B, Senni M, Shah SJ, Voors AA, Zannad F, Abidin IZ, Alcocer-Gamba MA, Atherton JJ, Bauersachs J, Chang-Sheng M, Chiang CE, Chioncel O, Chopra V, Comin-Colet J, Filippatos G, Fonseca C, Gajos G, Goland S, Goncalvesova E, Kang S, Katova T, Kosiborod MN, Latkovskis G, Lee AP, Linssen GCM, Llamas-Esperón G, Mareev V, Martinez FA, Melenovský V, Merkely B, Nodari S, Petrie MC, Saldarriaga CI, Saraiva JFK, Sato N, Schou M, Sharma K, Troughton R, Udell JA, Ukkonen H, Vardeny O, Verma S, von Lewinski D, Voronkov L, Yilmaz MB, Zieroth S, Lay-Flurrie J, van Gameren I, Amarante F, Kolkhof P, Viswanathan P; FINEARTS-HF Committees and Investigators.

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Embracing the Olympic Spirit: Pioneering Cardiac Care Insights from the 2024 European Society of Cardiology Scientific Meeting and More!

2024/09/10 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care.

Vranckx P, Morrow D, van Diepen S, Verbrugge FH.

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Proteomics Identify Clinical Phenotypes and Predict Functional Outcomes in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Insights From VITALITY-HFpEF.

2024/09/03 » Circ Heart Fail.

deFilippi CR, Shah P, Shah SJ, Alemayehu W, Lam CSP, Butler J, Roessig L, O'Connor CM, Westerhout CM, Armstrong PW; VITALITY-HFpEF Study Group.

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Epidemiology of Cardiogenic Shock Using the Shock Academic Research Consortium (SHARC) Consensus Definitions.

2024/09/03 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care.

Berg DD, Bohula EA, Patel SM, Alfonso CE, Alviar CL, Baird-Zars VM, Barnett CF, Barsness GW, Bennett CE, Chaudhry SP, Fordyce CB, Ghafghazi S, Gidwani UK, Goldfarb MJ, Katz JN, Menon V, Miller PE, Newby LK, Papolos AI, Park JG, Pierce MJ, Proudfoot AG, Sinha SS, Sridharan L, Thompson AD, van Diepen S, Morrow DA.

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Clinical trial design, end-points, and emerging therapies in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

2024/09/03 » Eur Respir J.

Weatherald J, Fleming TR, Wilkins MR, Cascino TM, Psotka MA, Zamanian R, Seeger W, Galiè N, Gomberg-Maitland M.

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Antithrombotic Strategies in Atrial Fibrillation After ACS and/or PCI: A 4-Way Comparison From AUGUSTUS.

2024/09/03 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

Berwanger O, Wojdyla DM, Fanaroff AC, Budaj A, Granger CB, Mehran R, Aronson R, Windecker S, Goodman SG, Alexander JH, Lopes RD.

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Empagliflozin and left atrial function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease: insight from the EMPA-HEART CardioLink-6 randomized clinical trial.

2024/09/03 » Cardiovasc Diabetol.

Pourafkari M, Connelly KA, Verma S, Mazer CD, Teoh H, Quan A, Goodman SG, Rai A, Ng MY, Deva DP, Triverio P, Jiminez-Juan L, Yan AT, Ge Y.

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Restrictive Versus Liberal Transfusion in Patients with Type 1 or Type 2 Myocardial Infarction: A Prespecified Analysis of the Myocardial Ischemia and Transfusion (MINT) Trial.

2024/09/03 » Circulation.

DeFilippis AP, Abbott JD, Herbert BM, Bertolet MH, Chaitman BR, White HD, Goldsweig AM, Polonsky TS, Gupta R, Alsweiler C, Silvain J, de Barros E Silva PGM, Hillis GS, Daneault B, Tessalee M, Menegus MA, Rao SV, Lopes RD, Hébert PC, Alexander JH, Brooks MM, Carson JL, Goodman SG; MINT Investigators.

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Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Anemia: 6-Month Mortality in the MINT Trial.

2024/09/03 » Circulation.

Simon T, Herbert BM, Brooks MM, Goodman SG, Alexander JH, Steg PG, Lopes RD, Ghafghazi S, Bouleti C, Cooper HA, McCamant EL, Bainey KR, Aronow HD, Abbott JD, Alsweiler C, Bertolet M, Fergusson DA, Goldsweig AM, Hébert PC, Carson JL; MINT Trial Investigators.

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Apolipoprotein A-I Infusions and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Acute Myocardial Infarction According to Baseline LDL-Cholesterol Levels: The AEGIS-II Trial.

2024/09/03 » Eur Heart J.

Gibson CM, Duffy D, Bahit MC, Chi G, White H, Korjian S, Alexander JH, Lincoff AM, Heise M, Kingwell BA, Nicolau JC, Lopes RD, Cornel JH, Lewis BS, Vinereanu D, Goodman SG, Bode C, Steg PG, Libby P, Sacks FM, Bainey KR, Ridker PM, Mahaffey KW, Aylward P, Nicholls SJ, Pocock SJ, Mehran R, Harrington RA; AEGIS-II Committees and Investigators.

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In T2DM with CKD, semaglutide reduced major kidney disease events at 3 y.

2024/09/03 » Ann Intern Med.

Collister D, Pannu N.

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Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Medicine: From Clinical Care, Education, and Research Applications to Foundational Models-A Perspective.

2024/08/30 » Can J Cardiol.

Avram R, Dwivedi G, Kaul P, Manlhiot C, Tsang W.

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Fostering diversity in clinical trials: need for evidence and implementation to improve representation.

2024/08/30 » BMJ Med.

Collister D, Song C, Ruzycki SM.

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Current practices in the management of temporary mechanical circulatory support: A survey of CICU directors in North America.

2024/08/30 » Am Heart J.

Balgobind A, Pierce M, Alviar C, Barnett C, Barsness G, Chaudhry SP, Chonde M, Cooper H, Daniels L, Gidwani U, Fordyce C, Goldfarb M, Katz JN, Kontos M, Kwon Y, Liebner E, Liu S, Miller PE, Newby LK, O'Brien C, Papolos A, Pisani B, Potter B, Proudfoot A, Roswell RO, Sinha SS, Smith TD, Thompson AD, van Diepen S, Zakaria S, Morrow D, Villela MA.

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Comparing Analytical Methods for Composite Endpoints in Clinical Trials: Insights from the Vericiguat Global Study in Subjects with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (VICTORIA) Trial.

2024/08/30 » J Card Fail.

Westerhout CM, Rathwell S, Anstrom KJ, Hernandez AF, Ponikowski P, Ezekowitz JA, Voors AA, Felker GM, Bakal JA, Blaustein RO, Nkulikiyinka R, O'Connor CM, Armstrong PW; VICTORIA Study Group.

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Prevalence, Patient Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Canadian Adults With Common Comorbidities.

2024/08/21 » CJC Open.

Leung AA, Williams JVA, Padwal RS, McAlister FA.

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Patiromer-Facilitated Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitor Utilization in Patients With Heart Failure With or Without Comorbid Chronic Kidney Disease: Subgroup Analysis of DIAMOND Randomized Trial.

2024/08/21 » Am J Nephrol.

Weir MR, Rossignol P, Pitt B, Lund LH, Coats AJS, Filippatos G, Perrin A, Waechter S, Budden J, Kosiborod M, Metra M, Boehm M, Ezekowitz JA, Bayes-Genis A, Mentz RJ, Ponikowski P, Senni M, Castro-Montes E, Nicolau JC, Parkhomenko A, Seferovic P, Cohen-Solal A, Anker SD, Butler J.

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Glomerular filtration rate estimation in transgender adults using gender-affirming hormone therapy: an exploratory cross-sectional study.

2024/08/21 » Kidney Int.

Miranda KT, Dumanski SM, Saad N, Inker LA, White CA, Delanaye P, Collister D, Greene DN, Whitley CT, Harrison TG, Rytz CL, Peace L, Sola DY, Ahmed SB.

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Cardiac Index in Comatose Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

2024/08/21 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

Russo JJ, Boland P, Bernick J, Di Santo P, So DYF, Hibbert B, Fordyce CB, van Diepen S, Hassager C, Le May MR.

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Care Gaps and System Issues With Delivering Cardiovascular Risk Reduction and Lipid-Lowering Therapy in Secondary Prevention.

2024/08/15 » Can J Cardiol.

Marquis-Gravel G, Bhatia S, Brown V, Goodman SG

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Rationale and design of the multi organ inflammation with serial testing study: a comprehensive assessment of functional and structural abnormalities in patients with recovered COVID-19.

2024/08/15 » Front Med (Lausanne).

Paterson DI, White JA, Beaulieu C, Sherrington R, Prado CM, Tandon P, Halloran K, Smith S, McCombe JA, Ritchie B, Pituskin E, Haykowsky MJ, Coulden R, Emery D, Tsui AK, Wu KY, Oudit GY, Ezekowitz JA, Thompson RB.

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Characteristics and Outcomes of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.

2024/08/15 » JACC Adv.

Keane RR, Carnicelli AP, Loriaux DB, Kendsersky P, Krasuski RA, Brown KM, Arps K, Baird-Zars V, Dixson JA, Echols E, Granger CB, Harrison RW, Kontos M, Newby LK, Park JG, Shah KS, Ternus BW, Van Diepen S, Katz JN, Morrow DA.

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What Guidelines Say About Risk Reduction: Major Data on the Link Between Lipid Lowering and Outcomes.

2024/08/15 » Can J Cardiol.

Thanassoulis G, Welsh RC, Hegele RA.

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Biomarker profiles associated with reverse ventricular remodelling in patients with heart failure and a reduced ejection fraction: Insights from the echocardiographic substudy of the VICTORIA trial

2024/08/06 » Eur J Heart Fail.

Tromp J, Lam CSP, Alemayehu W, de Filippi CR, Melenovský V, Sliwa K, Lopatin Y, Arango JL, Bahit MC, Roessig L, O'Connor CM, Shah P, Westerhout CM, Voors AA, Pieske B, Armstrong PW; VICTORIA Study Group.

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eMPower: An online Mind-body wellness Program for adults living with chronic health conditions: A three-armed randomized controlled trial protocol.

2024/08/06 » Contemp Clin Trials.

Johnson E, Ismond K, Hyde A, Ezekowitz J, Wright G, Spiers J, Spence J, Thompson S, McNeely ML, Zheng Y, Round J, Tymchuk S, Lee-Baggley D, Isley S, Corrick S, Minckler H, Tandon P.

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Relationship between NT-proBNP, echocardiographic abnormalities and functional status in patients with subclinical siabetic cardiomyopathy.

2024/08/06 » Cardiovasc Diabetol.

Gouda P, Liu Y, Butler J, Del Prato S, Ibrahim NE, Lam CSP, Marwick T, Rosenstock J, Tang W, Zannad F, Januzzi J, Ezekowitz J.

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Sex Differences in Venous Thromboembolism after Covid-19 Infection: A Retrospective Population-based Matched Cohort Study.

2024/08/06 » Ann Am Thorac Soc.

Weatherald J, Wen C, Stickland MK, Damant R, Smith MP, Soril LJ, Zhang Z, D'Souza AG, Rennert-May E, Leal J, Lam GY.

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Continuum of Preshock to Classic Cardiogenic Shock in the Critical Care Cardiology Trials Network Registry.

2024/08/06 » JACC Heart Fail.

Patel SM, Berg DD, Bohula EA, Baird-Zars VM, Park JG, Barnett CF, Daniels LB, Fordyce CB, Ghafghazi S, Goldfarb MJ, Gorder K, Kwon Y, Leibner E, Menon V, Potter BJ, Prasad R, Solomon MA, Teuteberg JJ, Thompson AD, Zakaria S, Katz JN, van Diepen S, Morrow DA.

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Stroke Risk Reduction in Atrial Fibrillation Through Pharmacist Prescribing: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

2024/07/30 » JAMA Netw Open.

Sandhu RK, Fradette M, Lin M, Youngson E, Lau D, Bungard TJ, Tsuyuki RT, Dolovich L, Healey JS, McAlister FA.

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Rethinking Composite Endpoints with the Win Ratio: A Breakthrough or Business as Usual?

2024/07/30 » Can J Cardiol.

Grubic N, Ezekowitz JA.

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Is there a role for pre-hospital administration of potent antiplatelet therapy in STEMI?

2024/07/30 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care.

Welsh RC.

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Resource Utilization and Costs Associated With Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Myocardial Infarction: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

2024/07/30 » JACC Adv.

Parlow S, Fernando SM, Pugliese M, Qureshi D, Talarico R, Sterling LH, van Diepen S, Herridge MS, Price S, Brodie D, Fan E, McIsaac DI, Di Santo P, Jung RG, Slutsky AS, Scales DC, Combes A, Hibbert B, Thiele H, Tanuseputro P, Mathew R; LOTUS-ICU Research Group.

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Global Collaborative Cardiovascular Research: The Collective Wisdom of Countries.

2024/07/23 » Circulation.

Armstrong PW.

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Revolutionizing cardiac care: insights into shock prognosis, myocardial infarction management, and platelet inhibition

2024/07/23 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care.

Vranckx P, Morrow D, van Diepen S, Verbrugge F.

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Arterial hyperoxia and mortality in the cardiac intensive care unit.

2024/07/23 » Curr Probl Cardiol.

Jentzer JC, van Diepen S, Alviar C, Miller PE, Metkus TS, Geller BJ, Kashani KB.

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Effect of Qualifying Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis Proximity on Cardiovascular Risk and Benefit of Empagliflozin in the EMPA-REG OUTCOME Trial.

2024/07/23 » CJC Open.

Odutayo A, Zinman B, Wanner C, Zwiener I, Lund SS, Hantel S, Fitchett D, Udell JA; EMPA-REG OUTCOME Trial Investigators.

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Heart failure events in randomized controlled trials for adults receiving maintenance dialysis: a meta-epidemiologic study.

2024/07/19 » Nephrol Dial Transplant.

Collister D, Pyne L, Bhasin AA, Smyth B, Herrington W, Jardine M, Mark PB, Badve S, Rossignol P, Dember LM, Wanner C, Ezekowitz J, Devereaux PJ, Parfrey P, Gansevoort R, Walsh M.

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Racial Differences in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: The ARISE-HF Trial.

2024/07/19 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

Lopez J, Liu Y, Butler J, Del Prato S, Ezekowitz JA, Lam CSP, Marwick TH, Rosenstock J, Tang WHW, Perfetti R, Urbinati A, Zannad F, Januzzi JL Jr, Ibrahim NE.

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Effect of Peripheral Interventions in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease Receiving Rivaroxaban and Aspirin: Analyses from the XATOA Registry.

2024/07/19 » Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg.

Debus ES, Aboyans V, Bosch J, Fox KAA, Patel MR, Welsh RC, Zeymer U, Gay A, Vogtländer K, Anand SS.

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Diagnostic and Prognostic Models Based on Electrocardiograms for Rapid Clinical Applications.

2024/07/19 » Can J Cardiol.

Islam MS, Kalmady SV, Hindle A, Sandhu R, Sun W, Sepehrvand N, Greiner R, Kaul P.

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Premature Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated with Invasive Revascularization: Comparing STEMI to NSTEMI in a Population-Based Study of Young Patients.

2024/07/19 » Can J Cardiol.

Roston TM, Aghanya V, Savu A, Fordyce CB, Lawler PR, Jentzer J, Wong GC, Brunham LR, Senaratne J, van Diepen S, Kaul P.

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The Impact of an Accelerated Diagnostic Protocol Using Conventional Troponin I for Patients With Cardiac Chest Pain in the Emergency Department.

2024/07/19 » CJC open.

Hill J, Yang EH, Lefebvre D, Doran S, van Diepen S, Raizman JE, Tsui AKY, Rowe BH.

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The impact of dialysate flow rate on haemodialysis adequacy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

2024/07/19 » Clin Kidney J.

Iman Y, Bamforth R, Ewhrudjakpor R, Komenda P, Gorbe K, Whitlock R, Bohm C, Tangri N, Collister D.

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Phenotypes in Pulmonary Hypertension.

2024/07/19 » Eur Respir J.

Weatherald J, Hemnes AR, Maron BA, Mielniczuk LM, Gerges C, Price LC, Hoeper MM, Humbert M.

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Comparative Cardiovascular Benefits of Bempedoic Acid and Statin Drugs.

2024/07/19 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

Lincoff AM, Ray KK, Sasiela WJ, Haddad T, Nicholls SJ, Li N, Cho L, Mason D, Libby P, Goodman SG, Nissen SE.

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Alirocumab and cardiovascular outcomes according to sex and lipoprotein(a) after acute coronary syndrome: a report from the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES study.

2024/07/19 » J Clin Lipidol.

Bittner VA, Schwartz GG, Bhatt DL, Chua T, De Silva HA, Diaz R, Goodman SG, Harrington RA, Jukema JW, McGinniss J, Pordy R, Garon G, Scemama M, White HD, Steg PG, Szarek M; ODYSSEY OUTCOMES Investigators.

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Author Correction: IL-6 inhibition with clazakizumab in patients receiving maintenance dialysis: a randomized phase 2b trial.

2024/07/19 » Nat Med.

Chertow GM, Chang AM, Felker GM, Heise M, Velkoska E, Fellström B, Charytan DM, Clementi R, Gibson CM, Goodman SG, Jardine M, Levin A, Lokhnygina Y, Mears J, Mehran R, Stenvinkel P, Wang AY, Wheeler DC, Zoccali C, Ridker PM, Mahaffey KW, Tricoci P, Wolf M.

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Rivaroxaban Versus Apixaban: A Comparison Without a Simple Solution.

2024/07/19 » Mayo Clin Proc Innov Qual Outcomes.

Cohen M, Spyropoulos AC, Goodman SG, Spinler SA, Bonaca MP, Redling TM, Visveswaran G, Sohal S.

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Editor’s Chronicles: Redefining Pathways in Acute Cardiac Care.

2024/07/19 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care.

Vranckx P, Morrow D, van Diepen S, Verbrugge FH.

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DIETARY SODIUM INTAKE AND OUTCOMES: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS FROM SODIUM-HF: Sodium Intake and Outcomes in Heart Failure.

2024/07/19 » J Card Fail.

Saldarriaga C, Colin-Ramirez E, Islam S, Alemayehu W, Macdonald P, Ross H, Escobedo J, Lanas F, Troughton RW, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA; SODIUM-HF investigators.

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Moving the needle on proteasome inhibitor-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension: a definite maybe.

2024/07/16 » Eur Respir J.

Budhram B, Zamanian RT, Weatherald J.

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Strategies to Reduce CICU Critical Illness-Related Complications: Adding Information to an (Almost) Evidence-Free Zone.

2024/07/16 » JACC Adv.

van Diepen S, Lawler PR, Fordyce CB.

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Vericiguat and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Heart Failure by Baseline Diabetes Status: Insights From the VICTORIA Trial.

2024/07/16 » JACC Heart Fail.

Khan MS, Butler J, Young R, Lewis BS, Escobedo J, Refsgaard J, Reyes E, Roessig L, Blaustein RO, Lam CSP, Voors AA, Ponikowski P, Anstrom KJ, Armstrong PW; VICTORIA Study Group.

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Characterization of serum phosphate levels over time with intravenous ferric carboxymaltose versus placebo as treatment for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and iron deficiency: An exploratory prospective substudy from HEART-FID.

2024/06/27 » Eur J Heart Fail.

Nouhravesh N, Garg J, Rockhold FW, De Pasquale CG, O'Meara E, Lewis GD, Butler J, Harrington J, Ezekowitz JA, Ponikowski P, Troughton RW, Wong YW, Blackman N, Numan S, Adamczyk R, Hernandez AF, Mentz RJ.

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Efficacy of Semaglutide by Sex in Obesity-Related Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: STEP-HFpEF Trials.

2024/06/27 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

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2024/06/27 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes.

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2024/06/27 » Can J Cardiol.

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2024/06/27 » Physiol Rep.

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2024/06/27 » JAMA Cardiol.

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2024/06/13 » Can J Cardiol.

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Semaglutide and NT-proBNP in Obesity-Related HFpEF: Insights From the STEP-HFpEF Program.

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2024/05/27 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

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Increased Virtual Visits to Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Estimated Impact on Physician Compensation: The Case of Lung and Colorectal Cancers, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, and Heart Failure in Alberta, Canada.

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Influenza Vaccine Immune Response in Patients With High-Risk Cardiovascular Disease: A Secondary Analysis of the INVESTED Randomized Clinical Trial

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2021/10/03 » Ann Emerg Med.

Hawkins NM, Youngson E, Sandhu RK, Scheuermeyer FX, Ezekowitz JA, Kaul P, McAlister FA.

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Complete Revascularization in Patients Undergoing a Pharmacoinvasive Strategy for ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the COMPLETE Trial.

2021/10/03 » Circ Cardiovasc Interv.

Dehghani P, Cantor WJ, Wang J, Wood DA, Storey RF, Mehran R, Bainey KR, Welsh RC, Rodés-Cabau J, Rao S, Lavi S, Velianou JL, Natarajan MK, Ziakas A, Guiducci V, Fernández-Avilés F, Cairns JA, Mehta SR.

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2021/10/03 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care.

Nandiwada S, Islam S, Jentzer JC, Miller PE, Fordyce CB, Lawler P, Alviar CL, Sun LY, Dover DC, Lopes RD, Kaul P, van Diepen S.

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2021/10/03 » J Am Coll Cardiol.

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Treatment Inertia in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

2021/10/02 » J Am Heart Assoc.

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2021/10/02 » Am J Cardiol.

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2021/10/02 » Eur J Heart Fail.

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Medical Management of Peripheral Arterial Disease: Deciphering the Intricacies of Therapeutic Options.

2021/10/02 » CJC Open.

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2021/10/01 » J Am Heart Assoc.

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An updated reference for age-sex-specific birth weight percentiles stratified for ethnicity based on data from all live birth infants between 2005 and 2014 in Alberta, Canada.

2021/10/01 » Can J Public Health.

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Use of Antithrombotic Therapy for Secondary Prevention in Patients with Stable Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Insights from the COordinated National Network to Engage Cardiologists in the antithrombotic Treatment of patients with CardioVascular Disease (CONNECT-CVD) Study.

2021/10/01 » Int J Clin Pract.

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2021/10/01 » Curr Cardiovasc Risk Rep.

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2021/10/01 » J Card Fail.

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2021/10/01 » PLoS One.

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2021/10/01 » Eur J Heart Fail.

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2021/10/01 » JACC Heart Fail.

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2021/10/01 » Ann Intern Med.

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The Many Care Models to Treat Thoracic Aortic Disease in Canada: A Nationwide Survey of Cardiac Surgeons, Cardiologists, Interventional Radiologists, and Vascular Surgeons.

2021/10/01 » CJC Open.

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2021 Update on Safety of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Joint Statement From Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society.

2021/10/01 » Can J Cardiol.

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Mechanical Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

2021/10/01 » Circulation.

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Drug Adherence and Long-Term Outcomes in Non-Revascularized Patients Following Acute Myocardial Infarction.

2021/10/01 » Am J Cardiol.

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Ending Gender Inequality in Cardiovascular Clinical Trial Leadership: JACC Review Topic of the Week.

2021/10/01 » Europace.

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2021/10/01 » J Am Heart Assoc.

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2021/10/01 » CJC Open.

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2021/10/01 » Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes.

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The predictive ability of EQ-5D-3L compared to the LACE index and its association with 30-day post-hospitalization outcomes.

2021/10/01 » Qual Life Res.

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Laboratory Markers of Acidosis and Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock: Developing a Definition of Hemometabolic Shock.

2021/10/01 » Shock.

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Contemporary use of guideline-based higher potency P2Y12 receptor inhibitor therapy in patients with moderate-to-high risk non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Results from the Canadian ACS reflective II cross-sectional study.

2021/10/01 » Clin Cardiol.

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2021/10/01 » CJC Open.

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2021/10/01 » CJC Open.

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2021/10/01 » JACC Heart Fail.

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2021/04/01 » Stat Med.

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2021/04/01 » Can J Cardiol.

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2021/04/01 » Catheter Cardiovasc Interv.

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2021/04/01 » CJC Open.

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2021/04/01 » Circulation.

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The 2020 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Comprehensive Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation.

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Gibson CM, Kastelein JJP, Phillips AT, Aylward PE, Yee MK, Tendera M, Nicholls SJ, Pocock S, Goodman SG, Alexander JH, Lincoff M, Bode C, Duffy D, Heise M, Berman G, Mears SJ, Tricoci P, Deckelbaum LI, Steg PG, Ridker P, Mehran R.

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Plasma Volume Status and Its Association With In-Hospital and Postdischarge Outcomes in Decompensated Heart Failure.

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Despite Having Worse Risk Profiles, Northern Albertans Wait Longer for Specialist Follow-up After Emergency Department Visits for Atrial Fibrillation.

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Ezekowitz JA, O'Connor CM, Troughton RW, Alemayehu WG, Westerhout CM, Voors AA, Butler J, Lam CSP, Ponikowski P, Emdin M, Patel MJ, Pieske B, Roessig L, Hernandez AF, Armstrong PW.

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2020/10/01 » ESC Heart Fail. 2020 Sep 10. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12995.

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Relation of High Lipoprotein (a) Concentrations to Platelet Reactivity in Individuals with and Without Coronary Artery Disease.

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Non‐vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC) use and dosing in Canadian practice: Insights from the optimising pharmacotherapy in the management approach to lowering risk in atrial fibrillation (OPTIMAL AF) Programme.

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Effect of Genotype-Guided Oral P2Y12 Inhibitor Selection vs Conventional Clopidogrel Therapy on Ischemic Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The TAILOR-PCI Randomized Clinical Trial.

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2020/07/01 » CJC Open. 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2020.02.009.

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2020/07/01 » Europace. 2020;22:695-703. doi: 10.1093/europace/euz302.

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2020/03/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2020 Feb 19. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.6114.

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2020/03/01 » Diabetes Care. 2020;43:446-452. doi: 10.2337/dc19-1065.

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2020/03/01 » CJC Open. 2020;2:8-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2019.11.006

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2020/03/01 » J Cardiovasc Transl Res. 2020 Jan 13. doi: 10.1007/s12265-020-09954-x.

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2020/02/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2019 Nov 30. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.11.030.

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Gibson CM, Kumar V, Gopalakrishnan L, Singh P, Guo J, Kazziha S, Devireddy C, Pinto D, Marshall JJ, Stouffer GA, Mavromatis K, Grip L, Bainey KR; TIMI & PERFUSE Study Group.

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2020/01/01 » Europace. 2019 Dec 4. pii: euz302. doi: 10.1093/europace/euz302.

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Verma S, Mazer CD, Yan AT, Mason T, Garg V, Teoh H, Zuo F, Quan A, Farkouh ME, Fitchett DH, Goodman SG, Goldenberg RM, Al-Omran M, Gilbert RE, Bhatt DL, Leiter LA, Jüni P, Zinman B, Connelly KA.

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2019/11/01 » Am Heart J. 2019;219:37-46. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2019.10.012.

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2019/08/01 » Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019 Jul 1. pii: S2213-8587(19)30158-5. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(19)30158-5.

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Outcomes Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerative Stentless Versus Stented Bioprostheses.

2019/08/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019;12:1256-1263. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2019.02.036.

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Changes in comorbidities, diagnoses, therapies and outcomes in a contemporary cardiac intensive care unit population.

2019/08/01 » Am Heart J. 2019;215:12-19. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2019.05.012.

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The Association of the Average Epinephrine Dosing Interval and Survival With Favorable Neurologic Status at Hospital Discharge in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

2019/08/01 » Ann Emerg Med. 2019 Jun 24. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.04.031.

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Noncardiovascular Disease and Critical Care Delivery in a Contemporary Cardiac and Medical Intensive Care Unit.

2019/08/01 » J Intensive Care Med. 2019;34:537-543. doi: 10.1177/0885066617741873.

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The Effects of Acute Atmospheric Pressure Changes on the Occurrence of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Case-Crossover Study.

2019/07/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2019;35:753-760. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.02.015

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Success Begins With Failure: An Alternative Approach in Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using an Antegrade Wire Crossing Technique.

2019/07/01 » CJC Open. 2019;1: 150-152.

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Quality of warfarin management in primary care: Determining the stability of international normalized ratios using a nationally representative prospective cohort.

2019/07/01 » Can Fam Physician. 2019;65:416-425.

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Twelve-Year Temporal Trends in Ambulance Use for Patients Hospitalized With a Primary Diagnosis of Syncope in Canada.

2019/07/01 » CJC Open. 2019;1:141-146.

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External Validation and Refinement of Emergency Heart Failure Mortality Risk Grade Risk Model in Patients With Heart Failure in the Emergency Department.

2019/07/01 » CJC Open. 2019;1:123-130.

Sepehrvand N, Youngson E, Bakal JA, McAlister FA, Rowe BH, Ezekowitz JA.

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Low altitude simulation without hypoxia improves left ventricular function after myocardial infarction by reducing ventricular afterload.

2019/07/01 » PLoS One. 2019;14:e0215814. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215814.

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Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with STEMI Treated with Fibrinolytic Therapy: TREAT Trial.

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P2Y12 Inhibitor Switching in Response to Routine Notification of CYP2C19 Clopidogrel Metabolizer Status Following Acute Coronary Syndromes.

2019/07/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2019 May 29. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.1510.

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Effects of alirocumab on types of myocardial infarction: insights from the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES trial.

2019/07/01 » Eur Heart J. 2019 May 23. pii: ehz299. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz299.

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Are Cardiac Biomarkers the Key to Solving the Syncope Mystery?

2019/07/01 » Circulation. 2019;139:2419-2421. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.040204.

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An overview of international cardiogenic shock guidelines and application in clinical practice.

2019/07/01 » Curr Opin Crit Care. 2019 May 16. doi: 10.1097/MCC.0000000000000624.

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Rationale and Design of the VITALITY-HFpEF Trial.

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Incidence of Syncope During Pregnancy: Temporal Trends and Outcomes.

2019/07/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8:e011608. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011608.

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2019/07/01 » Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 May 19. doi: 10.1002/ccd.28329.

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External Validation of the H2F-PEF Model in Diagnosing Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction.

2019/07/01 » Circulation. 2019;139:2377-2379. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.038594.

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2019/07/01 » ESC Heart Fail. 2019 May 17. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12448.

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Utilization and Costs of Noninvasive Cardiac Tests After Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the Alberta COAPT Study.

2019/07/01 » CJC Open. 2019;1:76-83.

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International survey of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention and their attitudes toward pharmacogenetic testing.

2019/07/01 » Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2019;29:76-83. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0000000000000368.

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2019/07/01 » CMAJ. 2019 May 6;191:E509. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.71651.

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Commentary: More evidence for 24-7 intensivist cardiac surgical intensive care unit coverage.

2019/07/01 » J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Apr 4. pii: S0022-5223(19)30746-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.03.068.

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Clopidogrel Pharmacogenetics.

2019/07/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Apr;12:e007811. doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.119.007811.

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A Population Level Analysis of the Differing Impacts of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Spondyloarthritis on Peripartum Outcomes.

2019/07/01 » J Rheumatol. 2019 May 1. pii: jrheum.181320. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.181320.

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Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Complicated by Respiratory Failure.

2019/07/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2019;12:e006013. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.119.006013.

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The History of Hypertension Guidelines in Canada.

2019/07/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2019;35:582-589. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.01.017.

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Temporal Trends of Women Enrollment in Major Cardiovascular Randomized Clinical Trials.

2019/07/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2019;35:653-660. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.01.010.

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2019/07/01 » Heart. 2019;105:429-430. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314526.

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2019/07/01 » JAMA. 2019 Apr 22. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.5168.

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Systematic Incorporation of Sex-Specific Information Into Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of ST -Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Feasibility and Outcomes.

2019/07/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8:e011597. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011597.

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2019/07/01 » Eur Heart J. 2019 Apr 8. pii: ehz158. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz158.

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Trends in Readmissions and Length of Stay for Patients Hospitalized With Heart Failure in Canada and the United States.

2019/07/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2019 Apr 10. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2019.0766.

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2019/07/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2019 Apr 12:2048872619845282. doi: 10.1177/2048872619845282.

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Statin use and the risk of acute kidney injury in older adults.

2019/07/01 » BMC Nephrol. 2019;20:103. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1280-7

Tonelli M, Lloyd AM, Bello AK, James MT, Klarenbach SW, McAlister FA, Manns BJ, Tsuyuki RT, Hemmelgarn BR.

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Systematic Incorporation of Sex-Specific Information Into Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of ST -Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Feasibility and Outcomes.

2019/07/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8:e011597. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011597.

Norris CM, Tannenbaum C, Pilote L, Wong G, Cantor WJ, McMurtry MS.

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Improving Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients after Discharge: Mind the Gap.

2019/07/01 » J Card Fail. 2019 Mar 29. pii: S1071-9164(19)30342-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.03.018.

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Prognostic Implications of Changes in Amino-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Insights from ASCEND-HF.

2019/07/01 » J Card Fail. 2019 Apr 3. pii: S1071-9164(18)30979-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.04.002.

Grodin JL, Liebo MJ, Butler J, Metra M, Felker GM, Hernandez AF, Voors AA, McMurray JJ, Armstrong PW, O'Connor C, Starling RC, Troughton RW, Wilson Tang WH.

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Epidemiology of Shock in Contemporary Cardiac Intensive Care Units.

2019/07/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019;12:e005618.

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Role of Critical Care Medicine Training in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit: Survey Responses From Dual Certified Critical Care Cardiologists.

2019/07/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8:e011721.

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Sex And Prognostic Significance of Self-Reported Frailty in Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the TRILOGY ACS Trial.

2019/07/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2019;35:430-437.

Kaul P, Alexander KP, Ohman EM, Savu A, Roe MT, Goodman SG, Fox KA, White HD, Prabhakaran D, Hochman JS, Clemmensen P, Armstrong PW.

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Titration and Tolerability of Sacubitril/Valsartan for Patients With Heart Failure in Clinical Practice.

2019/06/01 » J Cardiovas Pharmacol. 2019;73: 149-154.

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The Relationship Between Heart-Failure Hospitalization and Mortality in Patients Receiving Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

2019/06/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2019;35:413-421.

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Baseline Characteristics and Risk Profiles of Participants in the ISCHEMIA Randomized Clinical Trial.

2019/06/01 » JAMA Cardiology. 2019;4:273-286.

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Statin use and the risk of acute kidney injury in older adults.

2019/06/01 » BMC Nephrol. 2019;20:103. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1280-7.

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Clinical Factors Related to Morbidity and Mortality in High-Risk Heart Failure Patients: The GUIDE-IT Predictive Model And Risk Score.

2019/06/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2019. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1450.

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Physiological Association between Limb Ballistocardiogram and Arterial Blood Pressure Waveforms: A Mathematical Model-Based Analysis.

2019/06/01 » Sci Rep. 2019;9:5146. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41537-y.

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The Association between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Coronary Artery Disease in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography.

2019/06/01 » COPD. 2019:1-6. doi: 10.1080/15412555.2019.1566894.

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Epidemiology of Shock in Contemporary Cardiac Intensive Care Units.

2019/06/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2019;12:e005618. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.119.005618.

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Role of Critical Care Medicine Training in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit: Survey Responses From Dual Certified Critical Care Cardiologists.

2019/06/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8:e011721. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.011721.

Brusca SB, Barnett C, Barnhart BJ, Weng W, Morrow DA, Soble JS, Katz JN, Wiley BM, van Diepen S, Gomez AD, Solomon MA.

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Prevalence and Postdischarge Outcomes Associated with Frailty in Medical Inpatients: Impact of Different Frailty Definitions.

2019/06/01 » J Hosp Med. 2019;14:E1-E4. doi: 10.12788/jhm.3174.

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Cardiovascular and Lifestyle Risk Factors and Cognitive Function in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease.

2019/06/01 » Am Heart Assoc. 2019;8:e010641. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.010641.

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Cardiac rehabilitation in people with peripheral arterial disease: A higher risk population that benefits from completion.

2019/06/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2019 Mar 5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.02.070.

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2019/06/01 » Heart. 2019 Feb 21. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313844.

Gandhi S, Goodman SG, Greenlaw N, Ford I, McSkimming P, Ferrari R, Jang Y, Alcocer-Gamba MA, Fox K, Tardif JC, Tendera M, Dorian P, Steg G, Udell JA.

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Maternal cardioautonomic responses during and following exercise throughout pregnancy.

2019/06/01 » Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2019;44:263-270. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2018-0397.

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Elevated pre-transplant left ventricular end-diastolic pressure increases primary graft dysfunction risk in double lung transplant recipients.

2019/06/01 » J Heart Lung Transplant. 2019 Feb 18. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.02.010.

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The Vancouver 3M (Multidisciplinary, Multimodality, But Minimalist) Clinical Pathway Facilitates Safe Next-Day Discharge Home at Low-, Medium-, and High-Volume Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Centers: The 3M TAVR Study.

2019/06/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019;12:459-469.

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Association Between Patient and Physician Sex and Physician-Estimated Stroke and Bleeding Risks in Atrial Fibrillation.

2019/04/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2019;35:160-168.

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Short term outcome following acute phase switch among P2Y12 inhibitors in patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome treated with PCI: A systematic review and meta-analysis including 22,500 patients from 14 studies.

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2019/04/01 » Heart. 2019;105:4-5. DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313402.

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2019/04/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2019;7:158-168.

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2019/04/01 » Curr Opin Cardiol. 2019;34:202-206. DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000594.

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Cost-effectiveness of Osteoporosis Interventions to Improve Quality of Care after Upper Extremity Fracture: Results from a Randomized Trial (C-STOP Trial).

2019/04/01 » J Bone Miner Res. 2019. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3699.

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2019/04/01 » Health Rep. 2019;30:3-13.

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The Effects of Resveratrol in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure: A Narrative Review.

2019/04/01 » Int J Mol Sci. 2019;20. pii: E904. doi: 10.3390/ijms20040904.

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2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology Guidelines on the Acute Management of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Focused Update on Regionalization and Reperfusion.

2019/04/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2019;35:107-132. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.11.031.

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2019/04/01 » Heart. 2019 Jan 31. pii: heartjnl-2018-314526. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-314526.

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2019/04/01 » Eur Heart J. 2019 Jan 30. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz007.

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2019/03/01 » Circulation. 2019;139:137-139. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.036536.

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Days Alive and Out of Hospital: Exploring a Patient-Centered, Pragmatic Outcome in a Clinical Trial of Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes.

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Sodium Fluoride Imaging of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Ambulatory Patients With Diabetes Mellitus.

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2019/03/01 » Curr Opin Cardiol. 2018. doi: 10.1097/HCO.0000000000000594.

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The Titration and Tolerability of Sacubitril/Valsartan for Patients with Heart Failure in Clinical Practice.

2019/03/01 » J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2018. doi: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000643.

Du AX, Westerhout CM, McAlister FA, Shanks M, Oudit GY, Paterson DI, Hanninen M, Thomas J, Ezekowitz JA.

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Stroke Outcomes With Vorapaxar Versus Placebo in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the TRACER Trial.

2019/03/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2018;7:e009609. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009609.

Ungar L, Clare RM, Rodriguez F, Kolls BJ, Armstrong PW, Aylward P, Held C, Moliterno DJ, Strony J, Van de Werf F, Wallentin L, White HD, Tricoci P, Harrington RA, Mahaffey KW, Melloni C.

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A Population-Based Study of Adherence to Guideline Recommendations and Appropriate-Use Criteria for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators.

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Bernier R, Al-Shehri M, Raj SR, Reyes L, Lockwood E, Gulamhusein S, Williams R, Valtuille L, Sivakumaran S, Hruczkowski T, Kimber S, Exner DV, Sandhu RK.

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Tedjasaputra V, van Diepen S, Phillips DB, Wong EYL, Bhutani M, Michaelchuk WW, Bryan TL, Stickland MK.

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2019/03/01 » Open Heart. 2018;5:e000908. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000908.

Sandhu RK, Ezekowitz JA, Hijazi Z, Westerbergh J, Aulin J, Alexander JH, Granger CB, Halvorsen S, Hanna MS, Lopes RD, Siegbahn A, Wallentin L.

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Alirocumab Reduces Total Nonfatal Cardiovascular and Fatal Events in the ODYSSEY OUTCOMES Trial.

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2019/01/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2018:2048872618812135. doi: 10.1177/2048872618812135.

Kaul P, Savu A, Hamza S, Knudtson ML, Bainey K, Brass N, Armstrong PW, Welsh RC.

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Economic and Quality-of-Life Outcomes of Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy for Heart Failure.

2019/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018;72:2551-2562. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.08.2184.

Mark DB, Cowper PA, Anstrom KJ, Sheng S, Daniels MR, Knight JD, Baloch KN, Davidson-Ray L, Fiuzat M, Januzzi JL Jr, Whellan DJ, Piña IL, Ezekowitz JA, Adams KF, Cooper LS, O'Connor CM, Felker GM.

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Continued vs. interrupted direct oral anticoagulants at the time of device surgery, in patients with moderate to high risk of arterial thrombo-embolic events (BRUISE CONTROL-2).

2019/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2018;39:3973-3979. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy413.

Birnie DH, Healey JS, Wells GA, Ayala-Paredes F, Coutu B, Sumner GL, Becker G, Verma A, Philippon F, Kalfon E, Eikelboom J, Sandhu RK, Nery PB, Lellouche N, Connolly SJ, Sapp J, Essebag V.

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2018 Focused Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation.

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Andrade JG, Verma A, Mitchell LB, Parkash R, Leblanc K, Atzema C, Healey JS, Bell A, Cairns J, Connolly S, Cox J, Dorian P, Gladstone D, McMurtry MS, Nair GM, Pilote L, Sarrazin JF, Sharma M, Skanes A, Talajic M, Tsang T, Verma S, Wyse DG, Nattel S, Macle L; CCS Atrial Fibrillation Guidelines Committee.

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2019/01/01 » World J Surg. 2018;42(9):2691-2700. doi: 10.1007/s00268-018-4559-0.

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2019/01/01 » Echocardiography. 2018. doi: 10.1111/echo.14152.

Alherbish A, Becher H, Alemayehu W, Paterson DI, Butler CR, Anderson TJ, Ezekowitz JA, Shanks M; Alberta HEART investigators.

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Comparison of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Management Strategies Before Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Registry Trial.

2019/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2018;7:e009917. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009917.

van Diepen S, Norris CM, Zheng Y, Nagendran J, Graham MM, Gaete Ortega D, Townsend DR, Ezekowitz JA, Bagshaw SM.

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Frailty and Outcomes After Myocardial Infarction: Insights From the CONCORDANCE Registry.

2019/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2018;7:e009859. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.009859.

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2018/12/01 » CMAJ. 2018;190:E1192-E1206. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.180194.

Tobe SW, Stone JA, Anderson T, Bacon S, Cheng AYY, Daskalopoulou SS, Ezekowitz JA, Gregoire JC, Gubitz G, Jain R, Keshavjee K, Lindsay P, L'Abbe M, Lau DCW, Leiter LA, O'Meara E, Pearson GJ, Rabi DM, Sherifali D, Selby P, Tu JV, Wharton S, Walker KM, Hua-Stewart D, Liu PP.

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2018/12/01 » Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2018;16:591-598. doi: 10.1080/14779072.2018.1496018.

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Greene SJ, Hernandez AF, Sun JL, Butler J, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA, Zannad F, Ferreira JP, Coles A, Metra M, Voors AA, Califf RM, O'Connor CM, Mentz RJ.

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Short- and long-term mortality after pulmonary embolism in patients with and without cancer.

2018/12/01 » Vasc Med. 2018;23:261-266. doi: 10.1177/1358863X18754692.

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Acute Coronary Syndromes and Heart Failure Critical Care Units Utilization and Outcomes in Teaching and Community Hospitals: A National Population-Based Analysis.

2018/12/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2018;34:1365-1368. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.07.419.

Verma S, Kaul P, Lin M, Ezekowitz JA, Zygun DA, Fordyce CB, Wang TY, McAlister FA, van Diepen S.

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Adherence to osteoporosis therapy after an upper extremity fracture: a pre-specified substudy of the C-STOP randomized controlled trial.

2018/12/01 » Osteoporos Int. 2018 Sep 19. doi: 10.1007/s00198-018-4702-7.

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2018/12/01 » Clin Cardiol. 2018; 41:285-292. doi: 10.1002/clc.22901.

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2018/12/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018; 72:1532-1553. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.06.074.

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2018/12/01 » Am Heart J. 2018 Aug 16;205:87-96. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.08.005.

Colin-Ramirez E, Ezekowitz JA; SODIUM-HF investigators.

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2018/12/01 » Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2018 Sep 12. doi: 10.1080/14779072.2018.1523719.

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Health Care Resource Utilization Among Children With Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-Based Study.

2018/12/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2018 Jun 30. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.06.011.

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Circulation Global Rounds.

2018/11/01 » Circulation. 2018;138:10-11.

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2018/11/01 » Heart. 2018 Jul 10. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2018-313402.

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Norepinephrine as a First-Line Inopressor in Cardiogenic Shock: Oversimplification or Best Practice?

2018/11/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018;72:183-186. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.04.052.

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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Intervention for Chronic Mitral Regurgitation: A Plethora of Different Technologies.

2018/11/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2018 Sep;34(9):1200-1209. doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.04.034.

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2018/11/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2018 May 4. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.04.032

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Maternal cardioautonomic responses during and following exercise throughout pregnancy.

2018/11/01 » Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2018 Aug 23. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2018-0397.

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2018/11/01 » Glob Heart. 2018 Aug 18. doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2018.07.001.

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Ethnic and sex differences in ambulance activation among hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the Alberta contemporary acute coronary syndrome patients invasive treatment strategies (COAPT) study.

2018/11/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2018 Aug 10. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.08.035.

Bainey KR, Alemayehu W, Gupta AK, Bowker SL, Welsh RC, Kaul P.

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2018/11/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2018 Jul 27. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.07.128.

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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Use in Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia: A Systematic Review.

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Comparing Strategies Targeting Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures after an Upper Extremity Fracture (C-STOP Trial): A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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2018/11/01 » Blood Cells Mol Dis. 2018 Jul 21. doi: 10.1016/j.bcmd.2018.07.004.

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Population-Level Outcomes With a 2-Step Approach for Gestational Diabetes Screening and Diagnosis: Response to the Letter to the Editor From Dr. Kong.

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Circulating Cardiac Troponin I Levels Measured by a Novel Highly Sensitive Assay in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Insights from the ASCEND-HF Trial.

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Influence of hospital volume on outcomes for patients with heart failure: Evidence from a Canadian national cohort study.

2018/08/01 » Am Heart J. 2018 Aug;202:148-150.

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Geographical Differences in Comorbidity Burden and Outcomes in Adults With Syncope Hospitalizations in Canada.

2018/08/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2018 Jul;34:937-940.

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Sex differences in management and outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: A report from TECOS.

2018/08/01 » Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 Jun. doi: 10.1111/dom.13377.

Alfredsson J, Green JB, Stevens SR, Reed SD, Armstrong PW, Angelyn Bethel M, Engel SS, McGuire DK, Van de Werf F, Hramiak I, White HD, Peterson ED, Holman RR; TECOS Study Group.

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2018/08/01 » Health Rep. 2018 Jun;29:3-10.

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Defining an Intraoperative Hypotension Threshold in Association with Stroke in Cardiac Surgery.

2018/08/01 » Anesthesiology. 2018 Jun 8. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000002298.

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The high cost of critical care unit over-utilization for patients with NSTE ACS.

2018/08/01 » Am Heart J. 2018 Aug;202:84-88.

van Diepen S, Tran DT, Ezekowitz JA, Zygun DA, Katz JN, Lopes RD, Newby LK, McAlister FA, Kaul P.

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The Use of Biomarkers to Predict Specific Causes of Death in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from the ARISTOTLE Trial.

2018/08/01 » Circulation. 2018 Jun 5. pii: CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034125.

Sharma A, Hijazi Z, Andersson U, Al-Khatib SM, Lopes RD, Alexander JH, Held C, Hylek EM, Leonardi S, Hanna M, Ezekowitz JA, Siegbahn A, Granger CB, Wallentin L.

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Leveraging electronic health records for clinical research.

2018/08/01 » Am Heart J. 2018 Aug;202:13-19.

Raman SR, Curtis LH, Temple R, Andersson T, Ezekowitz J, Ford I, James S, Marsolo K, Mirhaji P, Rocca M, Rothman RL, Sethuraman B, Stockbridge N, Terry S, Wasserman SM, Peterson ED, Hernandez AF.

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Safety of ticagrelor in patients with baseline conduction abnormalities: A PLATO (Study of Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes) analysis.

2018/08/01 » Am Heart J. 2018 Aug;202:54-60.

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Examining the Influence of Component Outcomes on the Composite at the Design Stage.

2018/08/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2018 Jun;11:e004419.

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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction and diabetes.

2018/08/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Jun;20:1031-1038.

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Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With Syncope.

2018/07/30 » JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Mar;178:356-362.

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2018/07/30 » J Appl Physiol. 2018 Apr;124:930-937.

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2018/07/30 » Int J Cardiol. 2018 Jun;260:219-225.

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Insights on the Use of Twitter at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress.

2018/07/30 » Can J Cardiol. 2018 Jun;34:813.e7-813.

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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction and diabetes.

2018/07/30 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Jun;20:1031-1038.

Sharma A, Al-Khatib SM, Ezekowitz JA, Cooper LB, Fordyce CB, Michael Felker G, Bardy GH, Poole JE, Thomas Bigger J, Buxton AE, Moss AJ, Friedman DJ, Lee KL, Steinman R, Dorian P, Cappato R, Kadish AH, Kudenchuk PJ, Mark DB, Peterson ED, Inoue LYT, Sanders GD.

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Exploring New Cardiovascular Pathways: Are Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulators the Right Direction?

2018/07/30 » Circ Heart Fail. 2018 Mar;11:e004813.

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2018/07/30 » Can J Cardiol. 2018 May;34:670-675.

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2018/07/30 » JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 May;11:856-864.

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2018/07/30 » JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Jun;6:533-535.

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Population-level incidence and outcomes of myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA): Insights from the Alberta contemporary acute coronary syndrome patients invasive treatment strategies (COAPT) study.

2018/07/30 » Int J Cardiol. 2018 Aug;264:12-17.

Bainey KR, Welsh RC, Alemayehu W, Westerhout CM, Traboulsi D, Anderson T, Brass N, Armstrong PW, Kaul P.

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Ambulance use, distance and outcomes in patients with suspected cardiovascular disease: a registry-based geographic information system study.

2018/07/30 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2018 Apr:2048872618769872

Sepehrvand N, Alemayehu W, Kaul P, Pelletier R, Bello AK, Welsh RC, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA.

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Early discontinuation of prasugrel or clopidogrel in acute coronary syndromes: insights from the TRILOGY ACS trial.

2018/07/30 » Send to Coron Artery Dis. 2018 Sep;29:469-476.

Yan AT, Roe MT, Neely M, Cyr DD, White H, Fox KAA, Prabhakaran D, Armstrong PW, Ohman EM, Goodman SG.

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Effect of Lowering Diastolic Pressure in Patients With and Without Cardiovascular Disease: Analysis of the SPRINT (Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial).

2018/07/30 » Hypertension. 2018 May;71:840-84.

Khan NA, Rabkin SW, Zhao Y, McAlister FA, Park JE, Guan M, Chan S, Humphries KH.

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Effects of supplemental oxygen therapy in patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials.

2018/07/30 » Heart. 2018 Mar 29. pii: heartjnl-2018-313089.

Sepehrvand N, James SK, Stub D, Khoshnood A, Ezekowitz JA, Hofmann R.

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Marital status and outcomes after myocardial infarction: Observations from the Canadian Observational Antiplatelet Study (COAPT).

2018/07/30 » Clin Cardiol. 2018 Mar;41:285-292.

Ghosh-Swaby OR, Tan M, Bagai A, Yan AT, Goodman SG, Mehta SR, Fisher HN, Cohen EA, Huynh T, Cantor WJ, Le May MR, Déry JP, Welsh RC, Udell JA.

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Beyond Stroke Prevention in Atrial Fibrillation: Exploring Further Unmet Needs with Rivaroxaban.

2018/07/30 » Thromb Haemost. 2018 May;118:S34-S44.

Gibson CM, Hankey GJ, Nafee T, Welsh RC.

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The effect of provider affiliation with a primary care network on emergency department visits and hospital admissions.

2018/07/30 » CMAJ. 2018 Mar;190:E276-E284.

McAlister FA, Bakal JA, Green L, Bahler B, Lewanczuk R.

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The Impact of the Implementation of the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Program in an Entire Health System: A Natural Experiment in Alberta, Canada.

2018/07/30 » World J Surg. 2018 Mar; doi: 10.1007/s00268-018-4559-0.

AlBalawi Z, Gramlich L, Nelson G, Senior P, Youngson E, McAlister FA.

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Is Time of the Essence? The Impact of Time of Hospital Presentation in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From ASCEND-HF Trial.

2018/06/30 » JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Apr;6:298-307.

Cerbin LP, Ambrosy AP, Greene SJ, Armstrong PW, Butler J, Coles A, DeVore AD, Ezekowitz JA, Hernandez AF, Metra M, Starling RC, Tang W, Teerlink JR, Voors AA, Wu A, O'Connor CM, Mentz RJ.

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Systematic review and directors survey of quality indicators for the cardiovascular intensive care unit.

2018/06/30 » Int J Cardiol. 2018 Jun 1;260:219-225.

Goldfarb M, Bibas L, Newby LK, Henry TD, Katz J, van Diepen S, Cercek B.

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Comparing Canadian health care to that in other countries: looking beyond the headlines.

2018/06/30 » CMAJ. 2018 Feb 26;190:E207-E208.

McAlister FA, Cram P, Bell CM.

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2018 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology Focused Update of the Guidelines for the Use of Antiplatelet Therapy.

2018/06/30 » Can J Cardiol. 2018 Mar;34:214-233.

Mehta SR, Bainey KR, Cantor WJ, Lordkipanidzé M, Marquis-Gravel G, Robinson SD, Sibbald M, So DY, Wong GC, Abunassar JG, Ackman ML, Bell AD, Cartier R, Douketis JD, Lawler PR, McMurtry MS, Udell JA, van Diepen S, Verma S, Mancini GBJ, Cairns JA, Tanguay JF; members of the Secondary Panel.

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Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Improves Outcomes in Patients With Diabetes and Left Ventricular Dysfunction.

2018/06/30 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Feb;71:819-827.

Nagendran J, Bozso SJ, Norris CM, McAlister FA, Appoo JJ, Moon MC, Freed DH, Nagendran J.

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Clinical features and outcomes of patients with type 2 myocardial infarction: Insights from the Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRACER) trial.

2018/06/30 » Am Heart J. 2018 Feb;196:28-35.

Guimarães PO, Leonardi S, Huang Z, Wallentin L, de Werf FV, Aylward PE, Held C, Harrington RA, Moliterno DJ, Armstrong PW, White HD, Alexander KP, Lopes RD, Mahaffey KW, Tricoci P.

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Heparin use for diagnostic cardiac catheterization with a radial artery approach: An international survey of practice patterns.

2018/06/30 » Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2018 Feb. doi: 10.1002/ccd.27530

Bossard M, Lavi S, Rao SV, Cohen DJ, Cantor WJ, Bainey KR, Valettas N, Jolly SS, Mehta SR.

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A Population-Based Study of Syncope in the Young.

2018/06/30 » Can J Cardiol. 2018 Feb;34:195-201.

Roston TM, Tran DT, Sanatani S, Sandhu R, Sheldon R, Kaul P.

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Interaction of Body Mass Index on the Association Between N-Terminal-Pro-b-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Morbidity and Mortality in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: Findings From ASCEND-HF (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure).

2018/06/30 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Feb;7. pii: e006740.

Bhatt AS, Cooper LB, Ambrosy AP, Clare RM, Coles A, Joyce E, Krishnamoorthy A, Butler J, Felker GM, Ezekowitz JA, Armstrong PW, Hernandez AF, O'Connor CM, Mentz RJ.

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Control of glycemia and blood pressure in British adults with diabetes mellitus and subsequent therapy choices: a comparison across health states.

2018/06/30 » Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2018 Feb;17:27.

McAlister FA, Lethebe BC, Lambe C, Williamson T, Lowerison M.

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Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Canadian Primary Care Practice 2010-2015: A Cohort Study From the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network.

2018/06/30 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jan;7. pii: e007603.

McAlister FA, Garrison S, Kosowan L, Ezekowitz JA, Singer A.

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Chemoreflex mediated arrhythmia during apnea at 5,050 m in low- but not high-altitude natives

2018/06/30 » J Appl Physiol. 2018 Apr;124:930-937.

Busch SA, Davies HE, Van Diepen S, Simpson LL, Sobierajski F, Riske L, Stembridge M, Ainslie PN, Willie CK, Hoiland RL, Moore JP, Steinback CD.

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Time in therapeutic range and stability over time for warfarin users in clinical practice: a retrospective cohort study using linked routinely collected health data in Alberta, Canada.

2018/06/30 » BMJ Open. 2018; 8: e016980.

McAlister FA, Wiebe N, Hemmelgarn BR.

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Prevalence of Pulmonary Embolism in Patients With Syncope.

2018/06/30 » JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Mar;178:356-362.

Costantino G, Ruwald MH, Quinn J, Camargo CA Jr, Dalgaard F, Gislason G, Goto T, Hasegawa K, Kaul P, Montano N, Numé AK, Russo A, Sheldon R, Solbiati M, Sun B, Casazza G.

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Apixaban following acute coronary syndromes in patients with prior stroke: Insights from the APPRAISE-2 trial.

2018/03/01 » Am Heart J. 2018 Mar;197:1-8.

Sherwood MW, Lopes RD, Sun JL, Liaw D, Harrington RA. Wallentin L, Laskowitz DT, James SK, Goodman SG, Darius H, Lewis BS, Gibson CM, Pieper KS, Alexander JH.

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Increased Risk of Severe Hypoglycemic Events Before and After Cardiovascular Outcomes in TECOS Suggests an At-Risk Type 2 Diabetes Frail Patient Phenotype.

2018/03/01 » Diabetes Care. 2018 Mar;41:596-603.

Standl E, Stevens SR, Armstrong PW, Buse JB, Chan JCN, Green JB, Lachin JM, Scheen A, Travert F, Van de Werf F, Peterson ED, Holman RR; TECOS Study Group.

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Impact of climate and air pollution on acute coronary syndromes: an update from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017.

2018/02/28 » Scand Cardiovasc J. 2018 Feb;52:1-3.

Kaluzna-Oleksy M, Aunan K, Rao-Skirbekk S, Kjellstrom T, Ezekowitz JA, Agewall S, Atar D.

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Electrocardiographic Findings in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Presenting With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.

2018/02/28 » Am J Cardiol. 2018 Feb;121:294-300.

Sarak B, Goodman SG, Brieger D, Gale CP, Tan NS, Budaj A, Wong GC, Huynh T, Tan MK, Udell JA, Bagai A, Fox KAA, Yan AT; Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Investigators and the Canadian Acute Coronary Syndromes I Investigators.

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Duration of ischemia and treatment effects of pre- versus in-hospital ticagrelor in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Insights from the ATLANTIC study.

2018/02/28 » Am Heart J. 2018 Feb;196:56-64.

Bagai A, Goodman SG, Cantor WJ, Vicaut E, Bolognese L, Cequier A, Chettibi M, Hammett CJ, Huber K, Janzon M, Lapostolle F, Lassen JF, Merkely B, Storey RF, ten Berg JM, Zeymer U, Diallo A, Hamm CW, Tsatsaris A, El Khoury J van't Hof AW.

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Long-term pharmacodynamic effects of Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in fibrinolytic-treated STEMI patients undergoing early PCI.

2018/02/28 » J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2018 Feb;45:225-233.

Yang A, Pon Q, Lavoie A, Crawford JJ, Harenberg S, Zimmermann RH, Booker J, Kelly S, Lavi S, Cantor WJ, Mehta SR, Bagai A, Goodman SG, Cheema AN, Dehghani P.

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Prediction of Early Adverse Events in Emergency Department Patients With Acute Heart Failure: A Systematic Review.

2018/02/28 » Can J Cardiol. 2018 Feb;34:168-179.

Michaud AM, Parker SIA, Ganshorn H, Ezekowitz JA, McRae AD.

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The interplay between atrial fibrillation and heart failure on long-term mortality and length of stay: Insights from the, United Kingdom ACALM registry.

2018/02/28 » Int J Cardiol. 2018 Feb;252:117-121.

Ziff OJ, Carter PR, McGowan J, Uppal H, Chandran S, Russell S, Bainey KR, Potluri R.

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Inpatient bedspacing: could a common response to hospital crowding cause increased patient mortality?

2018/01/31 » BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Jan;27:1-3.

McAlister FA, Shojania KG.

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History of mood or anxiety disorders and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in a population-based cohort.

2018/01/31 » Diabet Med. 2018 Jan;35:147-151.

Beka Q, Bowker S, Savu A, Kingston D, Johnson JA, Kaul P.

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Cost-Effectiveness of Different Durations of Dual-Antiplatelet Use After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

2018/01/31 » Can J Cardiol. 2018 Jan;34:31-37.

Arbel Y, Bennell MC, Goodman SG, Wijeysundera HC.

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Evaluating the potential for pharmacists to prescribe oral anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation.

2017/12/01 » Can Pharm J (Ott). 2017 Nov;151:51-61.

Sandhu RK, Guirguis LM, Bungard TJ, Youngson E, Dolovich L, Brehaut JC, Healey JS, McAlister FA.

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Sudden cardiac death after acute heart failure hospital admission: insights from ASCEND-HF.

2017/12/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2017 Dec. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1078.

Pokorney SD, Al-Khatib SM, Sun JL, Schulte P, O'Connor CM, Teerlink JR, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA, Starling RC, Voors AA, Velazquez EJ, Hernandez AF, Mentz RJ.

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Relationships Between Baseline Q Waves, Time From Symptom Onset, and Clinical Outcomes in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients: Insights From the Vital Heart Response Registry.

2017/12/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Nov;10. pii: e005399.

Zheng Y, Bainey KR, Tyrrell BD, Brass N, Armstrong PW, Welsh RC.

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Noncardiovascular Disease and Critical Care Delivery in a Contemporary Cardiac and Medical Intensive Care Unit.

2017/12/01 » J Intensive Care Med. 2017;1:885066617741873.

Goldfarb M, van Diepen S, Liszkowski M, Jentzer JC, Pedraza I, Cercek B.

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Effects of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel on platelet function in fibrinolytic-treated STEMI patients undergoing early PCI.

2017/12/01 » Am Heart J. 2017 Oct;192:105-112.

Dehghani P, Lavoie A, Lavi S, Crawford JJ, Harenberg S, Zimmermann RH, Booker J, Kelly S, Cantor WJ, Mehta SR, Bagai A, Goodman SG, Cheema AN.

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Does renal function affect the efficacy or safety of a pharmacoinvasive strategy in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction? A meta-analysis.

2017/12/01 » Am Heart J. 2017 Nov;193:46-54.

Russo JJ, Goodman SG, Cantor WJ, Ko DT, Bagai A, Tan MK, Di Mario C, Halvorsen S, Le May M, Fernandez-Avilés F, Scheller B, Armstrong PW, Borgia F, Piscione F, Sanchez PL, Yan AT.

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Association between gender and short-term outcome in patients with ST elevation myocardial infraction participating in the international, prospective, randomised Administration of Ticagrelor in the catheterisation Laboratory or in the Ambulance for New ST elevation myocardial Infarction to open the Coronary artery (ATLANTIC) trial: a prespecified analysis.

2017/12/01 » BMJ Open. 2017 Sep 21;7(9):e015241

Venetsanos D, Sederholm Lawesson S, Alfredsson J, Janzon M, Cequier A, Chettibi M, Goodman SG, Van't Hof AW, Montalescot G, Swahn E.

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Volume and Patterns of Physical Activity Across the Health and Heart Failure Continuum.

2017/12/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017 Nov;33:1465-1471.

Yavari M, Haykowsky MJF, Savu A, Kaul P, Dyck JRB, Haennel RG; Alberta HEART Investigators.

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Heart Failure in Young Adults Is Associated With High Mortality: A Contemporary Population-Level Analysis.

2017/12/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017 Nov;33:1472-1477.

Wong CM, Hawkins NM, Ezekowitz JA, Jhund PS, Savu A, MacDonald MR, Kristensen SL, Petrie MC, McMurray JJV, McAlister FA, Kaul P.

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2017 Comprehensive Update of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines for the Management of Heart Failure.

2017/12/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017 Nov;33:1342-1433.

Ezekowitz JA, O'Meara E, McDonald MA, Abrams H, Chan M, Ducharme A, Giannetti N, Grzeslo A, Hamilton PG, Heckman GA, Howlett JG, Koshman SL, Lepage S, McKelvie RS, Moe GW, Rajda M, Swiggum E, Virani SA, Zieroth S, Al-Hesayen A, Cohen-Solal A, D'Astous M, De S, Estrella-Holder E, Fremes S, Green L, Haddad H, Harkness K, Hernandez AF, Kouz S, LeBlanc MH, Masoudi FA, Ross HJ, Roussin A, Sussex B.

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Aetiology, timing and clinical predictors of early vs. late readmission following index hospitalization for acute heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF.

2017/12/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2018 Feb;20:304-314.

Fudim M, O'Connor CM, Dunning A, Ambrosy AP, Armstrong PW, Coles A, Ezekowitz JA, Greene SJ, Metra M, Starling RC, Voors AA, Hernandez AF, Michael Felker G, Mentz RJ.

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Causes of Death in a Contemporary Cohort of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Insights From the TECOS Trial.

2017/12/01 » Diabetes Care. 2017 Dec;40:1763-1770.

Sharma A, Green JB, Dunning A, Lokhnygina Y, Al-Khatib SM, Lopes RD, Buse JB, Lachin JM, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW, Kaufman KD, Standl E, Chan JCN, Distiller LA, Scott R, Peterson ED, Holman RR; TECOS Study Group.

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Relationship between baseline systolic blood pressure and long-term outcomes in acute heart failure patients treated with TRV027: an exploratory subgroup analysis of BLAST-AHF.

2017/12/01 » Clin Res Cardiol. 2018 Feb;107:170-181.

Cotter G, Davison BA, Butler J, Collins SP, Ezekowitz JA, Felker GM, Filippatos G, Levy PD, Metra M, Ponikowski P, Teerlink JR, Voors AA, Senger S, Bharucha D, Goin K, Soergel DG, Pang PS.

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Association of Public Health Initiatives With Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest at Home and in Public Locations.

2017/12/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2017 Nov 1;2:1226-1235.

Fordyce CB, Hansen CM, Kragholm K, Dupre ME, Jollis JG, Roettig ML, Becker LB, Hansen SM, Hinohara TT, Corbett CC, Monk L, Nelson RD, Pearson DA, Tyson C, van Diepen S, Anderson ML, McNally B, Granger CB.

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Population-Based Study on Patterns of Cardiac Stress Testing After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

2017/12/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Oct;10. pii: e003660.

Bagai A, Eberg M, Koh M, Cheema AN, Yan AT, Dhoot A, Bhavnani SP, Wijeysundera HC, Bhatia RS, Kaul P, Goodman SG, Ko DT.

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A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of the Efficacy and Safety of the Oral Soluble Guanylate Cyclase Stimulator: The VICTORIA Trial.

2017/12/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Feb;6:96-104.

Armstrong PW, Roessig L, Patel MJ, Anstrom KJ, Butler J, Voors AA, Lam CSP, Ponikowski P, Temple T, Pieske B, Ezekowitz J, Hernandez AF, Koglin J, O'Connor CM.

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Duration of dual antiplatelet therapy and associated outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction: contemporary practice insights from the Canadian Observational Antiplatelet Study.

2017/12/01 » Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2017 Oct 1;3:303-311.

Russo JJ, Goodman SG, Bagai A, Déry JP, Tan MK, Fisher HN, Zhang X, Zhu YE, Welsh RC, Siega AD, Kokis A, Wong BYL, Henderson M, Lutchmedial S, Lavi S, Mehta SR, Yan AT; COAPT investigators.

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Subclinical Pulmonary Edema Is Associated With Reduced Exercise Capacity in HFpEF and HFrEF.

2017/12/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;70:1827-1828.

Thompson RB, Pagano JJ, Chow K, Sekowski V, Paterson I, Ezekowitz J, Anderson T, Dyck JRB, Haykowsky MJ; Alberta HEART investigators.

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Physical Activity and Mortality in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease.

2017/12/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Oct;70:1689-1700.

Stewart RAH, Held C, Hadziosmanovic N, Armstrong PW, Cannon CP, Granger CB, Hagström E, Hochman JS, Koenig W, Lonn E, Nicolau JC, Steg PG, Vedin O, Wallentin L, White HD; STABILITY Investigators.

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Psychosocial stress and major cardiovascular events in patients with stable coronary heart disease.

2017/12/01 » J Intern Med. 2018 Jan;283:83-92

Hagström E, Norlund F, Stebbins A, Armstrong PW, Chiswell K, Granger CB, López-Sendón J, Pella D, Soffer J, Sy R, Wallentin L, White HD, Stewart RAH, Held C; STABILITY Investigators.

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Development of Perinatal Mental Illness in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

2017/12/01 » Can J Diabetes. 2017 Sep. pii: S1499-2671(17)30278-2.

Beka Q, Bowker S, Savu A, Kingston D, Johnson JA, Kaul P.

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Contemporary Management of Cardiogenic Shock: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

2017/12/01 » Circulation. 2017 Oct;136:e232-e268.

van Diepen S, Katz JN, Albert NM, Henry TD, Jacobs AK, Kapur NK, Kilic A, Menon V, Ohman EM, Sweitzer NK, Thiele H, Washam JB, Cohen MG; American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research; and Mission: Lifeline.

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A Natural Biomarker Deserving Attention: Gasping Following Primary Cardiac Arrest.

2017/12/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Sep;70:1477-1478.

Ewy GA, Armstrong PW.

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Ivabradine in Heart Failure: The Representativeness of SHIFT (Systolic Heart Failure Treatment With the IF Inhibitor Ivabradine Trial) in a Broad Population of Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.

2017/12/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2017 Sep;10. pii: e004112.

Das D, Savarese G, Dahlström U, Fu M, Howlett J, Ezekowitz JA, Lund LH.

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Secondary prevention treatment after acute stroke in older South Asian, Chinese and other Canadians: a retrospective data analysis.

2017/12/01 » CMAJ Open. 2017 Sep;5:E702-E709.

Khan NA, McAlister FA, Pilote L, Palepu A, Quan H, Hill MD, Fang J, Kapral MK.

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Frequency of low-value care in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study.

2017/12/01 » BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Sep 14;pii:bmjqs-2017-006778.

McAlister FA, Lin M, Bakal J, Dean S.

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Clinical and Angiographic Outcomes in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery with Multiple versus Single Distal Target Grafts.

2017/11/01 » Heart Surg Forum. 2017 Aug 24;20:E132-E138.

Alherbish A, Norris CM, Shavadia J, Almutawa M, Abualnaja S, Nagendran J, Graham MM, Van Diepen S.

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Structural Heart Disease Intervention: The Canadian Landscape.

2017/11/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017 Sep;33:1197-1200.

Asgar AW, Horlick E, McKenzie K, Brass N, Cantor WJ, Chan A, Della Siega A, Gobeil JF, Kassam S, Love MP, Mansour S, Martucci G, Nadeem N, Natarajan MK, Paddock V, Rodés-Cabau J, Traboulsi M, Velianou JL, Welsh RC, Wood D, Webb JG.

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Bare metal versus drug eluting stents for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the TOTAL trial.

2017/11/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2017 Dec 1;248:120-123.

Lavi S, Iqbal J, Cairns JA, Cantor WJ, Cheema AN, Moreno R, Meeks B, Welsh RC, Kedev S, Chowdhary S, Stankovic G, Schwalm JD, Liu Y, Jolly SS, Džavík V.

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Utility of Unfractionated Heparin in Transradial Cardiac Catheterization: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

2017/11/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017 Oct;33:1245-1253.

Bossard M, Mehta SR, Welsh RC, Bainey KR.

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Effect of Natriuretic Peptide-Guided Therapy on Hospitalization or Cardiovascular Mortality in High-Risk Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

2017/11/01 » JAMA. 2017 Aug 22;318:713-720.

Felker GM, Anstrom KJ, Adams KF, Ezekowitz JA, Fiuzat M, Houston-Miller N, Januzzi JL Jr, Mark DB, Piña IL, Passmore G, Whellan DJ, Yang H, Cooper LS, Leifer ES, Desvigne-Nickens P, O'Connor CM.

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Recalibrating Reperfusion Waypoints.

2017/11/01 » Circulation. 2017 Oct 17;136:1474-1476.

Armstrong PW, Welsh RC.

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Hypertension Control in Adults With Diabetes Mellitus and Recurrent Cardiovascular Events: Global Results From the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes With Sitagliptin.

2017/11/01 » Hypertension. 2017 Nov;70:907-914.

Navar AM, Gallup DS, Lokhnygina Y, Green JB, McGuire DK, Armstrong PW, Buse JB, Engel SS, Lachin JM, Standl E, Van de Werf F, Holman RR, Peterson ED.

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Self-Reported Health and Outcomes in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease.

2017/11/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Aug 22;6(8). pii: e006096. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006096.

Stewart RAH, Hagström E, Held C, Wang TKM, Armstrong PW, Aylward PE, Cannon CP, Koenig W, López-Sendón JL, Mohler ER 3rd, Hadziosmanovic N, Krug-Gourley S, Ramos Corrales MA, Siddique S, Steg PG, White HD, Wallentin L; STABILITY Investigators.

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Quality of life following coronary artery bypass graft surgery vs. percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetics with multivessel disease: a five-year registry study.

2017/11/01 » Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2017 Jul 1;3:216-223.

McGrath BM, Norris CM, Hardwicke-Brown E, Welsh RC, Bainey KR.

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Adult Congenital Heart Disease Intervention: The Canadian Landscape.

2017/11/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017 Sep;33:1201-1205.

Frankfurter C, Asgar AW, Webb JG, Cantor WJ, Velianou JL, Gobeil F, Chan AW, Welsh RC, Love MP, Wood DA, McKenzie K, Horlick EM.

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Finding the right balance between precision medicine and personalized care.

2017/11/01 » CMAJ. 2017 Aug 21;189:E1065-E1068.

McAlister FA, Laupacis A, Armstrong PW.

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Biomarker-Based Risk Model to Predict Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Stable Coronary Disease.

2017/11/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Aug 15;70:813-826.

Lindholm D, Lindbäck J, Armstrong PW, Budaj A, Cannon CP, Granger CB, Hagström E, Held C, Koenig W, Östlund O, Stewart RAH, Soffer J, White HD, de Winter RJ, Steg PG, Siegbahn A, Kleber ME, Dressel A, Grammer TB, März W, Wallentin L.

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Organizational Structure, Staffing, Resources, and Educational Initiatives in Cardiac Intensive Care Units in the United States: An American Heart Association Acute Cardiac Care Committee and American College of Cardiology Critical Care Cardiology Working Group Cross-Sectional Survey.

2017/11/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Aug;10:e003864.

van Diepen S, Fordyce CB, Wegermann ZK, Granger CB, Stebbins A, Morrow DA, Solomon MA, Soble J, Henry TD, Gilchrist IC, Katz JN, Cohen MG, Newby LK.

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The effect of low-dose furosemide in critically ill patients with early acute kidney injury: A pilot randomized blinded controlled trial (the SPARK study).

2017/11/01 » J Crit Care. 2017 Jul 12;42:138-146.

Bagshaw SM, Gibney RTN, Kruger P, Hassan I, McAlister FA, Bellomo R.

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Health Resource Implications of Heart Failure Hospitalizations in Younger Patients Compared With Older Patients.

2017/11/01 » Circulation. 2017 Jul 25;136:424-427.

McAlister FA, Youngson E, Kaul P.

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A prospective evaluation of the established criteria for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction using the Alberta HEART cohort.

2017/11/01 » ESC Heart Fail. 2017 Jul 25. doi: 10.1002/ehf2.12200.

Ezekowitz JA, McAlister FA, Howlett J, Alemayehu W, Paterson I, Belenkie I, Oudit GY, Kaul P, Dyck JR, Anderson T; Alberta HEART Investigators.

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Outcomes and Prognostic Impact of Prophylactic Oral Anticoagulation in Anterior ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction.

2017/11/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Jul 3;6(7). pii: e006054. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006054.

Shavadia JS, Youngson E, Bainey KR, Bakal J, Welsh RC.

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Multitype Events and the Analysis of Heart Failure Readmissions: Illustration of a New Modeling Approach and Comparison With Familiar Composite End Points.

2017/11/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017 Jun;10. pii: e003382. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.116.003382.

Brown PM, Ezekowitz JA.

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A network analysis to compare biomarker profiles in patients with and without diabetes mellitus in acute heart failure.

2017/11/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2017 Oct;19:1310-1320.

Sharma A, Demissei BG, Tromp J, Hillege HL, Cleland JG, O'Connor CM, Metra M, Ponikowski P, Teerlink JR, Davison BA, Givertz MM, Bloomfield DM, Dittrich H, van Veldhuisen DJ, Cotter G, Ezekowitz JA, Khan MAF, Voors AA.

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Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: International Insights From the TECOS Trial (Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes With Sitagliptin).

2017/11/01 » Circulation. 2017 Sep 26;136:1193-1203.

Pagidipati NJ, Navar AM, Pieper KS, Green JB, Bethel MA, Armstrong PW, Josse RG, McGuire DK, Lokhnygina Y, Cornel JH, Halvorsen S, Strandberg TE, Delibasi T, Holman RR, Peterson ED; TECOS Study Group.

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2017/11/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Jun 27;69:3029-3039.

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Relationship between community hospital versus pre-hospital location of randomisation and clinical outcomes in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients: insights from the Stream study.

2017/11/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2017 Jun 1:2048872617700872. doi: 10.1177/2048872617700872

Welsh RC, Goldstein P, Sinnaeve P, Ostojic MC, Zheng Y, Danays T, Westerhout CM, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW.

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GRACE risk score: Sex-based validity of in-hospital mortality prediction in Canadian patients with acute coronary syndrome.

2017/11/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2017 Oct 1;244:24-29.

Gong IY, Goodman SG, Brieger D, Gale CP, Chew DP, Welsh RC, Huynh T, DeYoung JP, Baer C, Gyenes GT, Udell JA, Fox KAA, Yan AT; Canadian GRACE/GRACE-2 and CANRACE Investigators.

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2017/11/01 » Am Heart J. 2017 Jun;188:156-166.

Dalby AJ, Gottlieb S, Cyr DD, Magnus Ohman E, McGuire DK, Ruzyllo W, Bhatt DL, Wiviott SD, Winters KJ, Fox KAA, Armstrong PW, White HD, Prabhakaran D, Roe MT; TRILOGY ACS Investigators.

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Association Between Diabetes During Pregnancy and Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Population-Level Analysis of 309,825 Women.

2017/11/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017 Jul;33(7):911-917.

Dhesi S, Savu A, Ezekowitz JA, Kaul P.

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Patterns of glucose-lowering therapies and neonatal outcomes in the treatment of gestational diabetes in Canada, 2009-2014.

2017/11/01 » Diabet Med. 2017 Sep;34:1296-1302.

Bowker SL, Savu A, Yeung RO, Johnson JA, Ryan EA, Kaul P.

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Characterization of hemodynamically stable acute heart failure patients requiring a critical care unit admission: Derivation, validation, and refinement of a risk score.

2017/11/01 » Am Heart J. 2017 Jun;188:127-135.

Raslan IR, Brown P, Westerhout CM, Ezekowitz JA, Hernandez AF, Starling RC, O'Connor C, McAlister FA, Rowe BH, Armstrong PW, van Diepen S.

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Composite End Points in Clinical Research: A Time for Reappraisal.

2017/11/01 » Circulation. 2017 Jun 6;135:2299-2307.

Armstrong PW, Westerhout CM.

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Temporal trends in stroke incidence in South Asian, Chinese and white patients: A population based analysis.

2017/11/01 » PLoS One. 2017 May 18;12:e0175556.

Khan NA, McAlister FA, Pilote L, Palepu A, Quan H, Hill MD, Fang J, Kapral MK.

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Geographic clustering of emergency department presentations for acute coronary syndromes and heart failure in Alberta: a population-based study.

2017/11/01 » CMAJ Open. 2017 May 18;5:E402-E410.

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Aspirin Versus Aspirin Plus Clopidogrel as Antithrombotic Treatment Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With a Balloon-Expandable Valve: The ARTE (Aspirin Versus Aspirin + Clopidogrel Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation) Randomized Clinical Trial.

2017/11/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Jul 10;10:1357-1365.

Rodés-Cabau J, Masson JB, Welsh RC, Garcia Del Blanco B, Pelletier M, Webb JG, Al-Qoofi F, Généreux P, Maluenda G, Thoenes M, Paradis JM, Chamandi C, Serra V, Dumont E, Côté M.

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Postpartum Diabetes Testing Rates after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Canadian Women: A Population-Based Study.

2017/11/01 » Can J Diabetes. 2017;41:613-620.

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2017/11/01 » Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2017 Jun;16:62-70.

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Temporal Biomarker Profiling Reveals Longitudinal Changes in Risk of Death or Myocardial Infarction in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome.

2017/11/01 » Clin Chem. 2017 Jul;63:1214-1226.

Chan M, Neely ML, Roe MT, Goodman SG, Erlinge D, Cornel JH, Winters KJ, Jakubowski JA, Zhou C, Fox KAA, Armstrong PW, White HD, Prabhakaran D, Ohman EM, Huber K; TRILOGY ACS Investigators.

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Navigating Choices Among a Sea of Comorbidities.

2017/11/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 May 16;69:2380-2382.

Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA.

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Patients With Heart Failure Readmitted to the Original Hospital Have Better Outcomes Than Those Readmitted Elsewhere.

2017/11/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 May 10;6(5). pii: e004892.

McAlister FA, Youngson E, Kaul P.

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Hospital variation in treatment and outcomes in acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the Alberta Contemporary Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Invasive Treatment Strategies (COAPT) study.

2017/11/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2017 Aug 15;241:70-75.

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Biased ligand of the angiotensin II type 1 receptor in patients with acute heart failure: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase IIB, dose ranging trial (BLAST-AHF).

2017/11/01 » Eur Heart J. 2017 Aug 7;38:2364-2373.

Pang PS, Butler J, Collins SP, Cotter G, Davison BA, Ezekowitz JA, Filippatos G, Levy PD, Metra M, Ponikowski P, Teerlink JR, Voors AA, Bharucha D, Goin K, Soergel DG, Felker GM.

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Levosimendan in patients with left ventricular dysfunction undergoing cardiac surgery.

2017/05/02 » N Engl J Med. 2017 May 25;376:2032-2042.

Mehta RH, Leimberger JD, van Diepen S, Meza J, Wang A, Jankowich R, Harrison RW, Hay D, Fremes S, Duncan A, Soltesz EG, Luber J, Park S, Argenziano M, Murphy E, Marcel R, Kalavrouziotis D, Nagpal D, Bozinovski J, Toller W, Heringlake M, Goodman SG, Levy JH, Harrington RA, Anstrom KJ, Alexander JH; LEVO-CTS Investigators.

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Trade-off of myocardial infarction vs. bleeding types on mortality after acute coronary syndrome: lessons from the Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRACER) randomized trial.

2017/05/02 » Eur Heart J. 2017;38:804-810.

Valgimigli M, Costa F, Lokhnygina Y, Clare RM, Wallentin L, Moliterno DJ, Armstrong PW, White HD, Held C, Aylward PE, Van de Werf F, Harrington RA, Mahaffey KW, Tricoci P.

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Predicting the risk of bleeding during dual antiplatelet therapy after acute coronary syndromes.

2017/05/02 » Heart. 2017 Aug;103:1168-1176.

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Postoperative complications and outcomes associated with a transition to 24/7 intensivist management of cardiac surgery patients.

2017/05/02 » Crit Care Med. 2017 Jun;45:993-1000.

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Treatment deintensification is uncommon in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective cohort study.

2017/05/02 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017;10:e003514.

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Whole blood sequencing reveals circulating microRNA associations with high-risk traits in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome.

2017/05/02 » Atherosclerosis. 2017;261:19-25.

Wang A, Kwee LC, Grass E, Neely ML, Gregory SG, Fox KAA, Armstrong PW, White HD, Ohman EM, Roe MT, Shah SH, Chan MY.

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Differential occurrence, profile, and impact of first recurrent cardiovascular events after an acute coronary syndrome.

2017/05/02 » Am Heart J. 2017;187:194-203.

Hess CN, Clare RM, Neely ML, Tricoci P, Mahaffey KW, James SK, Alexander JH, Held C, Lopes RD, Fox KAA, White HD, Wallentin L, Armstrong PW, Harrington RA, Ohman EM, Roe MT.

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Impact of current versus previous cardiac resynchronization therapy guidelines on the proportion of patients with heart failure eligible for therapy.

2017/05/02 » JACC Heart Fail. 2017;5:388-392.

Lyons KJ, Ezekowitz JA, Liang L, Heidenreich PA, Yancy CW, DeVore AD, Hernandez AF, Fonarow GC.

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Population-level outcomes with a 2-step approach for gestational diabetes screening and diagnosis.

2017/05/02 » Can J Diabetes. 2017:S1499-2671(16)30684-0.

Donovan LE, Edwards AL, Savu A, Butalia S, Ryan EA, Johnson JA, Kaul P.

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Prevalence of gestational diabetes among Chinese and South Asians: A Canadian population-based analysis.

2017/05/02 » J Diabetes Complications. 2017;31:529-536.

Yeung RO, Savu A, Kinniburgh B, Lee L, Dzakpasu S, Nelson C, Johnson JA, Donovan LE, Ryan EA, Kaul P.

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Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Cardiovascular Critical Care Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiology position statement on the optimal care of the postarrest patient.

2017/05/02 » Can J Cardiol. 2017;33:1-16.

Wong GC, van Diepen S, Ainsworth C, Arora RC, Diodati JG, Liszkowski M, Love M, Overgaard C, Schnell G, Tanguay JF, Wells G, Le May M; CCS Post Cardiac Arrest Guidelines Committee.

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Trial design: Rivaroxaban for the prevention of major cardiovascular events after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: Rationale and design of the GALILEO study.

2017/05/02 » Am Heart J. 2017;184:81-87.

Windecker S, Tijssen J, Giustino G, Guimarães AH, Mehran R, Valgimigli M, Vranckx P, Welsh RC, Baber U, van Es GA, Wildgoose P, Volkl AA, Zazula A, Thomitzek K, Hemmrich M, Dangas GD.

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Challenges of assessing common problems presenting in uncommon high-risk patient populations.

2017/05/02 » JAMA Cardiol. 2017;2:258-259.

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2017/05/02 » J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2017;43:446-453.

van Diepen S, Merrill PD, Carrier M, Tardif JC, Podgoreanu M, Alexander JH, Lopes RD.

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Dual antiplatelet therapy versus aspirin monotherapy in diabetics with multivessel disease undergoing CABG: FREEDOM insights.

2017/05/02 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69:119-127.

van Diepen S, Fuster V, Verma S, Hamza TH, Siami FS, Goodman SG, Farkouh ME.

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Interprovincial differences in Canadian coronary care unit resource use and outcomes.

2017/05/02 » Can J Cardiol. 2017;33:166-169.

van Diepen S, Lin M, Ezekowitz JA, McAlister FA, Lee DS, Goodman SG, Armstrong PW, Kaul.

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Temporal trends of reperfusion strategies and hospital mortality for patients with STEMI in percutaneous coronary intervention-capable hospitals.

2017/05/02 » Can J Cardiol. 2017;33:485-492.

Tran DT, Welsh RC, Ohinmaa A, Thanh NX, Kaul P.

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Identifying low-risk patients for early discharge from emergency department without using subjective descriptions of chest pain: Insights from Providing Rapid Out of hospital Acute Cardiovascular Treatment (PROACT) 3 and 4 trials.

2017/05/02 » Acad Emerg Med. 2017 Mar 6. doi: 10.1111/acem.13183

Sepehrvand N, Zheng Y, Armstrong PW, Welsh RC, Ezekowitz JA.

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Impact of electrical cardioversion on quality of life for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

2017/05/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017;33:450-455.

Sandhu RK, Smigorowsky M, Lockwood E, Savu A, Kaul P, McAlister FA.

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Nationwide trends in syncope hospitalizations and outcomes from 2004 to 2014.

2017/05/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017;33:456-462.

Sandhu RK, Sheldon RS, Savu A, Kaul P.

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Clinically significant bleeding with low-dose rivaroxaban versus aspirin, in addition to P2Y12 inhibition, in acute coronary syndromes (GEMINI-ACS-1): a double-blind, multicentre, randomised trial.

2017/05/01 » Lancet. 2017;pii: S0140-6736(17)30751-1.

Ohman EM, Roe MT, Steg PG, James SK, Povsic TJ, White J, Rockhold F, Plotnikov A, Mundl H, Strony J, Sun X, Husted S, Tendera M, Montalescot G, Bahit MC, Ardissino D, Bueno H, Claeys MJ, Nicolau JC, Cornel JH, Goto S, Kiss RG, Güray Ü, Park DW, Bode C, Welsh RC, Gibson CM.

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Higher medication doses in heart failure?

2017/05/01 » Can Fam Physician. 2017;63:e20.

McCormack J, McAlister FA, Kolber MR.

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Are existing risk scores for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation useful for prediction or risk adjustment in patients with chronic kidney disease?

2017/05/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017;33:243-252.

McAlister FA, Wiebe N, Jun M, Sandhu R, James MT, McMurtry MS, Hemmelgarn BR, Tonelli M.

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Late presentation of an anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery treated with conservative surgical management with long-term cardiac magnetic resonance imaging follow-up.

2017/05/01 » SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2017;5:2050313X17695719

Gouda P, Gouda J, Butler C, Welsh RC.

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The impact and implications of Twitter for cardiovascular medicine.

2017/05/01 » J Card Fail. 2017;23:266-267.

Gouda P, Das D, Clark A, Ezekowitz JA.

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Diabetes and heart failure in the crosshairs: where is the target?

2017/05/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2017;19:66-68.

Ezekowitz JA, Armstrong PW.

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Dietary self-management in heart failure: high tech or high touch?

2017/05/01 » Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2017;19:19.

Colin-Ramirez E, Arcand J, Ezekowitz JA.

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Composite end points in clinical trials of heart failure therapy: how do we measure the effect size?

2017/05/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2017;10:e003222.

Brown PM, Ezekowitz JA.

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Longitudinal treatment patterns with ADP receptor inhibitors after myocardial infarction: Insights from the Canadian Observational AntiPlatelet sTudy.

2017/05/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2017;228:459- 464.

Bagai A, Wang TY, Goodman SG, Fisher HN, Welsh RC, Dery JP, Zhang X, Zhu YE, Cheema AN, Dehghani P, Kassam SA, Ducas J, Brass N, Kim HH, Fung A, Schampaert E, Quraishi AU, Mehta SR; Canadian Observational AntiPlatelet sTudy (COAPT) Investigators.

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2016 AHA/ACC Clinical performance and quality measures for prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures.

2017/05/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017;10:e000022.

Al-Khatib SM, Yancy CW, Solis P, Becker L, Benjamin EJ, Carrillo RG, Ezekowitz JA, Fonarow GC, Kantharia BK, Kleinman M, Nichol G, Varosy PD.

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Multistate 5-Year Initiative to Improve Care for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Primary Results From the HeartRescue Project.

2017/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Sep;6. pii: e005716.

van Diepen S, Girotra S, Abella BS, Becker LB, Bobrow BJ, Chan PS, Fahrenbruch C, Granger CB, Jollis JG, McNally B, White L, Yannopoulos D, Rea TD.

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Quality of Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Canada: A 10-Year Review of 30-Day In-Hospital Mortality and 30-Day Hospital Readmission.

2017/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017 Oct;33:1319-1326.

Tran DT, Welsh RC, Ohinmaa A, Thanh NX, Bagai A, Kaul P.

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Patients With Heart Failure Readmitted to the Original Hospital Have Better Outcomes Than Those Readmitted Elsewhere.

2017/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 May 10;6. pii: e004892.

McAlister FA, Youngson E, Kaul P.

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Outcomes of women and men with acute coronary syndrome treated with and without percutaneous coronary revascularization.

2017/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2017;6. pii: e004319.

Udell JA, Koh M, Qiu F, Austin PC, Wijeysundera HC, Bagai A, Yan AT, Goodman SG, Tu JV, Ko DT

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Sitagliptin and risk of fractures in type 2 diabetes: Results from the TECOS trial.

2017/01/01 » Diabetes Obes Metab. 2017;19:78-86.

Josse RG, Majumdar SR, Zheng Y, Adler A, Bethel MA, Buse JB, Green JB, Kaufman KD, Rodbard HW, Tankova T, Westerhout CM, Peterson ED, Holman RR, Armstrong PW; TECOS Study Group

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Interprovincial differences in Canadian coronary care unit resource use and outcomes.

2017/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017;33:166-169. 

van Diepen S, Lin M, Ezekowitz JA, McAlister FA, Lee DS, Goodman SG, Armstrong PW, Kaul P

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Prevention of critical care complications in the coronary intensive care unit: protocols, bundles, and insights from intensive care studies.

2017/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017;33:101-109. 

van Diepen S, Sligl WI, Washam JB, Gilchrist IC, Arora RC, Katz JN

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Insufficient reduction in heart rate during hospitalization despite beta-blocker treatment in acute decompensated heart failure: insights from the ASCEND-HF trial.

2017/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2017;19:241-249. 

Kitai T, Grodin JL, Mentz RJ, Hernandez AF, Butler J, Metra M, Mcmurray JJ, Armstrong PW, Starling RC, O'Connor CM, Swedberg K, Tang WW

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Comparison of two commonly used clinical cognitive screening tests to diagnose mild cognitive impairment in heart failure with the golden standard European Consortium Criteria.

2017/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2017;228:558-562. 

Alagiakrishnan K, Mah D, Dyck JR, Senthilselvan A, Ezekowitz JA

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Body weight change during and after hospitalization for acute heart failure: patient characteristics, markers of congestion, and outcomes: findings from the ASCEND-HF trial.

2017/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2017;5:1-13.

Ambrosy AP, Cerbin LP, Armstrong PW, Butler J, Coles A, DeVore AD, Dunlap ME, Ezekowitz JA, Felker GM, Fudim M, Greene SJ, Hernandez AF, O'Connor C, Schulte P, Starling RC, Teerlink JR, Voors AA, Mentz RJ

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Challenges of assessing common problems presenting in uncommon high-risk patient populations.

2017/01/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2017. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.5207.

Welsh RC

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Are existing risk scores for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation useful for prediction or risk adjustment in patients with chronic kidney disease?

2017/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2017;33:243-252. 

McAlister FA, Wiebe N, Jun M, Sandhu R, James MT, McMurtry MS, Hemmelgarn BR, Tonelli M

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Hyperkalemia, sacubitril/valsartan, and mineralocorticoid antagonists in patients with heart failure.

2017/01/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2017;2:86-87.

Ezekowitz JA

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Impact of presentation and transfer delays on complete ST segment resolution before primary percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from the ATLANTIC trial.

2017/01/01 » EuroIntervention. 2017. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-00965.

Fabris E, Van't Hof A, Hamm CW, Lapostolle F, Lassen JF, Goodman SG, Ten Berg JM, Bolognese L, Cequier A, Chettibi M, Hammett CJ, Huber K, Janzon M, Merkely B, Storey RF, Zeymer U, Cantor WJ, Rousseau H, Vicaut E, Montalescot G

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Effects of longitudinal changes in Charlson comorbidity on prognostic survival model performance among newly diagnosed patients with hypertension.

2016/01/01 » BMC Health Serv Res. 2016;16:671.

Rymkiewicz P, Ravani P, Hemmelgarn BR, McAlister FA, Southern DA, Walker R, Chen G, Quan H.

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Levosimendan in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction undergoing cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass: Rationale and study design of the Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass (LEVO-CTS) trial.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;182:62-71.

Mehta RH, Van Diepen S, Meza J, Bokesch P, Leimberger JD, Tourt-Uhlig S, Swartz M, Parrotta J, Jankowich R, Hay D, Harrison RW, Fremes S, Goodman SG, Luber J, Toller W, Heringlake M, Anstrom KJ, Levy JH, Harrington RA, Alexander JH; LEVO-CTS Investigators.

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Erratum to “Direct oral anticoagulant use and stent thrombosis following an acute coronary syndrome: A potential new pharmacological option?”

2016/01/01 » Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2016 Dec;109:e1. doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2016.10.001

Welsh RC, Zeymer U, Tarantini G.

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The intersection of health and wealth: association between personal bankruptcy and myocardial infarction rates in Canada.

2016/01/01 » BMC Public Health. 2016;16:31.

Savu A, Schopflocher D, Scholnick B, Kaul P.

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Clinical and angiographic outcomes associated with surgical revascularization of angiographically borderline 50-69% coronary artery stenoses.

2016/01/01 » Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016;49:e112-118.

Senaratne JM, Norris CM, Graham MM, Galbraith D, Nagendran J, Freed DH,Afilalo J, van Diepen S; APPROACH Investigators.

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Factors Associated With Natriuretic Peptide Testing in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments With Suspected Heart Failure.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:986.e1-8.

Sepehrvand N, Bakal JA, Lin M, McAlister FA, Wesenberg JC, Ezekowitz JA.

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Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Acute Heart Failure: Friend or Foe?

2016/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2016;4:783-790.

Sepehrvand N, Ezekowitz JA.

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Alignment of site versus adjudication committee-based diagnosis with patient outcomes: Insights from the Providing Rapid out of Hospital Acute Cardiovascular Treatment 3 trial.

2016/01/01 » Clin Trials. 2016;13:140-148.

Sepehrvand N, Zheng Y, Armstrong PW, Welsh RC, Goodman SG, Tymchak W, Khadour F, Chan M, Weiss D, Ezekowitz JA.

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Coenzyme Q10 and Heart Failure: A State-of-the-Art Review.

2016/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2016;9: e002639.

Sharma A, Fonarow GC, Butler J, Ezekowitz JA, Felker GM.

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Outcomes after planned invasive or conservative treatment strategy in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome and a normal value of high sensitivity troponin at randomisation: A Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial biomarker substudy.

2016/01/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2016. pii: 2048872616641901.

Giannitsis E, Wallentin L, James SK, Bertilsson M, Siegbahn A, Storey RF, Husted S, Cannon CP, Armstrong PW, Steg PG, Katus HA; PLATO investigators.

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Regional variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival in the United States.

2016/01/01 » Circulation. 2016;133:2159-2168.

Girotra S, van Diepen S, Nallamothu BK, Carrel M, Vellano K, Anderson ML, McNally B, Abella B, Sasson C, Chan PS; in collaboration with CARES Surveillance Group and the HeartRescue Project.

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Relationship Between Arterial Access and Outcomes in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction with a Pharmacoinvasive versus Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Strategy: Insights From the STrategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial Infarction (STREAM) Study.

2016/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2016 Jun; 5: e003559.

Shavadia J, Welsh RC, Gershlick A, Zheng Y, Huber K, Halvorsen S, Steg PG,Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW for the STREAM investigators.

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Medication discrepancies associated with a medication reconciliation program and clinical outcomes after hospital discharge.

2016/01/01 » Pharmacotherapy. 2016;36:415-21.

Shiu JR, Fradette M, Padwal RS, Majumdar SR, Youngson E, Bakal JA, McAlister FA.

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Prior bleeding, future bleeding and stroke risk with oral anticoagulation in atrial fibrillation: What new lessons can ARISTOTLE teach us?

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;175:168-171.

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Insights into the importance of the electrocardiogram in patients with acute heart failure.

2016/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2016;18:1032-1040.

Gouda P, Brown P, Rowe BH, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA.

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Radial versus femoral access for percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with fibrinolysis: Results from the randomized routine early invasive clinical trials.

2016/01/01 » Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2016;17:295-301.

Graham JJ, Yan AT, Tan MK, Cantor WJ, DiMario C, Jolly SS, Halvorsen S, Fernandez-Aviles F, Le May MR, Scheller B, Borgia F, Piscione F, Madan M, Goodman SG.

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Influence of clinical trial site enrollment on patient characteristics, protocol completion, and end points: Insights from the ASCEND-HF trial (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure).

2016/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2016;9. pii: e002986. 

Greene SJ, Hernandez AF, Sun J-L, Metra M, Butler J, Ambrosy AP, Ezekowitz JA, Starling RC, Teerlink JR, Schulte PJ, Voors AA, Armstrong PW, O'Connor CM, Mentz RJ.

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Drug Treatment of STEMI in the Elderly: Focus on Fibrinolytic Therapy and Insights from the STREAM Trial.

2016/01/01 » Drugs Aging. 2016;33:109-118.

Sinnaeve PR, Danays T, Bogaerts K, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW.

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Ischemic and bleeding events in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention who require oral anticoagulation: Insights from the Canadian observational AntiPlatelet sTudy.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;180:82-89. 

Sra S, Tan MK, Mehta SR, Fisher HN, Déry J-P, Welsh RC, Eisenberg MJ, Overgaard CB, Rose BF, Siega AJD, Cheema AN, Wong BYL, Henderson MA, Lutchmedial S, Lavi S, Goodman SG, Yan AT.

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Efficacy of Early Invasive Management After Fibrinolysis for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Relation to Initial Troponin Status.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:1221.e11-1221.e18

Tan NS, Goodman SG, Cantor WJ, Russo JJ, Borgundvaag B, Fitchett D, Džavík V, Tan MK, Elbarouni B, Lavi S, Bagai A, Heffernan M, Ko DT, Yan AT.

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Association between very low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and long-term outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome treated without revascularization: Insights from the TRILOGY ACS trial.

2016/01/01 » Clin Cardiol. 2016 Jun;39(6):329-37.

Hagström E, Roe MT, Hafley G, Neely ML, Sidhu MS, Brown EB, Prabhakaran D, White HD, Armstrong PW, Fox KAA, Ohman EM, Boden WE ; TRIOLOGY ACS Investigators

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Association of clinical factors and therapeutic strategies with improvements in survival following non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, 2003-2013.

2016/01/01 » JAMA. 2016;316:1073-1082.

Hall M, Dondo TB, Yan AT, Goodman SG, Bueno H, Chew DP, Brieger D, Timmis A, Batin PD, Deanfield JE, Hemingway H, Fox KAA, Gale CP.

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Prognostic Value of Baseline and Changes in Circulating Soluble ST2 Levels and the Effects of Nesiritide in Acute Decompensated Heart Failure.

2016/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2016;4:68-77.

Tang WHW, Wu Y, Grodin JL, Hsu AP, Hernandez AF, Butler J, Metra M, Voors AA, Felker GM, Troughton RW, Mills RM, McMurray JJ, Armstrong PW, O'Connor CM, Starling RC.

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Use of thienopyridine prior to presentation with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome and association with safety and efficacy of vorapaxar: insights from the TRACER trial.

2016/01/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2016.pii: 2048872616633880.

Harskamp RE, Clare RM, Ambrosio G, Held C, Lokhnygina Y, Moliterno DJ, White HD,Aylward PE, Armstrong PW, Mahaffey KW, Harrington RA, Van de Werf F, WallentinL, Strony J, Tricoci P.

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The choice is reperfusion therapy: but which one?

2016/01/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016;9:2021-2023.

Henry TD, Armstrong PW.

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Chronic kidney disease and prognosis in elderly patients with cardiovascular disease: Comparison between CKD-EPI and Berlin Initiative Study-1 formulas.

2016/01/01 » Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2016;23:1504-1513.

Tarantini L, McAlister FA, Barbati G, Ezekowitz JA, Cioffi G, Faggiano P, Pulignano G, Cherubini A, Grisolia Franceschini E, Di Lenarda A.

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Acute Treatment With Omecamtiv Mecarbil to Increase Contractility in Acute Heart Failure: The ATOMIC-AHF Study.

2016/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67:1444-1455.

Teerlink JR, Felker GM, McMurray JJ, Ponikowski P, Metra M, Filippatos GS, Ezekowitz JA, Dickstein K, Cleland JG, Kim JB, Lei L, Knusel B, Wolff AA, Malik FI, Wasserman SM; ATOMIC-AHF Investigators.

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Chronic Oral Study of Myosin Activation to Increase Contractility in Heart Failure (COSMIC-HF): a phase 2, pharmacokinetic, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.

2016/01/01 » Lancet. 2016;388:2895-2903.

Teerlink JR, Felker GM, McMurray JJV, Solomon SD, Adams KF, Jr, Cleland JGF, Ezekowitz JA, Goudev A, Macdonald P, Metra M, Mitrovic V, Ponikowski P, Serpytis P, Spinar J, Tomcsányi J, Vandekerckhove HJ, Voors AA, Monsalvo ML, Johnston J, Malik FI, Honarpour N

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Sudden cardiac death after non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome.

2016/01/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2016;1:73-79.

Hess PL, Wojdyla DM, Al-Khatib SM, Lokhnygina Y, Wallentin L, Armstrong PW, Roe MT, Ohman EM, Harrington RA, Alexander JH, White HD, Van de Werf F, Piccini JP, Held C, Aylward PE, Moliterno DJ, Mahaffey KW, Tricoci P.

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Cost Effectiveness of Eplerenone for the Treatment of Systolic Heart Failure with Mild Symptoms in Alberta, Canada.

2016/01/01 » Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2016;16:365-376.

Thanh NX, Ezekowitz JA, Tran DT, Kaul P.

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Pay-for-performance remuneration for pharmacist prescribers’ management of hypertension: A substudy of the RxACTION trial.

2016/01/01 » Can Pharm J (Ott). 2016;149:345-351. 

Houle SKD, Charrois TL, McAlister FA, Kolber MR, Rosenthal MM, Lewanczuk R, Campbell NRC, Tsuyuki RT.

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The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Companion: Bridging Guidelines to Your Practice.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:296-310.

Howlett JG, Chan M, Ezekowitz JA, Harkness K, Heckman GA, Kouz S, Leblanc M-H, Moe GW, O'Meara E, Abrams H, Ducharme A, Grzeslo A, Hamilton PG, Koshman SL, Lepage S, McDonald M, McKelvie R, Rajda M, Swiggum E, Virani S, Zieroth S.

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Hospital Readmission of Patients With Congenital Heart Disease in Canada.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:987.e7-987.e14.

Islam S, Yasui Y, Kaul P, Mackie AS.

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Congenital Heart Disease Hospitalizations in Canada: A 10-Year Experience.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:197-203.

Islam S, Yasui Y, Kaul P, Marelli AJ, Mackie AS.

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Dual Antiplatelet Therapy and Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndromes Managed Medically Without Revascularization: Insights From the TRILOGY ACS Trial.

2016/01/01 » Clin Cardiol. 2016 Sep;39:497-506.

Jackson LR 2nd, Piccini JP, Cyr DD, Roe MT, Neely ML, Martinez F, LüscherTF, Lopes RD, Winters KJ, White HD, Armstrong PW, Fox KA, PrabhakaranD, Bhatt DL, Magnus Ohman E, Corbalán R.

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Outcomes after thrombus aspiration for ST elevation myocardial infarction: 1-year follow-up of the prospective randomised TOTAL trial.

2016/01/01 » Lancet. 2016;387:127-135.

Jolly SS, Cairns JA, Yusuf S, Rokoss MJ, Gao P, Meeks B, Kedev S, Stankovic G, Moreno R, Gershlick A, Chowdhary S, Lavi S, Niemela K, Bernat I, Cantor WJ, Cheema AN, Steg PG, Welsh RC, Sheth T, Bertrand OF, Avezum A, Bhindi R, Natarajan MK, Horak D, Leung RCM, Kassam S, Rao SV, El-Omar M, Mehta SR, Velianou JL, Pancholy S, Džavík V

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Temporal changes in biomarkers and their relationships to reperfusion and to clinical outcomes among patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction.

2016/01/01 » J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2016;42:376-385.

van Diepen S, Alemayehu WG, Zheng Y, Theroux P, Newby LK, MahaffeyKW, Granger CB, Armstrong PW.

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Warfarin initiation, atrial fibrillation, and kidney function: Comparative effectiveness and safety of warfarin in older adults with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation.

2016/01/01 » Am J Kidney Dis. 2016. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2016.10.018

Jun M, James MT, Ma Z, Zhang J, Tonelli M, McAlister FA, Manns BJ, Ravani P, Quinn RR, Wiebe N, Perkovic V, Wilton SB, Winkelmayer WC, Hemmelgarn BR.

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The genesis, maturation, and future of critical care cardiology.

2016/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;68:67-79.

Katz JN, Minder M, Olenchock B, Price S, Goldfarb M, Washam JB, BarnettCF, Newby LK, van Diepen S

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Do stable non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes require admission to coronary care units?

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;175:184-192.

van Diepen S, Lin M, Bakal JA, McAlister FA, Kaul P, Katz JN, Fordyce CB, Southern DA, Graham MM, Wilton SB, Newby LK, Granger CB, Ezekowitz JA

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Health-related quality of life outcomes with prasugrel among medically managed non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome patients: Insights from the Targeted Platelet Inhibition to Clarify the Optimal Strategy to Medically Manage Acute Coronary Syndromes (TRILOGY ACS) trial.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;178:55-64.

Kaul P, Ohman EM, Knight JD, Anstrom KJ, Roe MT, Boden WE, Hochman JS, Gašparović V, Armstrong PW, McCollam P, Fakhouri W, Cowper P, Davidson-Ray L, Clapp-Channing N, White HD, Fox KA, Prabhakaran D, Mark DB; TRILOGY ACS Investigators.

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Sulfonylurea use is associated with larger infarct size in patients with diabetes and ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

2016/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2016;202:126-130.

Abdelmoneim AS, Welsh RC, Eurich DT, Simpson SH.

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Temporal and Provincial variation in ambulance use among patients who present to acute care hospitals with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:949-955.

Kaul P, Welsh RC, Liu W, Savu A, Weiss DR, Armstrong PW.

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Albuminuria and cardiovascular events in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results from the TRACER trial.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016; 178:1-8.

Åkerblom A, Clare RM, Lokhnygina Y, Wallentin L, Held C, Van de Werf F,Moliterno DJ, Patel UD, Leonardi S, Armstrong PW, Harrington RA, WhiteHD, Aylward PE, Mahaffey KW, Tricoci P.

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Competing risk bias was common in Kaplan-Meier risk estimates published in prominent medical journals.

2016/01/01 » J Clin Epidemiol. 2016;69:170-173.e8.

Van Walraven C, McAlister FA.

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Renal failure in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction treated with primarypercutaneous coronary intervention: Predictors, clinical and angiographic features, and outcomes.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;173:57-66.

Vavalle JP, van Diepen S, Clare RM, Hochman JS, Weaver WD, Mehta RH, Pieper KS,Patel MR, Patel UD, Armstrong PW, Granger CB, Lopes RD.

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Cognitive decline in heart failure.

2016/01/01 » Heart Fail Rev. 2016;21:661-673.

Alagiakrishnan K, Mah D, Ahmed A, Ezekowitz JA.

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Trends in enrollment, clinical characteristics, treatment and outcomes according to age in non-ST-segment evaluation acute coronary syndromes clinical trials.

2016/01/01 » Circulation. 2016;133(16):1560-73.

Kragholm K, Goldstein SA, Yang Q, Lopes RD, Schulte PJ, Bernacki GM, White HD, Mahaffey KW, Giugliano RP, Armstrong PW, Harrington RA, Tricoci P, Van de Werf F, Alexander JH, Alexander KP, Newby LK.

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Validation of BARC Bleeding Criteria in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes: The TRACER Trial.

2016/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67:2135-2144.

Vranckx P, White HD, Huang Z, Mahaffey KW, Armstrong PW, Van de Werf F, Moliterno DJ, Wallentin L, Held C, Aylward PE, Cornel JH, Bode C, Huber K, Nicolau JC, Ruzyllo W, Harrington RA, Tricoci P.

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Apixaban 5 mg Twice Daily and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Advanced Age, Low Body Weight, or High Creatinine: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

2016/01/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2016;1:673-681.

Alexander JH, Andersson U, Lopes RD, Hijazi Z, Hohnloser SH, Ezekowitz JA, Halvorsen S, Hanna M, Commerford P, Ruzyllo W, Huber K, Al-Khatib SM, Granger CB, Wallentin L; Apixaban for Reduction of Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Complications in Atrial Fibrillation (ARISTOTLE) Investigators.

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Outcomes of singleton and twin pregnancies complicated by pre-existing diabetes and gestational diabetes: A population-based study in Alberta, Canada, 2005-11.

2016/01/01 » J Diabetes. 2016;8:45-55. 

Lai FY, Johnson JA, Dover D, Kaul P.

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Patient and System-Related Delays of Emergency Medical Services Use in Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Results from the Third Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-3Ps).

2016/01/01 » PLoS One. 2016;11:e0147385.

AlHabib KF, Sulaiman K, Al Suwaidi J, Almahmeed W, Alsheikh-Ali AA, Amin H, AlJarallah M, Alfaleh HF, Panduranga P, Hersi A, Kashour T, Al Aseri Z, Ullah A,Altaradi HB, Nur Asfina K, Welsh RC, Yusuf S.

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Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 Activity Is a Marker of Risk But Not a Useful Target for Treatment in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease.

2016/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5.pii: e003407.

Wallentin L, Held C, Armstrong PW, Cannon CP, Davies RY, Granger CB, Hagström E, Harrington RA, Hochman JS, Koenig W, Krug-Gourley S, Mohler ER 3rd, Siegbahn A, Tarka E, Steg PG, Stewart RA, Weiss R, Östlund O, White HD; STABILITY Investigators.

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Patient isolation precautions and 30-day risk of readmission or death after hospital discharge: A prospective cohort study.

2016/01/01 » Int J Infect Dis. 2016;43:74-6.

Lau D, Majumdar SR, McAlister FA

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Patient-Reported Discharge Readiness and 30-Day Risk of Readmission or Death: A Prospective Cohort Study.

2016/01/01 » Am J Med. 2016;129:89-95. 

Lau D, Padwal RS, Majumdar SR, Pederson JL, Belga S, Kahlon S, Fradette M, Boyko D, McAlister FA

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From coronary care units to cardiac intensive care units: Recommendations for organizational, staffing, and educational transformation.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:1204-1213.

Le May M, van Diepen S, Liszkowski M, Schnell G, Tanguay J-F, Granger CB, Ainsworth C, Diodati JG, Fam N, Haichin R, Jassal D, Overgaard C, Tymchak W, Tyrrell B, Osborne C, Wong G.

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Short Duration vs Standard Duration of Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Second-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents – A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

2016/01/01 » J Invasive Cardiol. 2016;28:E203-E210. 

Wassef AWA, Khafaji H, Syed I, Yan AT, Udell JA, Goodman SG, Cheema AN, Bagai A.

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The clinical course of health status and association with outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF.

2016/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2016;18:306-313.

Ambrosy AP, Hernandez AF, Armstrong PW, Butler J, Dunning A, Ezekowitz JA, Felker GM, Greene SJ, Kaul P, McMurray JJ, Metra M, O'Connor CM, Reed SD, Schulte PJ, Starling RC, Tang WH, Voors AA, Mentz RJ.

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The Risk Stratification and Stroke Prevention Therapy Care Gap in Canadian Atrial Fibrillation Patients.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:336-343. 

Angaran P, Dorian P, Tan MK, Kerr CR, Green MS, Gladstone DJ, Mitchell LB, Fournier C, Cox JL, Talajic M, Lin PJ, Langer A, Goldin L, Goodman SG.

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Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A North American Perspective-2016 Update.

2016/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016;9. pii: e004395.

Angiolillo DJ, Goodman SG, Bhatt DL, Eikelboom JW, Price MJ, Moliterno DJ, Cannon CP, Tanguay J-F, Granger CB, Mauri L, Holmes DR, Gibson CM, Faxon DP.

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The Interplay Between Continuity of Care, Multimorbidity, and Adverse Events in Patients With Diabetes.

2016/01/01 » Med Care. 2016;54:386-393.

Weir DL, McAlister FA, Majumdar SR, Eurich DT.

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Temporal trends in all-cause mortality according to smoking status: Insights from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events.

2016/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2016;218:291-297. 

Arbel Y, Fitzgerald G, Yan AT, Tan MK, Fox KAA, Gore JM, Steg PG, Eagle KA, Brieger D, Montalescot G, Budaj A, Lopez-Sendon J, Avezum A, Granger CB, Goodman SG.

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Effect of age on efficacy and safety of vorapaxar in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: Insights from the Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRACER) trial.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;178:176-184.

Armaganijan LV, Alexander KP, Huang Z, Tricoci P, Held C, Van de Werf F,Armstrong PW, Aylward PE, White HD, Moliterno DJ, Wallentin L, Chen E,Harrington RA, Strony J, Mahaffey KW, Lopes RD.

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Evaluating clinical reason and rationale for not delivering reperfusion therapy in ST elevation myocardial infarction patients: Insights from a comprehensive cohort.

2016/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2016;216:99-103.

Welsh RC, Deckert-Sookram J, Sookram S, Valaire S, Brass N.

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Selecting the Duration of Antiplatelet Therapy Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Complex Decision or Not?

2016/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;68:1865-1867.

Welsh RC, Peterson ED.

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A critical reappraisal of aspirin for secondary prevention in patients with ischemic heart disease.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;181:92-100.

Welsh RC, Roe MT, Steg PG, James S, Povsic TJ, Bode C, Gibson CM, Ohman EM.

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Searching for Adherence: Can We Fulfil the Promise of Evidence Based Medicines?

2016/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;68;789-801.

Armstrong PW, McAlister FA.

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Direct oral anticoagulant use and stent thrombosis following an acute coronary syndrome: A potential new pharmacological option?

2016/01/01 » Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2016;109:359-369.

Welsh RC, Zeymer U, Tarantini G.

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Spontaneous MI after non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome managed without revascularization: The TRILOGY ACS trial.

2016/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67:1289-1297.

Lopes RD, Leonardi S, Neely B, Neely ML, Ohman EM, Ardissino D, HammCW, Goodman SG, Bhatt DL, White HD, Prabhakaran D, Martinez F, NicolauJC, Winters KJ, Fox KA, Armstrong PW, Roe MT.

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Dichotomous Relationship between Age and 30-Day Death or Rehospitalization in Heart Failure Patients Admitted with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Results From the ASCEND-HF Trial.

2016/01/01 » J Card Fail. 2016;22:409-416.

Whellan DJ, Stebbins A, Hernandez AF, Ezekowitz JA, McMurray JJ, Mather PJ,Hasselblad V, O’Connor CM.

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Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve: A Cautionary Tale.

2016/01/01 » Ann Thorac Surg. 2016;102:e211-213.

Luc JG, Shanks M, Tyrrell BD, Welsh RC, Butler CR, Meyer SR.

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Infective Endocarditis Hospitalizations Before and After the 2007 American Heart Association Prophylaxis Guidelines.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:942-948.

Mackie AS, Liu W, Savu A, Marelli AJ, Kaul P.

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Nesiritide in Patients Hospitalized for Acute Heart Failure – Does Timing Matter? Implication for Future Acute Heart Failure Trials Eur J.

2016/01/01 » Heart Fail. 2016;18:684-692.

Wong YW, Mentz RJ, Felker GM, Zekowitz J, Pieper K, Heizer G, Hasselblad V, MetraM, O’Connor CM, Armstrong PW, Starling RC, Hernandez AF.

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Prevalence of gestational diabetes among Chinese and South Asians: A Canadian population-based analysis.

2016/01/01 » J Diabetes Complications. 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.10.016.

Yeung RO, Savu A, Kinniburgh B, Lee L, Dzakpasu S, Nelson C, Johnson JA, Donovan LE, Ryan EA, Kaul P.

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Defining and validating comorbidities and procedures in ICD-10 health data in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients.

2016/01/01 » Medicine (Baltimore). 2016;95:e4554.

Youngson E, Welsh RC, Kaul P, McAlister FA, Quan H, Bakal J.

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Diabetes for Cardiologists: Practical Issues in Diagnosis and Management.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016; doi: 10.1016/j.cjca.2016.07.512.

Mancini GBJ, Cheng AY, Connelly K, Fitchett D, Goldenberg R, Goodman SG, Leiter LA, Lonn E, Paty B, Poirier P, Stone J, Thompson D, Yale J-F

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Transatlantic Comparison of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Guidelines: Insights From the United States and Europe.

2016/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67:216-229.

Bainey KR, Armstrong PW.

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Implications of ischaemic area at risk and mode of reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

2016/01/01 » Heart. 2016;102:527-533.

Bainey KR, Fresco C, Zheng Y, Halvorsen S, Carvalho A, Ostojic M, Goldstein P,Gershlick AH, Westerhout CM, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW; STREAMInvestigators.

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Response to: Letter to the Editor regarding the manuscript “Symptomatic graft failure and impact on clinical outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: Results from the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease registry”.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;171:e11.

Bainey KR, Norris C, Shavadia J.

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Does reducing inpatient length of stay have upstream effects on the emergency room: exploring the impact of the general Internal Medicine care Transformation initiative.

2016/01/01 » Acad Emerg Med. 2016;23:711-717.

McAlister FA, Bakal JA, Rosychuk RJ, Rowe BH.

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Letter by McAlister and Ezekowitz Regarding Article, “Temporal Trends and Variation in Early Scheduled Follow-Up After a Hospitalization for Heart Failure: Findings From Get With the Guidelines-Heart Failure”.

2016/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2016;9. pii: e002980.

McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA.

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Complete vs Culprit-Only Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in STEMI With Multivessel Disease: A Meta-analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Trials.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:1542-1551. 

Bainey KR, Welsh RC, Toklu B, Bangalore S.

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Bleeding in STEMI with staged multivessel PCI: Is it truly benign?

2016/01/01 » EuroIntervention. 2016;12:1203-1205.

Bainey KR, Welsh RC.

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Variations in the emergency department management of atrial fibrillation: Lessons to be learned.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;173:159-160.

McAlister FA, Rowe BH.

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Comparing three different measures of frailty in medical inpatients: Multicenter prospective cohort study examining 30-day risk of readmission or death.

2016/01/01 » J Hosp Med. 2016;11:556-562.

Belga S, Majumdar SR, Kahlon S, Pederson J, Lau D, Padwal RS, Forhan M, Bakal JA, McAlister FA.

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Treated glycosylated hemoglobin levels in individuals with diabetes mellitus vary little by health status: A retrospective cohort study.

2016/01/01 » Medicine (Baltimore). 2016;95:e3894. 

McAlister FA, Youngson E, Eurich DT.

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Prognostic significance of anaemia in patients with heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction: results from the MAGGIC individual patient data meta-analysis.

2016/01/01 » QJM. 2016;109:377-382.

Berry C, Poppe KK, Gamble GD, Earle NJ, Ezekowitz JA, Squire IB, McMurray JJ, McAlister FA, Komajda M, Swedberg K, Maggioni AP, Ahmed A, Whalley GA, Doughty RN, Tarantini L; MAGGIC Collaborative Group.

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Early Follow-Up After a Heart Failure Exacerbation: The Importance of Continuity.

2016/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2016;9. pii: e003194. 

Mcalister FA, Youngson E, Kaul P, Ezekowitz JA.

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Validation of administrative and clinical case definitions for gestational diabetes mellitus against laboratory results.

2016/01/01 » Diabet Med. 2016. doi: 10.1111/dme.13271.

Bowker SL, Savu A, Donovan LE, Johnson JA, Kaul P.

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Overtreatment of Low-Risk Patients With Atrial Fibrillation- The Quality Coin Has 2 Sides.

2016/01/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2016;1:848-849.

McAlister FA.

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The relationship between the proportion of admitted high risk ACS patients and hospital delivery of evidence based care.

2016/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2016;222:86-92. 

Brieger D, Hyun K, Chew D, Amerena J, Farouque O, MacIsaac A, Goodman SG, Yan A, Aliprandi Costa B, Dabin B, D'Sousa M.

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Association Between Sitagliptin Use and Heart Failure Hospitalization and Related Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

2016/01/01 » JAMA Cardiol. 2016;1:126-135.

McGuire DK, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW, Standl E, Koglin J, Green JB, Bethel MA, Cornel JH, Lopes RD, Halvorsen S, Ambrosio G, Buse JB, Josse RG, Lachin JM, Pencina MJ, Garg J, Lokhnygina Y, Holman RR, Peterson ED; Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes With Sitagliptin (TECOS) Study Group.

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Composite End Points in Acute Heart Failure Research: Data Simulations Illustrate the Limitations.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016 Nov;32:1356.e21-1356.e28.

Brown PM, Anstrom KJ, Felker GM, Ezekowitz JA.

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Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators for Heart Failure.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:1038.e5-9.

McKelvie RS, Heckman GA, Blais C, Cox JL, Ezekowitz JA, Gong Y, Harkness K, Moe G, Dai S, Dorian P, Johnstone DE, McGeachie EC, Tu JV, Lambert LJ.

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Exploring unmet needs in venous and arterial thromboembolism with rivaroxaban.

2016/01/01 » Thromb Haemost. 2016;116:S2-S12.

Cappato R, Welsh RC.

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Levosimendan in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction undergoing cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass: Rationale and study design of the Levosimendan in Patients with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery Requ

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;182:62-71.

Mehta RH, van Diepen S, Meza J, Bokesch P, Leimberger JD, Tourt-Uhlig S, Swartz M, Parrotta J, Jankowich R, Hay D, Harrison RW, Fremes S, Goodman SG, Luber J, Toller W, Heringlake M, Anstrom KJ, Levy JH, Harrington RA, Alexander JH.

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Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients With Right Bundle Branch Block on Presentation.

2016/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2016;117:754-759.

Chan WK, Goodman SG, Brieger D, Fox KAA, Gale CP, Chew DP, Udell JA, Lopez-Sendon J, Huynh T, Yan RT, Singh SM, Yan AT; ACS I and GRACE Investigators.

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Influence of Using Different Databases and ‘Look Back’ Intervals to Define Comorbidity Profiles for Patients with Newly Diagnosed Hypertension: Implications for Health Services Researchers.

2016/01/01 » PLoS One. 2016;11:e0162074.

Chen G, Lix L, Tu K, Hemmelgarn BR, Campbell NR, McAlister FA, Quan H, Hypertension Outcome and Surveillance Team.

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Geographic Differences in Patients in a Global Acute Heart Failure Clinical Trial (from the ASCEND-HF Trial).

2016/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2016;117:1771-1778.

Metra M, Mentz RJ, Hernandez AF, Heizer GM, Armstrong PW, Clausell N, Corbalan R, Costanzo MR, Dickstein K, Dunlap ME, Ezekowitz JA, Howlett JG, Komajda M, Krum H, Lombardi C, Fonarow GC, McMurray JJ, Nieminen MS, Swedberg K, Voors AA, Starling RC, Teerlink JR, O’Connor CM.

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Effect of prior clopidogrel use on outcomes in medically managed acute coronary syndrome patients.

2016/01/01 » Heart. 2016;102:1221-1229.

Chin CT, Boden WE, Roe MT, Neely B, Neely ML, Leiva-Pons JL, Corbalán R,Gottlieb S, Dalby AJ, Armstrong PW, Prabhakaran D, Fox KA, White HD,Ohman EM, Winters KJ, Schiele F.

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Time-Varying Effects of Prasugrel Versus Clopidogrel on the Long-Term Risks of Stroke after Acute Coronary Syndromes: Results from the TRILOGY ACS Trial.

2016/01/01 » Stroke. 2016;47:1135-1139.

Chin CT, Neely B, Magnus Ohman E, Armstrong PW, Corbalán R, White HD,Prabhakaran D, Winters KJ, Fox KA, Roe MT.

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Effect of Pre-Hospital Ticagrelor During the First 24 Hours After Primary PCI in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: The ATLANTIC-H²⁴ Analysis.

2016/01/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016;9:646-656.

Montalescot G, van ‘t Hof AW, Bolognese L, Cantor WJ, Cequier A, Chettibi M, Collet JP, Goodman SG, Hammett CJ, Huber K, Janzon M, Lapostolle F, Lassen JF, Licour M, Merkely B, Salhi N, Silvain J, Storey RF, Ten Berg JM, Tsatsaris A, Zeymer U, Vicaut E, Hamm CW; ATLANTIC Investigators.

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Salt in the diet in patients with heart failure: what to recommend.

2016/01/01 » Curr Opin Cardiol. 2016;31:196-203

Colin-Ramirez E, Ezekowitz JA.

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Changes in dietary intake and nutritional status associated with a significant reduction in sodium intake in patients with heart failure. A sub-analysis of the SODIUM-HF pilot study.

2016/01/01 » Clinical Nutrition ESPEN. 2016;11:e26-32.

Colin-Ramirez E, McAlister FA, Zheng Y, Sharma S, Ezekowitz JA.

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Does Ivabradine SIGNIFY Improvements in Quality of Life?

2016/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016;9:5-6. 

Norris CM, Bainey KR.

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Trends and Regional Variation in Hospital Mortality, Length of Stay and Cost in Hospital of Ischemic Stroke Patients in Alberta Accompanying the Provincial Reorganization of Stroke Care.

2016/01/01 » J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2016;25:2844-2850. 

Ohinmaa A, Zheng Y, Jeerakathil T, Klarenbach S, Häkkinen U, Nguyen T, Friesen D, Ruseski J, Kaul P, Ariste R, Jacobs P.

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Epidemiology of Hypertension in Canada: An Update.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:687-694.

Padwal RS, Bienek A, McAlister FA, Campbell NRC.

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Arterial access site and outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with and without vorapaxar.

2016/01/01 » Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2016;88:163-173.

Déry J-P, Mahaffey KW, Tricoci P, White HD, Podder M, Westerhout CM, Moliterno DJ, Harrington RA, Chen E, Strony J, Van de Werf F, Ziada KM, Held C, Aylward PE, Armstrong PW, Rao SV.

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Baseline characteristics, adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibitor treatment patterns, and in-hospital outcomes of myocardial infarction patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the prospective Canadian Observational AntiPlatelet sTudy (COAPT).

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;181:26-34. 

Déry J-P, Mehta SR, Fisher HN, Zhang X, Zhu YE, Welsh RC, Lavi S, Cieza T, Henderson MA, Lutchmedial S, Siega AJD, Cheema AN, Wong BYL, Kokis A, Dehghani P, Goodman SG.

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Sharing Data from Cardiovascular Clinical Trials – A Proposal.

2016/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2016;375:407-409.

Patel M, Peterson ED, Armstrong PW, Stone G, Mehran R, Kirtane A, Solomon S, Sabatine M, Bhatt D, Mauri L, Harrington R, Mahaffey K, Perkovic V, Lincoff M, Fox K, Nicols S, Steg PG, Wallentin L, Gibson CM.

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Sleep Quality and Factors Influencing Self-Reported Sleep Duration and Quality in the General InternalMedicine Inpatient Population.

2016/01/01 » PLoS One. 2016;11:e0156735. 

Dobing S, Frolova N, McAlister FA, Ringrose J

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Impact of CYP2C19 Metabolizer Status on Patients With ACS Treated With Prasugrel Versus Clopidogrel.

2016/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016;67:936-947.

Doll JA, Neely ML, Roe MT, Armstrong PW, White HD, Prabhakaran D, Winters KJ,Duvvuru S, Sundseth SS, Jakubowski JA, Gurbel PA, Bhatt DL, Ohman EM, Fox KA;TRILOGY ACS Investigators.

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Depressive symptoms are associated with higher rates of readmission or mortality after medical hospitalization: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

2016/01/01 » J Hosp Med. 2016;11:373-380.

Pederson JL, Warkentin LM, Majumdar SR, McAlister FA.

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Prevalence and Timing of Screening and Diagnostic Testing for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-Based Study in Alberta, Canada.

2016/01/01 » Diabetes Care. 2016;39:55-60.

Donovan LE, Savu A, Edwards AL, Johnson JA, Kaul P.

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What happens when healthcare innovations collide?

2016/01/01 » BMJ Qual Saf. 2016;25:9-13.

Pendharkar SR, Woiceshyn J, Da Silveira GJC, Bischak D, Flemons W, McAlister FA, Ghali WA.

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Increased mortality with elevated plasma endothelin-1 in acute heart failure: an ASCEND-HF biomarker substudy.

2016/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2016;18:290-297.

Perez AL, Grodin JL, Wu Y, Hernandez AF, Butler J, Metra M, Felker GM, Voors AA, McMurray JJ, Armstrong PW, Starling RC, O'Connor CM, Tang WHW.

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High-degree atrioventricular block, asystole, and electro-mechanical dissociation complicating non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;171. 25-32.

Pokorney SD, Radder C, Schulte PJ, Al-Khatib SM, Tricocci P, Van de Werf F, James SK, Cannon CP, Armstrong PW, White HD, Califf RM, Gibson CM, Giugliano RP, Wallentin L, Mahaffey KW, Harrington RA, Newby LK, Piccini JP.

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Lack of Concordance Between Local Investigators, Angiographic Core Laboratory, and Clinical Event Committee in the Assessment of Stent Thrombosis: Results From the TRACER Angiographic Substudy.

2016/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2016;9:e003114.

Popma CJ, Sheng S, Korjian S, Daaboul Y, Chi G, Tricoci P, Huang Z, Moliterno DJ,White HD, Van de Werf F, Harrington RA, Wallentin L, Held C, Armstrong PW,Aylward PE, Strony J, Mahaffey KW, Gibson CM.

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Pre-existing anti-PEG antibodies are associated with severe immediate allergic reactions to egnivacogin, a PEGylated aptamer.

2016/01/01 » J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016; 138:1712-1715. 

Povsic TJ, Lawrence MG, Lincoff AM, Mehran R, Rusconi CP, Zelenkofske SL, Huang Z, Sailstad J, Armstrong PW, Steg PG, Bode C, Becker RC, Alexander JH, Adkinson NF, Levinson AI; REGULATE-PCI Investigators.

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A randomized trial to compare the safety of rivaroxaban vs aspirin in addition to either clopidogrel or ticagrelor in acute coronary syndrome: The design of the GEMINI-ACS-1 phase II study.

2016/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2016;174:120-128.

Povsic TJ, Roe MT, Ohman EM, Steg PG, James S, Plotnikov A, Mundl H, Welsh RC, Bode C, Gibson CM.

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Quality of Care for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Development of Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:1570-1573. 

Quraishi AUR, Lambert LJ, Madan M, Gong Y, Forsey A, Galbraith D, Gill N, Oakes GH, Lavoie A, Carere RG, Welsh RC.

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Ascertainment, classification, and impact of neoplasm detection during prolonged treatment with dual antiplatelet therapy with prasugrel vs. clopidogrel following acute coronary syndrome.

2016/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2016;37:412-22.

Roe MT, Cyr DD, Eckart D, Schulte PJ, Morse MA, Blackwell KL, Ready NE, Zafar SY, Beaven AW, Strickler JH, Onken JE, Winters KJ, Houterloot L, Zamoryakhin D, Wiviott SD, White HD, Prabhakaran D, Fox KAA, Armstrong PW, Ohman EM.

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Arrival by ambulance in acute heart failure: insights into the mode of presentation from Acute Studies of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF).

2016/01/01 » BMJ Open. 2016;6:e010201.

Ezekowitz JA, Podder M, Hernandez AF, Armstrong PW, Starling RC,O’Connor CM, Califf RM.

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Heterogeneity across one disease, two drugs, three trials, and four guidelines: are we further ahead?

2016/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2016;18:1244-1247.

Ezekowitz JA, Sepehrvand N.

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Successful inter-hospital transfer for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after an amniotic fluid embolism induced cardiac arrest.

2016/01/01 » Can J Anaesth. 2016;63:507-508.

Fang ZA, van Diepen S; Royal Alexandra Hospital and University of AlbertaHospital Cardiac Arrest Teams.

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Liver function tests in patients with acute heart failure and associated outcomes: Insights from ASCEND-HF.

2016/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2016;18:424-432. 

Samsky MD, Dunning A, DeVore AD, Schulte PJ, Starling RC, Wilson Tang WH, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA, Butler J, McMurray JJ, Teerlink JR, Voors AA, Metra M, Mentz RJ, O'Connor CM, Patel CB, Hernandez AF.

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The ‘obesity paradox’ in atrial fibrillation: observations from the ARISTOTLE (Apixaban for Reduction in Stroke and Other Thromboembolic Events in Atrial Fibrillation) trial.

2016/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2016;37:2869-2878.

Sandhu RK, Ezekowitz JA, Andersson U, Alexander JH, Granger CB, HalvorsenS, Hanna M, Hijazi Z, Jansky P, Lopes RD, Wallentin L.

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Secondary prevention beyond hospital discharge for acute coronary syndrome: Evidence-based recommendations.

2016/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2016;32:S15-34.

Fitchett DH, Goodman SG, Leiter LA, Lin P, Welsh RC, Stone J, Grégoire J,Mcfarlane P, Langer A.

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Prognostic value of dynamic electrocardiographic T wave changes in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome.

2016/01/01 » Heart. 2016;102:1396-1402.

Sarak B, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Tan MK, Steg PG, Tan NS, Fox KA, Udell JA, Brieger D, Welsh RC, Gale CP, Yan AT; Canadian Acute Coronary Syndromes I, and Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Investigators.

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Cardiovascular Drug Development: Is it Dead or Just Hibernating?

2015/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65:1567-1582.

Fordyce CB, Roe MT, Ahmad T, Libby P, Borer JS, Hiatt WR, Bristow MR, Packer M, Wasserman SM, Braunstein N, Pitt B, DeMets DL, Cooper-Arnold K, Armstrong PW, Berkowitz SD, Scott R, Prats J, Galis ZS, Stockbridge N, Peterson ED, Califf RM

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Assessing the use of international classification of diseases-10th revision codes from the emergency department for the identification of acute heart failure.

2015/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2015;3:386-391.

Frolova N, Bakal JA, McAlister FA, Rowe BH, Quan H, Kaul P, Ezekowitz JA

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Limited Impact of Drug Exposure Misclassification from Non-Benefit Thiazolidinedione Drug Use on Mortality and Hospitalizations from Saskatchewan, Canada: A Cohort Study.

2015/01/01 » Clin Ther. 2015;37:629-642.

Gamble J-M, Johnson JA, McAlister FA, Majumdar SR, Simpson SH, Eurich DT

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Thrombocytopenia in Acute Coronary Syndromes: Etiologies and Proposed Management.

2015/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2015;31:809-811.

Sharma A, Ferguson C, Bainey KR

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Preoperative Stress Tests-Superfluous Investigations Resulting in Excessive Treatment Delay: A Teachable Moment.

2015/01/01 » JAMA Intern Med. 2015;175:1610-1611.

Sharma A, Khan JS, Bainey KR

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Impact of a pharmacoinvasive strategy when delays to primary PCI are prolonged.

2015/01/01 » Heart. 2015;101:692-698.

Gershlick AH, Westerhout CM, Armstrong PW, Huber K, Halvorsen S, Steg PG, Ostojic M, Goldstein P, Carvalho AC, Van de Werf F, Wilcox RG

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The role of the novel oral anticoagulants in the secondary prevention of acute coronary syndromes.

2015/01/01 » Cardiol Rev. 2015;23:99-102.

Sharma R, Bainey KR

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Symptomatic graft failure and impact on clinical outcome after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: Results from the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease registry.

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;169:833-840.

Shavadia J, Norris CM, Graham MM, Verma S, Ali I, Bainey KR

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Is heart rate a risk marker in patients with chronic heart failure and concomitant atrial fibrillation? Results from the MAGGIC meta-analysis.

2015/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2015;17:1182-1191.

Simpson J, Castagno D, Doughty RN, Poppe KK, Earle N, Squire I, Richards M, Andersson B, Ezekowitz JA, Komajda M, Petrie MC, McAlister FA, Gamble GD, Whalley GA, McMurray JJ; Meta-Analysis Global Group in Chronic Heart Failure (MAGGIC)

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High-grade atrioventricular block in acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events.

2015/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2015;36:976-983.

Singh SM, FitzGerald G, Yan AT, Brieger D, Fox KAA, López-Sendón J, Yan RT, Eagle KA, Steg PG, Budaj A, Goodman SG

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Effect of sitagliptin on cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes.

2015/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2015;373:232-242.

Green JB, Bethel MA, Armstrong PW, Buse JB, Engel SS, Garg J, Josse R, Kaufman KD, Koglin J, Korn S, Lachin JM, McGuire DK, Pencina MJ, Standl E, Stein PP, Suryawanshi S, Van De Werf F, Peterson ED, Holman RR

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Circulating Kidney Injury Molecule-1 Levels in Acute Heart Failure: Insights From the ASCEND-HF Trial (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure).

2015/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2015;3:777-785.

Grodin JL, Perez AL, Wu Y, Hernandez AF, Butler J, Metra M, Felker GM, Voors AA, McMurray JJ, Armstrong PW, Califf RM, Starling RC, O'Connor CM, Tang WH

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Incorporating patient preferences into clinical trial design: Results of the Opinions of Patients on Treatment Implications of New Studies (OPTIONS) project.

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;169:122-131.

Stafinski T, Menon D, Nardelli A, Bakal J, Ezekowitz JA, Tymchak W, Welsh RC, Gyenes G, Armstrong PW

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Prognostic significance of low QRS voltage on the admission electrocardiogram in acute coronary syndromes.

2015/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2015;201:493.

Tan NS, Goodman SG, Yan AT

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Comparative assessment of short-term adverse events in acute heart failure with cystatin c and other estimates of renal function: results from the ASCEND-HF trial.

2015/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2015;3:40-49.

Tang WH, Dupont M, Hernandez AF, Voors AA, Hsu AP, Felker GM, Butler J, Metra M, Anker SD, Troughton RW, Gottlieb SS, McMurray JJ, Armstrong PW, Massie BM, Califf RM, O'Connor CM, Starling RC

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Clinical implications of the CKD epidemiology collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation compared with the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) study equation for the estimation of renal dysfunction in patients with cardiovascular disease.

2015/01/01 » Intern Emerg Med. 2015;10:955-963.

Tarantini L, Barbati G, Cioffi G, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA, Mazzone C, Faganello G, Russo G, Grisolia EF, Di Lenarda A

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Apixaban plus mono versus dual antiplatelet therapy in acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the APPRAISE-2 trial.

2015/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;66:777-787.

Hess CN, James S, Lopes RD, Wojdyla DM, Neely ML, Liaw D, Hagstrom E, Bhatt DL, Husted S, Goodman SG, Lewis BS, Verheugt FWA, De Caterina R, Ogawa H, Wallentin L, Alexander JH

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Dopamine receptor blockade improves pulmonary gas exchange but decreases exercise performance in healthy humans.

2015/01/01 » J Physiol. 2015;593:3147-3157.

Tedjasaputra V, Bryan TL, van Diepen S, Moore LE, Bouwsema MM, Welsh RC, Petersen SR, Stickland MK

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Cardiovascular Critical Care: A Perceived Deficiency among U.S. Trainees.

2015/01/01 » Crit Care Med. 2015;43:1853-1858.

Hill T, Means G, van Diepen S, Paul T, Katz JN

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Diuretic response in acute heart failure-an analysis from ASCEND-HF.

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;170:313-321.

Ter Maaten JM, Dunning AM, Valente MA, Damman K, Ezekowitz JA, Califf RM, Starling RC, van der Meer P, O'Connor CM, Schulte PJ, Testani JM, Hernandez AF, Tang WH, Voors AA

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Health Service Use and Costs Associated with Low Birth Weight-A Population Level Analysis.

2015/01/01 » J Pediatr. 2015;167:551-556.

Thanh NX, Toye J, Savu A, Kumar M, Kaul P

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Randomized Trial of the Effect of Pharmacist Prescribing on Improving Blood Pressure in the Community: The Alberta Clinical Trial in Optimizing Hypertension (RxACTION).

2015/01/01 » Circulation. 2015;132:93-100.

Tsuyuki RT, Houle SKD, Charrois TL, Kolber MR, Rosenthal MM, Lewanczuk R, Campbell NRC, Cooney D, McAlister FA

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Is Coronary Intensive Care Unit Volume a Quality Metric?

2015/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc.2015;4:e002200.

van Diepen S

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Randomized trial of primary PCI with or without routine manual thrombectomy.

2015/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2015; 372:1389-1398.

Jolly SS, Cairns JA, Yusuf S, Meeks B, Pogue J, Rokoss MJ, Kedev S, Thabane L, Stankovic G, Moreno R, Gershlick A, Chowdhary S, Lavi S, Niemelä K, Steg PG, Bernat I, Xu Y, Cantor WJ, Overgaard CB, Naber CK, Cheema AN, Welsh RC, Bertrand OF, Avezum A, Bhindi R, Pancholy S, Rao SV, Natarajan MK, Ten Berg JM, Shestakovska O, Gao P, Widimsky P, Džavík V; TOTAL Investigators

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Variation in critical care unit admission rates and outcomes for patients with acute coronary syndromes or heart failure among high- and low-volume cardiac hospitals.

2015/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4. pii: e001708.

van Diepen S, Bakal JA, Lin M, Kaul P, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA

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Association between frailty and 30-day outcomes after discharge from hospital.

2015/01/01 » CMAJ. 2015;187:799-804.

Kahlon S, Pederson J, Majumdar SR, Belga S, Lau D, Fradette M, Boyko D, Bakal JA, Johnston C, Padwal RS, McAlister FA

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The unmet need for addressing cardiac issues in intensive care research.

2015/01/01 » Crit Care Med. 2015;43:128-134.

van Diepen S, Granger CB, Jacka M, Gilchrist IC, Morrow DA, Katz JN

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Impact of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and high Maternal Weight on the Development of Diabetes, Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease: A Population-Level Analysis.

2015/01/01 » Diabet Med. 2015;32:164-173.

Kaul P, Savu A, Nerenberg K, Donovan L, Chik C, Ryan E, Johnson J

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Consistency of benefit from an early invasive strategy after fibrinolysis: a patient-level meta-analysis.

2015/01/01 » Heart. 2015;101:1554-1561.

Abdel-Qadir H, Yan AT, Tan M, Borgia F, Piscione F, Di Mario C, Halvorsen S, Cantor WJ, Westerhout CM, Scheller B, Le May MR, Fernandez-Aviles F, Sánchez PL, Lee DS, Goodman SG

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Efficacy and Safety of Vorapaxar in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery.

2015/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc.2015;4: e002546.

van Diepen S, Tricoci P, Podder M, Westerhout CM, Aylward PE, Held C, Van de Werf F, Strony J, Wallentin L, Moliterno DJ, White HD, Mahaffey KW, Harrington RA, Armstrong PW

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Acute Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation: Insights From the Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF) Trial.

2015/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4:e002092.

Abualnaja S, Podder M, Hernandez AF, McMurray JJ, Starling RC, O'Connor CM, Califf RM, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA

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Worsening heart failure during hospitalization for acute heart failure: Insights from the Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure (ASCEND-HF).

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;170:298-305.

Kelly JP, Mentz RJ, Hasselblad V, Ezekowitz JA, Armstrong PW, Zannad F, Felker GM, Califf RM, O'Connor CM, Hernandez AF

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Characterising and predicting bleeding in high-risk patients with an acute coronary syndrome.

2015/01/01 » Heart. 2015;101:1475-1484.

Khan R, Lopes RD, Neely ML, Stevens SR, Harrington RA, Diaz R, Cools F, Jansky P, Montalescot G, Atar D, Lopez-Sendon J, Flather M, Liaw D, Wallentin L, Alexander JH, Goodman SG; Apixaban for Prevention of Acute Ischemic Safety Events (APPRAISE)-2 Steering Committee and Investigators

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Predictors of clinical outcomes in acute decompensated heart failure: Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure outcome models.

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;170:290-297.

Khazanie P, Heizer GM, Hasselblad V, Armstrong PW, Califf RM, Ezekowitz JA, Dickstein K, Levy WC, McMurray JJV, Metra M, Wilson Tang WH, Teerlink JR, Voors AA, O'Connor CM, Hernandez AF, Starling R

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External validation of the Hospital-patient One-year Mortality Risk (HOMR) model for predicting death within 1 year after hospital admission.

2015/01/01 » CMAJ. 2015;187:725-733.

Van Walraven C, McAlister FA, Bakal JA, Hawken S, Donzé J

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Correlation between peak expiratory flow rate and NT-proBNP in patients with acute heart failure. An analysis from ASCEND-HF trial.

2015/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2015;182:184-186. 

Al-Majed NS, Armstrong PW, Bakal JA, Hernandez AF, Ezekowitz JA

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Baseline Q waves and time from symptom onset to ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: insights from PLATO on the influence of sex.

2015/01/01 » Am J Med. 2015;128:914.

Kholaif N, Zheng Y, Jagasia P, Himmelmann A, James SK, Steg PG, Storey RF, Westerhout CM, Armstrong PW

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Should dual antiplatelet therapy be used in patients following coronary artery bypass surgery? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

2015/01/01 » BMC Surg. 2015;15:112.

Verma S, Goodman SG, Mehta SR, Latter DA, Ruel M, Gupta M, Yanagawa B, Al-Omran M, Gupta N, Teoh H, Friedrich JO

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Sex-Stratified Trends in Enrollment, Patient Characteristics, Treatment, and Outcomes among Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Insights from Clinical Trials over 17 Years.

2015/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2015;8:357-367.

Kragholm K, Halim SA, Yang Q, Schulte PJ, Hochman JS, Melloni C, Mahaffey KW, Moliterno DJ, Harrington RA, White HD, Armstrong PW, Ohman EM, Van De Werf F, Tricoci P, Alexander JH, Giugliano RP, Newby LK

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Cost Implication of an Early Invasive Strategy on Weekdays and Weekends in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes.

2015/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2015;31:314-319.

Lamy A, Tong WR, Bainey KR, Gafni A, Rao-Melacini P, Mehta SR

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Cardiovascular Risk Factors and In-hospital Mortality in Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events.

2015/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2015;31:1455-1461

Wang JY, Goodman SG, Saltzman I, Wong GC, Huynh T, Dery J-P, Leiter LA, Bhatt DL, Welsh RC, Spencer FA, Fox KAA, Yan AT

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Late consequences of acute coronary syndromes: Global registry of acute coronary events (GRACE) follow-up.

2015/01/01 » Am J Med. 2015;128:766-775.

Alnasser SMA, Huang W, Gore JM, Steg PG, Eagle KA, Anderson FA, Fox KAA, Gurfinkel E, Brieger D, Klein W, Van De Werf F, Avezum Á, Montalescot G, Gulba DC, Budaj A, Lopez-Sendon J, Granger CB, Kennelly BM, Goldberg RJ, Fleming E, Goodman SG

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Comparison of transient associations of air pollution and AMI hospitalisation in two cities of Alberta, Canada, using a case-crossover design.

2015/01/01 » BMJ Open. 2015;5:e009169.

Wang X, Kindzierski W, Kaul P

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Air Pollution and Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospital Admission in Alberta, Canada: A Three-Step Procedure Case-Crossover Study.

2015/01/01 » PLoS One. 2015;10:e0132769.

Wang X, Kindzierski W, Kaul P

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The impact of multimorbidity on short-term events in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: Prospective cohort study.

2015/01/01 » Clin Microbiol Infect. 2015;21:264.

Weir DL, Majumdar SR, McAlister FA, Marrie TJ, Eurich DT

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The making of an author.

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;169:446-447.

Armstrong PW

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Effect of the REG1 anticoagulation system versus bivalirudin on outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (REGULATE-PCI): a randomised clinical trial.

2015/01/01 » Lancet. 2015;387:349-356.

Lincoff AM, Mehran R, Povsic TJ, Zelenkofske SL, Huang Z, Armstrong PW, Steg PG, Bode C, Cohen MG, Buller C, Laanmets P, Valgimigli M, Marandi T, Fridrich V, Cantor WJ, Merkely B, Lopez-Sendon J, Cornel JH, Kasprzak JD, Aschermann M, Guetta V, Morais J, Sinnaeve PR, Huber K, Stables R, Sellers MA, Borgman M, Glenn L, Levinson AI, Lopes RD, Hasselblad V, Becker RC, Alexander JH; REGULATE-PCI Investigators

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Novel approaches to composite endpoints in clinical trials.

2015/01/01 » EuroIntervention. 2015;11:122-124.

Westerhout CM, Bakal JA

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Reduced dose tenecteplase and outcomes in elderly ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients: Insights from the STrategic Reperfusion Early after Myocardial infarction trial.

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;169:890-898.

Armstrong PW, Zheng Y, Westerhout CM, Rosell-Ortiz F, Sinnaeve P, Lambert Y, Lopes RD, Bluhmki E, Danays T, Van De Werf F

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Relationship between time to invasive assessment and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing an early invasive strategy after fibrinolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A patient-level analysis of the randomized early routine invasive c

2015/01/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2015;8:166-174.

Madan M, Halvorsen S, Di Mario C, Tan M, Westerhout CM, Cantor WJ, Le May MR, Borgia F, Piscione F, Scheller B, Armstrong PW, Fernandez-Aviles F, Sanchez PL, Graham JJ, Yan AT, Goodman SG

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Magnitude of troponin elevation and long-term clinical outcomes in acute coronary syndrome patients treated with and without revascularization.

2015/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2015;8:e002314.

Bagai A, Huang Z, Lokhnygina Y, Harrington RA, Armstrong PW, Strony J, White HD, Leonardi S, Held C, Van De Werf F, Wallentin L, Tricoci P, Mahaffey KW

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Impact of Rural Residence on Warfarin Use and Clinical Events in Patients with Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Canadian Population Based Study.

2015/01/01 » PLoS One. 2015 ;10:e0140607.

Wu C, McMurtry MS, Sandhu RK, Youngson E, Ezekowitz JA, Kaul P, McAlister FA

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In-hospital switching between adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibitors in patients with acute myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights into contemporary practice from the TRANSLATE-ACS study.

2015/01/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2015;4:499-508.

Bagai A, Peterson ED, Honeycutt E, Effron MB, Cohen DJ, Goodman SG, Anstrom KJ, Gupta A, Messenger JC, Wang TY

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in patients with bicuspid aortic valve: A patient level multi-center analysis.

2015/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2015;189:282-288.

Yousef A, Simard T, Webb J, Rodés-Cabau J, Costopoulos C, Kochman J, Hernández-Garcia JM, Chiam PT, Welsh RC, Wijeysundera HC, García E, Ribeiro HB, Latib A, Huczek Z, Shanks M, Testa L, Farkouh ME, Dvir D, Velianou JL, Lam BK, Pourdjabbar A, Glover C, Hibbert B, Labinaz M

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Metabolomic Fingerprint of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction.

2015/01/01 » PLoS One. 2015;10:e0124844.

Zordoky BN, Sung MM, Ezekowitz JA, Mandal R, Han B, Bjorndahl TC, Bouatra S, Anderson T, Oudit GY, Wishart DS, Dyck JR; Alberta HEART

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Evaluation of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance as a Surrogate in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

2015/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2015;115;1607-1614.

Bainey KR, Patel MR, Armstrong PW

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Effects of withdrawing vs continuing renin-angiotensin blockers on incidence of acute kidney injury in patients with renal insufficiency undergoing cardiac catheterization: Results from the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor/Angiotensin Receptor Bloc

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;170:110-116.

Bainey KR, Rahim S, Etherington K, Rokoss ML, Natarajan MK, Velianou JL, Brons S, Mehta SR

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The prediction of postoperative stroke or death in patients with preoperative atrial fibrillation undergoing non-cardiac surgery: a VISION sub-study.

2015/01/01 » J Thromb Haemost. 2015;13:1768-1775.

McAlister FA, Jacka M, Graham M, Youngson E, Cembrowski G, Bagshaw SM, Pannu N, Townsend DR, Srinathan S, Alonso-Coello P, Devereaux PJ J Thromb Haemost

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Applying novel methods to assess clinical outcomes: Insights from the TRILOGY ACS trial.

2015/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2015;36:385-392.

Bakal JA, Roe MT, Ohman EM, Goodman SG, Fox KAA, Zheng Y, Westerhout CM, Hochman JS, Lokhnygina Y, Brown EB, Armstrong PW

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Influence of Patient Goals of Care on Performance Measures in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure: An Analysis of the Enhanced Feedback for Effective Cardiac Treatment (EFFECT) Registry.

2015/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2015;8:481-488.

McAlister FA, Wang J, Donovan L, Lee DS, Armstrong PW, Tu JV

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Impact of weighted composite compared to traditional composite endpoints for the design of randomized controlled trials.

2015/01/01 » Stat Methods Med Res. 2015;24:980-988.

Bakal JA, Westerhout CM, Armstrong PW

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Physician experience and outcomes among patients admitted to general internal medicine teaching wards.

2015/01/01 » CMAJ. 2015;187:1041-1048.

McAlister FA, Youngson E, Bakal JA, Holroyd-Leduc J, Kassam N

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Regional, age and sex differences in baseline characteristics of patients enrolled in the Trial Evaluating Cardiovascular Outcomes with Sitagliptin (TECOS).

2015/01/01 » Diabetes Obes Metab. 2015;17:395-402.

Bethel MA, Green JB, Milton J, Tajar A, Engel SS, Califf RM, Holman RR, Armstrong PW, Buse JB, Josse RG, Kaufman K, Koglin J, Korn S, Lachin JM, McGuire DK, Standl E, Stein P, Suryawanshi S, Van de Werf F

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Similar outcomes among general medicine patients discharged on weekends.

2015/01/01 » J Hosp Med. 2015;10:69-74.

McAlister FA, Youngson E, Padwal RS, Majumdar SR

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Correlation of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging findings and endomyocardial biopsy results in patients undergoing screening for heart transplant rejection.

2015/01/01 » J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015;34:643-650.

Butler CR, Savu A, Bakal JA, Toma M, Thompson R, Chow K, Wang H, Kim DH, Mengel M, Haykowsky M, Pearson GJ,Kaul P, Paternson I

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Torsemide Versus Furosemide in Patients With Acute Heart Failure (from the ASCEND-HF Trial).

2015/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2015;117;404-411.

Mentz RJ, Hasselblad V, DeVore AD, Metra M, Voors AA, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA, Tang WH, Schulte PJ, Anstrom KJ, Hernandez AF, Velazquez EJ, O'Connor CM

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A cluster randomized trial of objective risk assessment versus standard care for acute coronary syndromes: Rationale and design of the Australian GRACE Risk score Intervention Study (AGRIS).

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;170:995-1004.

Chew DP, Astley CM, Luker H, Alprandi-Costa B, Hillis G, Chow CK, Quinn S, Yan AT, Gale CP, Goodman SG, Fox KAA, Brieger D

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The 2014 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Focus Update: anemia, biomarkers, and recent therapeutic trial implications.

2015/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2015;31:3-16.

Moe GW, Ezekowitz JA, O'Meara E, Lepage S, Howlett JG, Fremes S, Al-Hesayen A, Heckman GA, Abrams H, Ducharme A, Estrella-Holder E, Grzeslo A, Harkness K, Koshman SL, McDonald M, McKelvie R, Rajda M, Rao V, Swiggum E, Virani S, Zieroth S; Secondary Panel:, Arnold JM, Ashton T, D'Astous M, Chan M, De S, Dorian P, Giannetti N, Haddad H, Isaac DL, Kouz S, Leblanc M, Liu P, Ross HJ, Sussex B, White M

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Long-term outcomes for women versus men with unstable angina/non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction managed medically without revascularization: Insights from the TaRgeted platelet Inhibition to cLarify the Optimal strateGy to medicallY manage Acu

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;170:695-705.

Clemmensen P, Roe MT, Hochman JS, Cyr DD, Neely ML, McGuire DK, Cornel JH, Huber K, Zamoryakhin D, White HD, Armstrong PW, Fox KA, Prabhakaran D, Ohman EM; TRILOGY ACS Investigators

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Estimates of Dietary Sodium Consumption in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure.

2015/01/01 » J Card Fail. 2015;21:981-988.

Colin-Ramirez E, Arcand J, Ezekowitz JA

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Re. “Dietary fatty acids intake and mortality in patients with heart failure”: Authors’ response.

2015/01/01 » Nutrition. 2015;31:1185-1186.

Colin-Ramirez E, Ezekowitz JA

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Cardiovascular Medication Utilization and Adherence Among Heart Failure Patients in Rural and Urban Areas: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

2015/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2015;31:341-347.

Murphy GK, McAlister FA, Eurich DT

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Association Between Self-reported Adherence to a Low-Sodium Diet and Dietary Habits Related to Sodium Intake in Heart Failure Patients.

2015/01/01 » J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2015;30:58-65.

Colin-Ramirez E, McAlister FA, Woo E, Wong N, Ezekowitz JA

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The long-term effects of dietary sodium restriction on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure. The SODIUM-HF (Study of Dietary Intervention Under 100 mmol in Heart Failure): A pilot study.

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;169:274-281.

Colin-Ramirez E, McAlister FA, Zheng Y, Sharma S, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA

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Concomitant proton-pump inhibitor use, platelet activity, and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with prasugrel versus clopidogrel and managed without revascularization: Insights from the Targeted Platelet Inhibition to Clarify the Optimal Strategy to Medically Manage Acute Coronary Syndromes trial.

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;170:683-694.

Nicolau JC, Bhatt DL, Roe MT, Lokhnygina Y, Neely B, Corbalán R, Leiva-Pons JL, Martinez F, Goodman SG, Winters KJ, Verheugt FW, Armstrong PW, White HD, Fox KA, Prabhakaran D, Ohman EM; TRILOGY ACS investigators

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Early Management of Patients with Acute Heart Failure: State of the Art and Future Directions: A Consensus Document from the SAEM / HFSA Acute Heart Failure Working Group.

2015/01/01 » Acad Emerg Med. 2015;22:94-112.

Collins S, Storrow AB, Storrow AB, Albert N, Butler J, Ezekowitz JA, Felker GM, Fermann GJ, Fonarow GC, Givertz MM, Hiestand B, Hollander J, Lanfear D, Levy PD, Pang PS, Peacock WF, Sawyer DB, Teerlink J, Lenihan DJ

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Early management of patients with acute heart failure: state of the art and future directions. A consensus document from the society of America acute heart failure working group.

2015/01/01 » J Card Fail. 2015;21:27-43.

Collins SP, Storrow AB, Levy PD, Albert N, Butler J, Ezekowitz JA, Felker GM, Fermann GJ, Fonarow GC, Givertz MM, Hiestand B, Hollander JE, Lanfear DE, Pang PS, Peacock WF, Sawyer DB, Teerlink JR, Lenihan DJ

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Glycoprotein iib/iiia receptor inhibitors in combination with vorapaxar, a platelet thrombin receptor antagonist, among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (from the TRACER Trial).

2015/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2015;115:1325-1332.

Cornel JH, Tricoci P, Lokhnygina Y, Moliterno DJ, Wallentin L, Armstrong PW, Aylward PE, Clare RM, Chen E, Leonardi S, Van de Werf F, White HD, Held C, Strony J, Mahaffey KW, Harrington RA

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Economic analysis of ticagrelor therapy from a U.S. perspective: Results from the PLATO study.

2015/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2015;65:465-476.

Cowper PA, Pan W, Anstrom KJ, Kaul P, Wallentin L, Davidson-Ray L, Nikolic E, Janzon M, Levin LÅ, Cannon CP, Harrington RA, Mark DB

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The Effects of Climate Change on Cardiac Health.

2015/01/01 » Cardiology. 2015;131:209-217.

De Blois J, Kjellstrom T, Agewall S, Ezekowitz JA, Armstrong PW, Atar D

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Validity and utility of ICD-10 administrative health data for identifying ST- and non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction based on physician chart review. 

2015/01/01 » CMAJ Open. 2015;3:413-418.

Patel AB, Quan H, Welsh RC, Deckert-Sookram J, Tymchak W, Sookram S, Surdhar I, Kaul P

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Risk stratification and stroke prevention therapy care gaps in canadian atrial fibrillation patients (from the co-ordinated national network to engage physicians in the care and treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation chart audit).

2015/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2015;115:641-646.

Patel AD, Tan MK, Angaran P, Bell AD, Berall M, Bucci C, Demchuk AM, Essebag V, Goldin L, Green MS, Gregoire JC, Gross PL, Heilbron B, Lin PJ, Ramanathan K, Skanes A, Wheeler BH, Goodman SG

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Loop diuretic dose adjustments after a hospitalization for heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF.

2015/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2015;17:340-346.

DeVore AD, Hasselblad V, Mentz RJ, O'Connor CM, Armstrong PW, McMurray JJ, Ezekowitz JA, Tang WH, Starling RC, Voors AA, Califf RM, Hernandez AF

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Delirium is a robust predictor of morbidity and mortality among critically ill patients treated in the cardiac intensive care unit.

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;170:79-86.

Pauley E, Lishmanov A, Schumann S, Gala GJ, van Diepen S, Katz JN

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Refining hypertension surveillance to account for potentially misclassified cases.

2015/01/01 » PLoS One. 2015;10:e0119186.

Peng M, Chen G, Lix LM, McAlister FA, Tu K, Campbell NR, Hemmelgarn BR, Svenson LW, Quan H

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Ethnic-specific normative reference values for echocardiographic LA and LV Size, LV Mass, and systolic function: The EchoNoRMAL study.

2015/01/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2015;8:656-665.

Poppe KK, Doughty RN, Gardin JM, Nagueh SF, Whalley GA, Cameron V, Chadha DS, Chien KL, Detrano R, Akif Duzenli M, Ezekowitz JA, Di Pasquale P, Mogelvang R, Altman DG, Perera R, Triggs CM, Au Yeung H, Beans Picón GA, Anderson T, Dyck J, Ezekowitz JA, Chirinos JA, De Buyzere ML, Gillebert TC, Rietzschel E, Segers P, Van daele CM, Walsh HA, Whalley GA, Izzo R, De Luca N, Trimarco B, De Simone G, Chadha DS, Goel K, Misra A, Chen P-C, Chien K-L, Lin H-J, Su T-C, Detrano R, Cameron V, Richards AM, Troughton R, Mogelvang R, Skov Jensen J, Di Pasquale P, Paterna S, Akif Duzenli M, Hobbs FDR, Davies MK, Davis RC, Roalfe A, Calvert M, Freemantle N, Gill PS, Lip GYH, Kuznetsova T, Staessen JA, Dargie HJ, Ford I, McDonagh TA, McMurray JJV, Grossman E, Galasko G, Lahiri A, Senior R, Brown A, Carrington M, Krum H, McGrady M, Stewart S, Zeitz C, Blauwet L, Sliwa K, Dalen H, Moelmen Hansen HE, Støylen A, Thorstensen A, Daimon M, Watanabe H, Yoshikawa J, Fukuda S, Kim H-K, Leung NKW, Linhart A, Chahal N, Chambers JC, Kooner J, Davies J, Loke I, Ng L, Squire IB, Aune E, Otterstad JE, Leung DY, Ng ACT, Ojji D, Arnold L, Coffey S, D'Arcy J, Hammond C, Mabbett C, Lima C, Loudon M, Pinheiro N, Prendergast B, Reynolds R, Badano LP, Muraru D, Peluso D, Dal Bianco L, Petrovic DJ, Petrovic J, Schvartzman P, Fuchs FD, Katova T, Simova I, Kaku K, Takeuchi M, Boyd A, Chia EM, Thomas L, Schirmer H, Angelo LC, Pereira AC, Krieger JE, Mill JG, Rodrigues SL, Muiesan ML, Paini A, Agabiti Rosei E, Salvetti M

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Reply: Coenzyme Q10: Will this natural substance become a guideline-directed adjunctive therapy in heart failure?

2015/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2015;3:271-272.

Ezekowitz JA

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The Prognostic Importance of Changes in Renal Function during Treatment for Acute Heart Failure Depends on Admission Renal Function.

2015/01/01 » PLoS One. PMID:2015;10:e0138579.

Reid R, Ezekowitz JA, Brown PM, McAlister FA, Rowe BH, Braam B

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Heart failure guidelines fail.

2015/01/01 » CMAJ. 2015;187:912.

Ezekowitz JA, OMeara E, Howlett JG

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The future of cardiovascular clinical research in North America and beyond – addressing challenges and leveraging opportunities through unique academic and grassroots collaborations. 

2015/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2015;169:743-750.

Roe MT, Mahaffey KW, Ezekowitz JA, Alexander JH, Goodman SG, Hernandez A, Temple T, Berdan L Califf RM, Harrington RA, Peterson ED, Armstrong PW

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Providing Rapid Out of Hospital Acute Cardiovascular Treatment 4 (PROACT-4).

2015/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2015;4 pii:e002859.

Ezekowitz JA, Welsh RC, Weiss D, Chan M, Keeble W, Khadour F, Sharma S, Tymchak W, Sookram S, Brass N, Knapp D, Koshy TL, Zheng Y, Armstrong PW

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Impact of Human Development Index on the profile and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome.

2015/01/01 » Heart. 2015 Feb;101(4):279-286.

Roy A, Roe MT, Neely ML, Cyr DD, Zamoryakhin D, Fox KA, White HD, Armstrong PW, Ohman EM, Prabhakaran D

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Efficacy and safety of a routine early invasive strategy in relation to time from symptom onset to fibrinolysis (a subgroup analysis of TRANSFER-AMI).

2015/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2015;115:1005-1012.

Russo JJ, Goodman SG, Cantor WJ, Tan MK, Borgundvaag B, Fitchett D, Džavík V, Yan RT, Graham JJ, Mehta SR, Yan AT

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Intraclass differences among antihypertensive drugs.

2015/01/01 » Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol. 2015;55:333-352.

Feldman RD, Hussain Y, Kuyper LM, McAlister FA, Padwal RS, Tobe SW

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Heart failure therapeutics on the basis of a biased ligand of the angiotensin-2 Type 1 receptor: Rationale and design of the BLAST-AHF Study (Biased Ligand of the Angiotensin receptor Study in Acute Heart Failure).

2015/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol Heart Fail. 2015;3:193-201.

Felker GM, Butler J, Collins SP, Cotter G, Davison BA, Ezekowitz JA, Filippatos G, Levy PD, Metra M, Ponikowski P, Soergel DG, Teerlink JR, Violin JD, Voors AA, Pang PS

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Relationship between degree of left ventricular dysfunction, symptom status, and risk of embolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

2015/01/01 » Stroke. 2015;46:667-672.

Sandhu RK, Hohnloser SH, Pfeffer MA, Yuan F, Hart RG, Yusuf S, Connolly SJ, McAlister FA, Healey JS

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Effect of alirocumab, a monoclonal antibody to PCSK9, on long-term cardiovascular outcomes following acute coronary syndromes: Rationale and design of the ODYSSEY Outcomes trial.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:682-689.

Schwartz GG, Bessac L, Berdan LG, Bhatt DL, Bittner V, Diaz R, Goodman SG, Hanotin C, Harrington RA, Jukema JW, Mahaffey KW, Moryusef A, Pordy R, Roe MT, Rorick T, Sasiela WJ, Shirodaria C, Szarek M, Tamby J-F, Tricoci P, White H, Zeiher A, Steg PG

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Diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, and heart failure: Its not all about the sugar.

2014/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2014;16:1153-1156.

Sharma A, Ezekowitz JA

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Characteristics and Evidence-Based Management of Stable Coronary Artery Disease Patients in Canada Compared With the Rest of the World: Insights From the CLARIFY Registry.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:132-137. 

Gandhi S, Dorian P, Greenlaw N, Tardif JC, Steg PG, Huynh T, Wong GC, Love MP, Poirier P, Goodman SG; Prospective Observational Longitudinal Registry of Patients With Stable Coronary Artery Disease CLARIFY Registry Investigators

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Increased uptake of guideline-recommended oral antiplatelet therapy: insights from the Canadian acute coronary syndrome reflective.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:1725-1731.

Gandhi S, Zile B, Tan MK, Saranu J, Bucci C, Yan AT, Robertson P, Quantz MA, Letovsky E, Tanguay JF, Dery JP, Fitchett D, Madan M, Cantor WJ, Heffernan M, Natarajan MK, Wong GC, Welsh RC, Goodman SG; Canadian ACS Reflective Group

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Factors associated with major bleeding events: insights from the rivaroxaban once-daily oral direct factor Xa inhibition compared with vitamin K antagonism for prevention of stroke and embolism trial in atrial fibrillation (ROCKET AF).

2014/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol.2014;63:891-900.

Goodman SG, Wojdyla DM, Piccini JP, White HD, Paolini JF, Nessel CC, Berkowitz SD, Mahaffey KW, Patel MR, Sherwood MW, Becker RC, Halperin JL, Hacke W, Singer DE, Hankey GJ, Breithardt G, Fox KAA, Califf RM, for the ROCKET AF Investigators

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Physician continuity improves outcomes for heart failure patients treated and released from the emergency department.

2014/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2014;2:368-376.

Sidhu RS, Youngson E, McAlister FA

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ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction patients randomized to a pharmaco-invasive strategy or primary percutaneous coronary intervention strategic reperfusion early after myocardial infarction (STREAM) 1-year mortality follow-up.

2014/01/01 » Circulation. 2014;130:1139-1145.

Sinnaeve PR, Armstrong PW, Gershlick AH, Goldstein P, Wilcox R, Lambert Y, Danays T, Soulat L, Halvorsen S, Ortiz FR, Vandenberghe K, Regelin A, Bluhmki E, Bogaerts K, Van De Werf F

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Cost-effectiveness of ticagrelor versus clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes in Canada.

2014/01/01 » Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2014;6:49-62.

Grima DT, Brown ST, Kamboj L, Bainey KR, Goeree R, Oh P, Ramanathan K, Goodman SG

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Inching Closer to a Solution: Sorting Out the Optimal Strategy for STEMI Patients With Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Disease.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:1501-1502.

Gyenes GT, Welsh RC

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Comparison of the efficacy of pharmacoinvasive management for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in smokers versus non-smokers (from the trial of routine angioplasty and stenting after fibrinolysis to enhance reperfusion in acute myocardial infarc

2014/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2014;114:955-961.

Tan NS, Goodman SG, Cantor WJ, Tan MK, Yan RT, Bagnall AJ, Mehta SR, Fitchett D, Strauss BH, Yan AT

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Smoking status and survival: impact on mortality of continuing to smoke one year after the angiographic diagnosis of coronary artery disease, a prospective cohort study.

2014/01/01 » BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2014;14:133.

Hammal F, Ezekowitz JA, Norris CM, Wild TC, Finegan B

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Vorapaxar, a platelet thrombin-receptor antagonist, in medically managed patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: results from the TRACER trial.

2014/01/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2014;3:246-256.

Held C, Tricoci P, Huang Z, Van de Werf F, White HD, Armstrong PW, Ambrosio G, Aylward PE, Moliterno DJ, Wallentin L, Chen E, Erkan A, Jiang L, Strony J, Harrington RA, Mahaffey KW

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Independent data monitoring committees: preparing a path for the future.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:135-141.

Hess N, Row M, Gibson M, Temple R, Pencina M, Zarin D, Anstrom K, Alexander J, Sherman R, Fiedorek F, Mahaffey K, Lee K, Chow S, Armstrong PW, Califf R

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Practice patterns and clinical outcomes among non-ST-Segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS) patients presenting to primary and tertiary hospitals: Insights from the EARLY glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in NSTE-ACS (EARLY-ACS) trial.

2014/01/01 » Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2014;84:934-942.

Toleva O, Westerhout CM, Senaratne MPJ, Bode C, Lindroos M, Sulimov VA, Montalescot G, Newby LK, Giugliano RP, Van De Werf F, Armstrong PW

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The relationship between left ventricular ejection fraction and mortality in patients with acute heart failure: insights from the ASCEND-HF trial.

2014/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2014;16:334-341.

Toma M, Ezekowitz JA, Bakal JA, O’Connor CM, Hernandez AF, Sardar MR, Zolty R, Massie BM, Swedberg K, Armstrong PW, Starling RC

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The organization, function, and outcomes of ST-elevation myocardial infarction networks worldwide: Current state, unmet needs and future directions.

2014/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2014;35:1526-1532.

Huber K, Gersh BJ, Goldstein P, Granger CB, Armstrong PW

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Vorapaxar with or without clopidogrel after non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: Results from the thrombin receptor antagonist for clinical event reduction in acute coronary syndrome trial.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:869-877.

Tricoci P, Lokhnygina Y, Huang Z, Van De Werf F, Cornel JH, Chen E, Wallentin L, Held C, Aylward PE, Moliterno DJ, Jennings LK, White HD, Armstrong PW, Harrington RA, Strony J, Mahaffey KW

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Antihypertensive drug prescribing and persistence among new elderly users: Implications for persistence improvement interventions.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:647-652.

Tu K, Anderson LN, Butt DA, Quan H, Hemmelgarn BR, Campbell NR, McAlister FA, Baclic O, Bartlett G, Butt D, Campbell N, Chen G, Dai S, Hemmelgarn B, Hill M, Johansen H, Khan N, Lix L, McAlister FA, Onysko J, Smith M, Svenson L, Teare G, Walker R, Wielgosz A

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Basis for sex-dependent outcomes in acute coronary syndrome.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:713-720.

Izadnegahdar M, Norris C, Kaul P, Pilote L, Humphries KH

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2014/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2014;114:665-673.

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Nesiritide, renal function, and associated outcomes during hospitalization for acute decompensated heart failure: results from ASCEND-HF.

2014/01/01 » Circulation. 2014;130:958-965.

van Deursen VM, Hernandez AF, Stebbins A, Hasselblad V, Ezekowitz JA, Califf RM, Gottlieb SS, O’Connor CM, Starling RC, Tang WH, McMurray JJ, Dickstein K, Voors AA

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Design and rationale of the TOTAL trial: A randomized trial of routine aspiration ThrOmbecTomy with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus PCI ALone in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary PCI.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;167:315-321.

Jolly SS, Cairns J, Yusuf S, Meeks B, Shestakovska O, Thabane L, Niemelä K, Steg PG, Bertrand OF, Rao SV, Avezum A, Cantor WJ, Pancholy SB, Moreno R, Gershlick A, Bhindi R, Welsh RC, Cheema AN, Lavi S, Rokoss M, Džavík V

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Vorapaxar in patients with peripheral artery disease and acute coronary syndrome: Insights from Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRACER).

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:588-596.

Jones WS, Tricoci P, Huang Z, Moliterno DJ, Harrington RA, Sinnaeve PR, Strony J, Van de Werf F, White HD, Held C, Armstrong PW, Aylward PE, Chen E, Patel MR, Mahaffey KW

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Endoscopic harvesting device type and outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery.

2014/01/01 » Ann Surg. 2014;260:402-408.

van Diepen S, Brennan JM, Hafley GE, Reyes EM, Allen KB, Ferguson TB, Peterson ED, Williams JB, Gibson CM, Mack MJ, Kouchoukos NT, Alexander JH, Lopes RD

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Influence of heart failure symptoms and ejection fraction on short- and long-term outcomes for older patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;167:267-273.

van Diepen S, Chen AY, Wang T, Alexander K, Ezekowitz JA, Peterson ED, Roe MT

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Long-term survival with revascu-larization in South Asians admitted with an acute coronary syndrome (from the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcomes Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease Registry).

2014/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2014;114:395-400.

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High-sensitivity C-reactive protein in acute heart failure: Insights from the ASCEND-HF trial.

2014/01/01 » J Card Fail. 2014;20:319-326.

Kalogeropoulos AP, Tang WH, Hsu A, Felker GM, Hernandez AF, Troughton RW, Voors AA, Anker SD, Metra M, McMurray JJ, Massie BM, Ezekowitz JA, Califf RM, O'Connor CM, Starling RC, Butler J

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Predicting cardiovascular intensive care unit readmission after cardiac surgery: Derivation and validation of the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcomes Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) cardiovascular intensive care unit clinical predictio

2014/01/01 » Crit Care. 2014;18:651.

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Acute decompensated heart failure patients admitted to critical care units: Insights from ASCEND-HF.

2014/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2014;177:840-846.

van Diepen S, Podder M, Hernandez AF, Westerhout CM, Armstong PW, McMurray JJ, Eapen ZJ, Califf RM, Starling RC, O'Connor CM, Ezekowitz JA

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Incidence and outcomes associated with early heart failure pharmacotherapy in patients with ongoing cardiogenic shock.

2014/01/01 » Crit Care Med. 2014;42:281-288.

van Diepen S, Reynolds HR, Stebbins A, Lopes RD, Džavík V, Ruzyllo W, Geppert A, Widimsky P, Ohman EM, Parrillo JE, Dauerman HL, Baran DA, Hochman JS, Alexander JH

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Which risk score best predicts perioperative outcomes in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation patients undergoing noncardiac surgery?

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:60-67.

van Diepen S, Youngson E, Ezekowitz JA, McAlister FA

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Long-term outcomes associated with hospital acquired thrombocytopenia among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:189-196.

Vora AN, Chenier M, Schulte PJ, Goodman SG, Peterson ED, Pieper K, Jolicoeur ME, Mahaffey KW, White H, Wang TY

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Angiographic outcomes with early eptifibatide therapy in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (from the EARLY ACS trial).

2014/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2014;113:1297-1305.

Kunadian V, Giugliano RP, Newby LK, Zorkun C, Guo J, Bagai A, Montalescot G, Braunwald E, Califf RM, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW, Harrington R, Gibson CM

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Relationship between primary care physician visits and hospital/emergency use for uncomplicated hypertension, an ambulatory care-sensitive condition.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:1640-1648.

Walker RL, Chen G, McAlister FA, Campbell NR, Hemmelgarn BR, Dixon E, Ghali W, Rabi D, Tu K, Jette N, Quan H; Hypertension Outcome and Surveillance Team

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Trends in death attributed to myocardial infarction, heart failure and pulmonary embolism in Europe and Canada over the last decade.

2014/01/01 » QJM. 2014;107:813-820.

Laribi S, Aouba A, Resche-Rigon M, Johansen H, Eb M, Peacock FW, Masip J, Ezekowitz JA, Cohen-Solal A, Jougla E, Plaisance P, Mebazaa A

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Representativeness of RELAX-AHF clinical trial population in acute heart failure.

2014/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7:259-268.

Wang TS, Hellkamp AS, Patel CB, Ezekowitz JA, Fonarow GC, Hernandez AF

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Prognostic implications of prominent r wave in electrocardiographic leads V1 or V2 in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

2014/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2014;113:1962-1967.

Alqarawi WA, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Constance C, Fung AY, Cha JY, Gosselin G, Brieger D, Fox KA, Van de Werf F, Yan AT; Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) and Canadian Acute Coronary Syndromes I Investigators

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Risk stratification in acute heart failure.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:312-319.

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Sitagliptin Use in Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure. A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.

2014/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2014;2:573-782.

Weir DL, McAlister FA, Senthilselvan A, Minhas-Sandhu JK, Eurich DT

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Acute coronary syndromes: Right direction – Moving proximally in timing of STEMI care.

2014/01/01 » Nat Rev Cardiol. 2014;11:320-321.

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Targeted temperature management processes and outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: An observational cohort study.

2014/01/01 » Crit Care Med. 2014;42:2565-2574.

Lin S, Scales DC, Dorian P, Kiss A, Common MR, Brooks SC, Goodman SG, Salciccioli JD, Morrison LJ

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Inhibition of delta-protein kinase C by delcasertib as an adjunct to primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Results of the PROTECTION AMI randomized controlled trial.

2014/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2014;35:2516-2523.

Lincoff AM, Roe M, Aylward P, Galla J, Rynkiewicz A, Guetta V, Zelizko M, Kleiman N, White H, McErlean E, Erlinge D, Laine M, Dos Santos Ferreira JM, Goodman SG, Mehta S, Atar D, Suryapranata H, Jensen SE, Forster T, Fernandez-Ortiz A, Schoors D, Radke P, Belli G, Brennan D, Bell G, Krucoff M

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2014/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2014;114:811- 819.

Welsh RC, Van de Werf F, Westerhout CM, Goldstein P, Gershlick AH, Wilcox RG, Danays T, Bluhmki E, Lopes RD, Steg PG, Armstrong PW

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2014/01/01 » J Assoc Physician I. 2014;62:461-462.

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Vorapaxar in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Subgroup Analysis From the TRACER Trial (Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome).

2014/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2014;63:1048-1057.

Whellan D, Tricoci P, Chen E, Huang Z, Leibowitz D, Pascal Vranckx P, Marhefka G, Held C, Nicolau J, Storey RF, Ruzyllo W, Huber K, Sinnaeve P, Weiss AT, Déry J-P, Moliterno D, Van de Werf F, Aylward P, White, H, Armstrong PW, Wallentin L, Strony J, Harrington RA, Mahaffey KW

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Darapladib for preventing ischemic events in stable coronary heart disease.

2014/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2014;370:1702-1711.

White HD, Held C, Stewart R, Tarka E, Brown R, Davies RY, Budaj A, Harrington RA, Steg PG, Ardissino D, Armstrong PW, Avezum A, Aylward PE, Bryce A, Chen H, Chen M-F, Corbalan R, Dalby AJ, Danchin N, De Winter RJ, Denchev S, Diaz R, Elisaf M, Flather MD, Goudev AR, Granger CB, Grinfeld L, Hochman JS, Husted S, Kim H-S, Koenig W, Linhart A, Lonn E, López-Sendón J, Manolis AJ, Mohler III ER, Nicolau JC, Pais P, Parkhomenko A, Pedersen TR, Pella D, Ramos-Corrales MA, Ruda M, Sereg M, Siddique S, Sinnaeve P, Smith P, Sritara P, Swart HP, Sy RG, Teramoto T, Tse H-F, Watson D, Weaver WD, Weiss R, Viigimaa M, Vinereanu D, Zhu J, Cannon CP, Wallentin L

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Reduction in overall occurrences of ischemic events with vorapaxar: Results from TRACER.

2014/01/01 » J Am Heart Assoc. 2014;3:1032.

White HD, Huang Z, Tricoci P, Van de Werf F, Wallentin L, Lokhnygina Y, Moliterno DJ, Aylward PE, Mahaffey KW, Armstrong PW

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Patient outcomes in teaching versus nonteaching general internal medicine services: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

2014/01/01 » Acad Med. 2014;89:517-523.

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Mortality outcomes among status aboriginals and caucasians with heart failure.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:619-626.

Lyons KJ, Ezekowitz JA, Liu W, McAlister FA, Kaul P

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Rates and reasons for device-based quideline eligibility in patients with heart failure.

2014/01/01 » Heart Rhythm 2014;11:1983-1990.

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Pharmacodynamic and clinical implications of switching between P2Y12 receptor antagonists: Considerations for practice.

2014/01/01 » Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2014;13:156-158.

Bagai A, Chua D, Cohen EA, Saw J, Verma S, Vijayaraghavan R, Welsh RC, Fitchett D

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Association of Aspirin dose and Vorapaxar safety and efficacy in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (from the TRACER trial).

2014/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2014;113:936-944.

Mahaffey KW, Huang Z, Wallentin L, Storey RF, Jennings LK, Tricoci P, White HD, Armstrong PW, Aylward PE, Moliterno DJ, Van de Werf F, Chen E, Leonardi S, Rorick T, Held C, Strony J, Harrington RA

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Ischaemic cardiac outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation treated with vitamin K antagonism or factor Xa inhibition: results from the ROCKET AF trial.

2014/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2014;35:233-241.

Mahaffey KW, Stevens SR, White HD, Nessel CC, Goodman SG, Piccini JP, Patel MR, Becker RC, Halperin JL, Hacke W, Singer DE, Hankey GJ, Califf RM, Fox KA, Breithardt G; for the ROCKET AF Investigators

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Prognostic implications of creatine kinase-MB measurements in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:503-511.

Bagai A, Schulte PJ, Granger CB, Mahaffey KW, Christenson RH, Bell G, Lopes RD, Green CL, Lincoff AM, Armstrong PW, Roe MT

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Routine invasive management early after fibrinolysis: Relationship between baseline risk and treatment effects in a pooled patient-level analysis of 7 randomized controlled trials.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:757-765.

Bagai A, Tan M, Di Mario C, Halvorsen S, Cantor WJ, Le May MR, Fernandez-Aviles F, Scheller B, Armstrong PW, Borgia F, Piscione F, Sánchez PL, Westerhout CM, Goodman SG, Yan AT

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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of acute coronary syndrome patients with left anterior hemiblock.

2014/01/01 » Heart. 2014;100:1456-1461.

Zhang H, Goodman SG, Steg GP, Budaj A, Lopez-Sendon J, Dorian P, Huynh T, Mangat I, Wong GC, Spencer FA, Yan AT

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Ameliorating reperfusion injury in STEMI: Dead or alive?

2014/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2014;35:2504-2506.

Bainey KR, Armstrong PW

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Critical impact of patient knowledge and bone density testing on starting osteoporosis treatment after fragility fracture: Secondary analyses from two controlled trials.

2014/01/01 » Osteoporos Int. 2014;25:2173-2179.

Majumdar SR, McAlister FA, Johnson JA, Weir DL, Bellerose D, Hanley DA, Russell AS, Rowe BH

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Clinical perspectives on reperfusion injury in acute myocardial infarction.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;167:637-645.

Bainey KR, Armstrong PW

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Use of renin-angiotensin system blockers in acute coronary syndromes: findings from Get With the Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease Program.

2014/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2014;7:227-235.

Bainey KR, Armstrong PW, Fonarow GC, Cannon CP, Hernandez AF, Peterson ED, Peacock WF, Laskey WK, Zhao X, Schwamm LH, Bhatt DL

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Impact of reperfusion strategy on aborted myocardial infarction: insights from a large Canadian ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Clinical Registry.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:1570-1575.

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The cost implications of an early versus delayed invasive strategy in Acute Coronary Syndromes: the TIMACS study.

2014/01/01 » J Med Econ. 2014;17:415-422.

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Complete vs culprit-only revascularization for patients with multivessel disease undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;167:1-14.

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Safely and effectively reducing inpatient length of stay: A controlled study of the General Internal Medicine Care Transformation Initiative.

2014/01/01 » BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23:446-456.

McAlister FA, Bakal JA, Majumdar SR, Dean S, Padwal RS, Kassam N, Bacchus M, Colbourne A

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Revascularization strategies for coronary disease: Art or science?

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:1153-1154.

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Case management reduces global vascular risk after stroke: secondary results from the The preventing recurrent vascular events and neurological worsening through intensive organized case-management randomized controlled trial.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:924-930.

McAlister FA, Grover S, Padwal RS, Youngson E, Fradette M, Thompson A, Buck B, Dean N, Tsuyuki RT, Shuaib A, Majumdar SR

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Cholesterol End Points Predict Outcome in Patients With Coronary Disease: Quality Improvement Metrics from The Enhancing Secondary Prevention in Coronary Artery Disease (ESP-CAD) Trial.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:1627-1632.

McAlister FA, Majumdar SR, Lin M, Bakal J, Fradette M, Anderson T

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Case management for blood pressure and lipid level control after minor stroke: PREVENTION randomized controlled trial.

2014/01/01 » CMAJ. 2014;186:577-784.

McAlister FA, Majumdar SR, Padwal RS, Fradette M, Thompson A, Buck B, Dean N, Bakal JA, Tsuyuki R, Grover S, Shuaib A

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Heart failure re-admission: measuring the ever shortening gap between repeat heart failure hospitalizations.

2014/01/01 » PLoS One. 2014;9:e106494.

Bakal JA, McAlister FA, Liu W, Ezekowitz JA

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Prognostic implications of quantitative evaluation of baseline Q-wave width in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

2014/01/01 » J Electrocardiol. 2014;47:465-471.

Bao MH, Zheng Y, Westerhout CM, Fu Y, Wagner GS, Chaitman B, Granger CB, Armstrong PW

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Myocardial Injury after Noncardiac Surgery: A Large, International, Prospective Cohort Study Establishing Diagnostic Criteria, Characteristics, Predictors, and 30-day Outcomes.

2014/01/01 » Anesthesiology. 2014;120:564-578.

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Association between blood lead and blood pressure: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (2007 to 2011).

2014/01/01 » Health Rep. 2014;25:12-22.

Bushnik T, Levallois P, D'Amour M, Anderson TJ, McAlister FA

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Large streamlined trials in cardiovascular disease.

2014/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2014;35:544-548.

Calvo G, McMurray JJV, Granger CB, Alonso-Gracia A, Armstrong PW, Flather M, Gómez-Outes A, Pocock S, Stockbridge N, Svensson A, Van de Werf F

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Association of metabolic syndrome and its individual components with outcomes among patients with high-risk non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary Syndromes.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:182-188.

Mehta RH, Westerhout CM, Zheng Y, Giugliano RP, Huber K, Prabhakaran D, Harrington RA, Newby KL, Armstrong PW; EARLY ACS Investigators

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The 2013 Canadian cardiovascular society heart failure management guidelines update: Focus on rehabilitation and exercise and surgical coronary revascularization.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:249-263.

Moe GW, Ezekowitz JA, O'Meara E, Howlett JG, Fremes SE, Al-Hesayen A, Heckman GA, Ducharme A, Estrella-Holder E, Grzeslo A, Harkness K, Lepage S, McDonald M, McKelvie RS, Nigam A, Rajda M, Rao V, Swiggum E, Virani S, Van Le V, Zieroth S, Arnold JMO, Ashton T, D'Astous M, Dorian P, Giannetti N, Haddad H, Isaac DL, Kouz S, Leblanc M-H, Liu P, Ross HJ, Sussex B, White M

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Primary care physician visits by patients with incident hypertension.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:653-660.

Clement FM, Chen G, Khan N, Tu K, Campbell NR, Smith M, Quan H, Hemmelgarn BR, McAlister FA; Hypertension Outcome and Surveillance Team

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Early eplerenone treatment in patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction without heart failure: The Randomized Double-Blind Reminder Study.

2014/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2014;35:2295-2302.

Montalescot G, Pitt B, Lopez De Sa E, Hamm CW, Flather M, Verheugt F, Shi H, Turgonyi E, Orri M, Vincent J, Zannad F, Noll G, Weir R, O'Neill B, Böhm M, Hillis WS, Grieve A, Rouleau J-L, Gerasimos F, Fitchett D, Lepage S, Madan M, Sussex B, Tremblay G, Welsh RC, Wong G, Hutyra M, Kettner J, Ostadal P, Spinar J, Vojacek J, Barboteu M, Collet J-P, Coste P, Cottin Y, Ducos D, Galinier M, Teiger E, Zemour G, Bauersachs J, Hambrecht R, Hauf G, Heuer H, Mudra H, Münzel T, Steiner S, Strasser R, Sydow K, Tschöpe C, Wachter R, Werner N, Alexopoulos D, Babalis D, Pyrgakis V, Dezsi C, Lupkovics G, Polgar P, Tomcsanyi J, Herrman J, Ten Berg JM, Gorny J, Kubica J, Lewczuk J, Zmuda W, Hranai M, Kovar F, Margoczy R, Micko K, Sumbal J, Genover XB, Ortiz AF, Sala MF, Garcia CG, Muñoz CP, Blas JRR, Soriano FR, Adamson D, Alamgir F, Chauhan A, Lip G, Martin T, McCann G, Newby D, Smith D

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Dietary fatty acids intake and mortality in patients with heart failure.

2014/01/01 » Nutrition. 2014;30:1366-1371.

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Prehospital ticagrelor in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

2014/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2014;371:1016-1027.

Montalescot G, Van't Hof AW, Lapostolle F, Silvain J, Lassen JF, Bolognese L, Cantor WJ, Cequier A, Chettibi M, Goodman SG, Hammett CJ, Huber K, Janzon M, Merkely B, Storey RF, Zeymer U, Stibbe O, Ecollan P, Heutz WMJM, Swahn E, Collet J-P, Willems FF, Baradat C, Licour M, Tsatsaris A, Vicaut E, Hamm CW

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Impact of smoking status on platelet function and clinical outcomes with prasugrel vs. clopidogrel in patients with acute coronary syndromes managed without revascularization: Insights from the TRILOGY ACS trial.

2014/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2014;168:76-87.

Cornel JH, Ohman EM, Neely B, Clemmensen P, Sritara P, Zamoryakhin D, Armstrong PW, Prabhakaran D, White HD, Fox KA, Gurbel PA, Roe MT; TRILOGY ACS Investigators

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The association between meteorological events and acute heart failure: New insights from ASCEND-HF.

2014/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2014;177:819-824.

Das D, Bakal JA, Westerhout CM, Hernandez AF, O'Connor CM, Atar D, McMurray JJ, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA

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Extent, location, and clinical significance of non-infarct-related coronary artery disease among patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

2014/01/01 » JAMA. 2014;312:2019-2027.

Park DW, Clare RM, Schulte PJ, Pieper KS, Shaw LK, Califf RM, Ohman EM, Van de Werf F, Hirji S, Harrington RA, Armstrong PW, Granger CB, Jeong MH, Patel MR

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Use of electrocardiogram indices of myocardial ischemia for risk stratification and decision making of reperfusion strategies.

2014/01/01 » J Electrocardiol. 2014;47:520-524.

Dianati Maleki N, Ehteshami Afshar A, Armstrong PW.

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An assessment of ST-segment measurement variability between two core electrocardiogram laboratories.

2014/01/01 » J Electrocardiol. 2014;47:38-44.

Dianati Maleki N, Stocke K, Zheng Y, Westerhout CM, Fu Y, Chaitman BR, Awad A, Jagasia P, Armstrong PW

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Hypotension during hospitalization for acute heart failure is independently associated with 30-day mortality: findings from ASCEND-HF.

2014/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2014;7:918-925.

Patel PA, Heizer G, O'Connor CM, Schulte PJ, Dickstein K, Ezekowitz JA, Armstrong PW, Hasselblad V, Mills RM, McMurray JJ, Starling RC, Tang WH, Califf RM, Hernandez AF

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Aborted myocardial infarction in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the STrategic Reperfusion Early After Myocardial infarction trial.

2014/01/01 » Heart. 2014;100:1543-1549.

Dianati Maleki N, Van de Werf F, Goldstein P, Adgey JA, Lambert Y, Sulimov V, Rosell-Ortiz F, Gershlick AH, Zheng Y, Westerhout CM, Armstrong PW

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Determinants of early readmission after hospitalization for heart failure.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:612-618.

Eastwood CA, Howlett JG, King-Shier KM, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA, Quan H

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Management of major bleeding events in patients treated with rivaroxaban vs. warfarin: Results from the ROCKET AF trial.

2014/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2014;35:1873-1880.

Piccini JP, Garg J, Patel MR, Lokhnygina Y, Goodman SG, Becker RC, Berkowitz SD, Breithardt G, Hacke W, Halperin JL, Hankey GJ, Nessel CC, Mahaffey KW, Singer DE, Califf RM, Fox KAA

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Efficacy of an Early Invasive Strategy After Fibrinolysis in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Relative to the Extent of Coronary Artery Disease.

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:1555-1561.

Elbarouni B, Cantor WJ, Ducas J, Borgundvaag B, Džavík V, Heffernan M, Buller CE, Langer A, Goodman SG, Yan AT; TRANSFER-AMI Trial Investigators

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Time to energize coenzyme Q10 for patients with heart failure?

2014/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2014;2:650-652.

Ezekowitz JA

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The many faces of hypertension in Canada.

2014/01/01 » Curr Opin Cardiol. 2014;29:354-359.

Quan H, McAlister FA, Khan N

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The Alberta Heart Failure Etiology and Analysis Research Team (HEART) study.

2014/01/01 » BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2014;14:91.

Ezekowitz JA, Becher H, Belenkie I, Clark AM, Duff HJ, Friedrich MG, Haykowsky MJ, Howlett JG, Kassiri Z, Kaul P, Kim DH, Knudtson ML, Light PE, Lopaschuk GD, McAlister FA, Noga ML, Oudit GY, Paterson DI, Quan H, Schulz R, Thompson RB, Weeks SG, Anderson TJ, Dyck JR

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Exercise training improves aerobic capacity, muscle strength, and quality of life in renal transplant recipients.

2014/01/01 » Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2014;39:566-571.

Riess KJ, Haykowsky M, Lawrance R, Tomczak CR, Welsh RC, Lewanczuk R, Tymchak W, Haennel RG, Gourishankar S

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Providing Rapid Out of Hospital Acute Cardiovascular Treatment 3 (PROACT-3).

2014/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2014;30:1208-1215.

Ezekowitz JA, Welsh RC, Gubbels C, Brass N, Chan M, Keeble W, Khadour F, Koshy TL, Knapp D, Sharma S, Sookram S, Tymchak W, Weiss D, Westerhout CM, Armstrong PW

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Efficacy and safety of a routine early invasive strategy after fibrinolysis stratified by glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor use during percutaneous coronary intervention: A pre-specified subgroup analysis of the transfer-ami randomised controlled trial.

2014/01/01 » Heart. 2014;100:873-880.

Russo JJ, Goodman SG, Cantor WJ, Fitchett D, Heffernan M, Borgundvaag B, Ducas J, Cohen EA, Džavík V, Mehta SR, Buller CE, Yan AT

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Rationale and design of the GUIDE-IT study: Guiding Evidence Based Therapy Using Biomarker Intensified Treatment in Heart Failure.

2014/01/01 » JACC Heart Fail. 2014:2;457-465.

Felker GM, Ahmad T, Anstrom KJ, Adams KF, Cooper LS, Ezekowitz JA, Fiuzat M, Houston-Miller N, Januzzi JL, Leifer ES, Mark DB, Desvigne-Nickens P, Paynter G, Piña IL, Whellan DJ, O'Connor CM

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Similarities and differences in patient characteristics between heart failure registries versus clinical trials.

2013/01/01 » Curr Heart Fail Rep. 2013;10:373-379.

Sharma A, Ezekowitz JA

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Bridging the gap for nonmetropolitan STEMI patients through implementation of a pharmacoinvasive reperfusion strategy.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:951-959.

Shavadia J, Ibrahim Q, Sookram S, Brass N, Knapp D, Welsh RC

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Acute management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients taking dabigatran.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:1531.

Shavadia J, Welsh RC

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Effects of nesiritide and predictors of urine output in acute decompensated heart failure: Results from ASCEND-HF (Acute Study of Clinical effectiveness of nesiritide and decompensated heart failure).

2013/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;24;62:1177-1183.

Gottlieb SS, Stebbins A, Voors AA, Hasselblad V, Ezekowitz JA, Califf RM, O'Connor CM, Starling RC, Hernandez AF

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Do anticoagulants or antiplatelet drugs have a role in treating heart failure in the absence of atrial fibrillation?

2013/01/01 » Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2013;94:435-8.

Gouda P, Ezekowitz JA

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Stroke After Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Timing, Characteristics, and Clinical Outcomes (APEX-AMI).

2013/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2013;6:176-183.

Guptill JT, Mehta RH, Armstrong PW Horton J, Laskowitz D, James S, Granger CB, Lopes RD

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Physical activity in patients with stable coronary heart disease: an international perspective.

2013/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2013;34:3286-3293.

Stewart R, Held C, Brown R, Vedin O, Hagstrom E, Lonn E, Armstrong PW, Granger CB, Hochman J, Davies R, Soffer J, Wallentin L, White H

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Use and timing of coronary angiography and associated in-hospital outcomes in Canadian non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients: Insights from the Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:1429-1435.

Gyenes GT, Yan AT, Tan M, Welsh RC, Fox KAA, Grondin FR, DeYoung JP, Rose BF, Gallo R, Kornder JM, Wong GC, Goodman SG

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Comparative prognostic value of T-wave inversion and ST-segment depression on the admission electrocardiogram in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;166:290-297.

Tan NS, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Elbarouni B, Budaj A, Fox KA, Gore JM, Brieger D, López-Sendón J, Langer A, van de Werf F, Steg PG, Yan AT

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Neither Diabetes nor Glucose-Lowering Drugs Are Associated With Mortality After Noncardiac Surgery in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease or Heart Failure

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:423-428

Hanninen M, McAlister FA, Bakal JA, van Diepen S, Ezekowitz JA

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Duration of eptifibatide infusion after percutaneous coronary intervention and outcomes among high-risk patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome: insights from EARLY ACS.

2013/01/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2013;2:246-255.

Hess CN, Schulte PJ, Newby LK, Steg PG, Dalby AJ, Schweiger MJ, Lewis BS, Armstrong PW, Califf RM, van de Werf F, Harrington RA

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Identification and management of patients at elevated cardiometabolic risk in Canadian primary care: How well are we doing?

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:960-968.

Teoh H, Després JP, Dufour R, Fitchett DH, Goldin L, Goodman SG, Harris SB, Langer A, Lau DC, Lonn EM, John Mancini GB, McFarlane PA, Poirier P, Rabasa-Lhoret R, Tan MK, Leiter LA

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N-terminal Pro-B-type natriuretic peptide for risk assessment in patients with atrial fibrillation: Insights from the ARISTOTLE trial (Apixaban for the prevention of stroke in subjects with atrial fibrillation).

2013/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;61:2274-2284.

Hijazi Z, Wallentin L, Siegbahn A, Andersson U, Christersson C, Ezekowitz JA, Gersh BJ, Hanna M, Hohnloser S, Horowitz J, Huber K, Hylek EM, Lopes RD, McMurray JJ, Granger CB

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A comparison of the assessment and management of cardiometabolic risk in patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus in Canadian primary care.

2013/01/01 » Diabetes Obes Metab. 2013;15:1093-1100.

Teoh H, Després JP, Dufour R, Fitchett DH, Goldin L, Goodman SG, Harris SB, Langer A, Lau DC, Lonn EM, Mancini GB, McFarlane PA, Poirier P, Rabasa-Lhoret R, Tan MK, Leiter LA

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Global Variation in Quality of Care Among Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure in an International Trial Findings From the Acute Study Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure Trial (ASCEND-HF).

2013/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:534-542.

Howlett JG, Ezekowitz JA, Podder M, Hernandez AF, Diaz R, Dickstein K, Dunlap ME, Corbalán R Armstrong PW, Starling RC, O’Connor CM, Califf RM, Fonarow GC; on behalf of the ASCEND-HF Investigators

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Enhancing the efficacy of delivering reperfusion therapy: A European and North American experience with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction networks

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;165:123-132.

Huber K, Goldstein P, Danchin N, Fox KA, Welsh RC, Granger CB, Henry T, Gersh BJ

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Myocardial deformation analysis in contrast echocardiography: First results using two-dimensional cardiac performance analysis

2013/01/01 » J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013;26:1282-1289.

Huqi A, He A, Klas B, Paterson I, Thompson R, Irwin M, Ezekowitz JA, Choy JB, Becher H

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Cardian Troponin after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and 1-Year Mortality in NSTE ACS Using Systematic Evaluation of Biomarker Trends.

2013/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;62; 242-251.

Tricoci P, Leonardi S, White J, White HD, Armstrong PW, Montalescot G, Giugliano RP, Gibson CM, Van de Werf F, Califf RM, Harrington RA, Braunwald E, Mahaffey KW, Newby LK

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Canada acute coronary syndrome risk score: A new risk score for early prognostication in acute coronary syndromes

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;166:58-63.

Huynh T, Kouz S, Yan AT, Danchin N, O'Loughlin J, Schampaert E, Yan RT, Rinfret S, Tardif JC, Eisenberg MJ, Afilalo M, Chong A, Dery JP, Nguyen M, Lauzon C, Mansour S, Ko DT, Tu JV, Goodman SG

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Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in national surveys from England, the USA and Canada, and correlation with stroke and ischaemic heart disease mortality: a cross-sectional study.

2013/01/01 » BMJ Open. 2013;3:e003423.

Joffres M, Falaschetti E, Gillespie C, Robitaille C, Loustalot F, Poulter N, McAlister FA, Johansen H, Baclic O, Campbell N

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Do clinical factors explain persistent sex disparities in the use of acute reperfusion therapy in STEMI in Sweden and Canada?

2013/01/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2013;2:350-358.

Johnston N, Bornefalk-Hermansson A, Schenck-Gustafsson K, Held C, Goodman SG, Yan AT, Bierman AS

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Multistate implementation of guideline-based cardiac resuscitation systems of care: Description of the HeartRescue Project.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;166:647-653.

van Diepen S, Abella BS, Bobrow BJ, Nichol G, Jollis JG, Mellor J, Racht EM, Yannopoulos D, Granger CB, Sayre MR

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Critical care cardiology research: A call to action.

2013/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013;6:237-242.

van Diepen S, Cook DJ, Jacka M, Granger CB

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Management and outcomes of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes in relation to previous use of antianginal therapies (from the Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events [GRACE] and Canadian Registry of Acute Coronary Events [CANRACE])

2013/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2013;112:51-56.

Kang JS, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Lopez-Sendon J, Pesant Y, Graham JJ, Fitchett D, Wong GC, Rose BF, Spencer FA, Yan AT; Canadian GRACE and CANRACE Investigators

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Efficacy and safety of rivaroxaban in patients with heart failure and nonvalvular atrial fibrillation insights from ROCKET AF.

2013/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2013;6:740-747.

van Diepen S, Hellkamp AS, Patel MR, Becker RC, Breithardt G, Hacke W, Halperin JL, Hankey GJ, Nessel CC, Singer DE, Berkowitz SD, Califf RM, Fox KA, Mahaffey KW

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Incidence of heart failure and mortality after acute coronary syndromes.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;165:379-385.

Kaul P, Ezekowitz JA, Armstrong PW, Leung BK, Savu A, Welsh RC, Quan H, Knudtson ML, McAlister FA

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Prognostic relevance of baseline pro- and anti-inflammatory markers in STEMI: An APEX AMI substudy.

2013/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2013;168:2127-2133.

van Diepen S, Newby LK, Lopes RD, Stebbins A, Hasselblad V, James S, Roe MT, Ezekowitz JA, Moliterno DJ, Neumann FJ, Reist C, Mahaffey KW, Hochman JS, Hamm CW, Armstrong PW, Granger CB, Theroux P; on behalf of the APEX AMI Investigators

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Response to letter “associations of inflammatory biomarkers to body mass index among patients with acute coronary syndrome”.

2013/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2013;168:4543.

van Diepen S, Newby LK, Stebbins A, Armstrong PW, Granger CB

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Differences in treatment, outcomes, and quality of life among patients with heart failure in Canada and the United States.

2013/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol HF. 2013;1:523-330.

Kaul P, Reed SD, Hernandez AF, Howlett JG, Ezekowitz JA, Li Y, Zheng Y, Rouleau JL, Starling RC, O'Connor CM, Califf RM, Armstrong PW

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Association between bleeding and mortality among women and men with high-risk acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the Early versus Delayed, Provisional Eptifibatide in Acute Coronary Syndromes (EARLY ACS) trial.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;166:723-728.

Kaul P, Tanguay JF, Newby K, Hochman JS, Westerhout CM, Califf RM, Tricoci P, Gibson M, Giugliano RP, Harrington RA, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW

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The systemic inflammatory response syndrome in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

2013/01/01 » Crit Care Med. 2013;41:2080-2087.

van Diepen S, Vavalle JP, Newby LK, Clare R, Pieper KS, Ezekowitz JA, Hochman JS, Mahaffey KW, Armstrong PW, Granger CB

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Risk factors, quality of care and prognosis in South Asian, East Asian and White patients with stroke

2013/01/01 » BMC Neurol. 2013;13:74.

Khan NA, Quan H, Hill MD, Pilote L, McAlister FA, Palepu A, Shah BR, Zhou L, Zhen H, Kapral MK

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Outcomes of apixaban vs. warfarin by type and duration of atrial fibrillation: Results from the ARISTOTLE trial.

2013/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2013;34:2464-2471.

Al-Khatib SM, Thomas L, Wallentin L, Lopes RD, Gersh B, Garcia D, Ezekowitz JA, Alings M, Yang H, Alexander JH, Flaker G, Hanna M, Granger CB

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Radial versus femoral access, bleeding and ischemic events in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome managed with an invasive strategy.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;165:583-590.

Klutstein MW, Westerhout CM, Armstrong PW, Giugliano RP, Lewis BS, Gibson CM, Lutchmedial S, Widimsky P, Steg PG, Dalby A, Zeymer U, Van de Werf F, Harrington RA, Newby LK, Rao SV

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Random error in cardiovascular meta-analyses: how common are false positive and false negative results?

2013/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2013;168:1102-1107.

AlBalawi Z, McAlister FA, Thorlund K, Wong M, Wetterslev J

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Hospitalization for uncomplicated hypertension: An ambulatory care sensitive condition.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:1462-1469.

Walker RL, Chen G, McAlister FA, Campbell NR, Hemmelgarn BR, Dixon E, Ghali W, Rabi D, Tu K, Jette N, Quan H; Hypertension Outcome and Surveillance Team

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The Forgotten Lead: Does aVR ST-deviation Add Insight into the Outcomes of STEMI Patients?

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;166:333-339.

Alherbish A, Westerhout CM, Fu Y, White HD, Granger CB, Wagner G, Armstrong PW

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Prognostic significance of presenting blood pressure in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome in relation to prior history of hypertension

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;165:583-590.

Lee D, Goodman SG, Fox KA, DeYoung JP, Lai CC, Bhatt DL, Huynh T, Yan RT, Gallo R, Steg PG, Yan AT

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Implementation of standardized assessment and reporting of myocardial infarction in contemporary randomized controlled trials: a systematic review.

2013/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2013;34:894-902.

Leonardi S, Armstrong PW, Schulte PJ, Ohman EM, Newby LK

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Quantification of the effect of clopidogrel on enzymatic infarct size related to a percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the CHAMPION percutaneous coronary intervention trial

2013/01/01 » Coron Artery Dis. 2013;24:321-7. 

Leonardi S, Stebbins A, Lopes RD, Lokhnygina Y, Todd M, Bhatt DL, Stone GW, Lincoff AM, Dauerman HL, Gibson CM, White HD, Parikh KH, Gruberg L, Herrmann HC, McLaurin BT, Goodman SG, Mahaffey KW

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Effect of Vorapaxar on Myocardial Infarction in the Thrombin Receptor Antagonist for Clinical Event Reduction in Acute Coronary Syndrome (TRA•CER) Trial.

2013/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2013;34:1723-1731.

Leonardi S, Tricoci P, White HD, Armstrong PW, Huang Z, Wallentin L, Aylward PE, Moliterno DJ, Van de Werf F, Chen E, Providencia L, Nordrehaug JE, Held C, Strony J, Rorick TL, Harrington RA, Mahaffey KW

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Preoperative hypernatremia predicts increased perioperative morbidity and mortality.

2013/01/01 » Am J Med. 2013;126:877-886.

Leung AA, McAlister FA, Finlayson SR, Bates DW

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Health-Related Quality of Life of Ticagrelor versus Clopidogrel in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes-Results from the PLATO Trial.

2013/01/01 » Value Health. 2013;16:574-580.

Levin LÅ, Wallentin L, Bernfort L, Andersson D, Storey RF, Bergström G, Lamm CJ, Janzon M, Kaul P

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Pre-hospital cardiac arrest in acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the global registry of acute coronary events and the Canadian registry of acute coronary eventson behalf of the global registry of acute coronary events and the Canadian registry of ac

2013/01/01 » Cardiology. 2013;126:27-34.

Li Q, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Gore JM, Polasek P, Lai K, Baer C, Goldberg RJ, Pinter A, Ahmad K, Kornder JM, Yan AT; Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events and the Canadian Registry of Acute Coronary Events Investigators

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Data and Safety Monitoring Boards: Academic Credit Where Credit Is Due?

2013/01/01 » JAMA. 2013;301:1563-1564.

Armstrong PW, Califf RM

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Fibrinolysis or Primary PCI in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

2013/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2013;368:1379-1387.

Armstrong PW, Gershlick AH, Goldstein P, Wilcox R, Danays T, Lambert Y, Sulimov V, Ortiz FR, Ostojic M, Welsh RC, Carvalho AC, Nanas J, Arntz H-R, Halvorsen S, Huber K, Grajek S, Fresco C, Bluhmki E, Regelin A, Vandenberghe K, Bogaerts K, Van de Werf F, on behalf of the STREAM Investigators

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The Power of more than one (Editorial).

2013/01/01 » Circulation. 2013;127:665-667.

Armstrong PW, Westerhout CM

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Methods of creatine kinase-MB analysis to predict mortality in patients with myocardial infarction treated with reperfusion therapy.

2013/01/01 » Trials. 2013;14:123.

Lopes RD, Lokhnygina Y, Hasselblad V, Newby KL, Yow E, Granger CB, Armstrong PW, Hochman JS, Mills JS, Ruzyll W, Mahaffey KW

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Dynamic modeling of 90-day mortality in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;165:354-362.

Westerhout CM, Pieper KS, James SK, Mahaffey KW, Van de Werf F, Califf RM, Granger CB, Armstrong PW on behalf of the APEX AMI Investigators

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Quantitative ST-depression in acute coronary syndromes: the PLATO Electrocardiographic Substudy.

2013/01/01 » Am J Med. 2013;126:723-729 .

Armstrong PW, Westerhout CM, Fu Y, Harrington RA, Storey RF, Katus H, James S, Wallentin L

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Incidence, treatment, and outcomes of atrial fibrillation complicating non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.

2013/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2013;168:2510-2517.

Lopes RD, White JA, Atar D, Keltai M, Kleiman NS, White HD, Widimsky P, Zeymer U, Giugliano RP, Tricoci P, Braunwald E, Bode C, Ohman EM, Armstrong PW, Newby LK

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Age, treatment, and outcomes in high-risk non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome patients: Insights from the EARLY ACS trial.

2013/01/01 » Int J of Cardiol. 2013;167:2580-2587.

Lopes RD, White JA, Tricoci P, White HD, Armstrong PW, Braunwald E, Giugliano RP, Harrington RA, Lewis BS, Brogan GX Jr, Gibson CM, Califf RM, Newby LK

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Prognostic implications of left ventricular end diastolic pressure during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Findings from the APEX-AMI study.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;166:913-919.

Bagai A, Armstrong PW, Stebbins A, Mahaffey KW, Hochman JS, Weaver WD, Patel MR, Granger CB, Lopes RD

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Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for patients with unstable angina or non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with or without angiography: a secondary, prespecified analysis of the TRILOGY ACS trial.

2013/01/01 » Lancet. 2013;382:605-613.

Wiviott SD, White HD, Ohman EM, Fox KAA, Armstrong PW, Prabhakaran D, Hafley G, Lokhnygina Y, Boden WE, Hamm C, Clemmensen P, Nicolau JC, Menozzi A, Ruzyllo W, Widimsky P, Oto A, Leiva-Pons J, Pavlides G, Winters KJ, Roe MT, Bhatt DL

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Clinical outcomes and cost implications of routine early PCI after fibrinolysis: one-year follow-up of the Trial of Routine Angioplasty and Stenting after Fibrinolysis to Enhance Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction (TRANSFER-AMI) study.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013 Apr;165:630-637.

Bagai A, Cantor WJ, Tan M, Tong W, Lamy A, Fitchett D, Cohen EA, Mehta SR, Borgundvaag B, Ducas J, Heffernan M, Džavík V, Morrison L, Schwartz B, Lazzam C, Langer A, Goodman SG

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Temporal differences in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and survival.

2013/01/01 » Circulation. 2013 Dec;128:2595-2602. 

Bagai A, McNally BF, Al-Khatib SM, Myers JB, Kim S, Karlsson L, Torp-Pedersen C, Wissenberg M, van Diepen S, Fosbol EL, Monk L, Abella BS, Granger CB, Jollis JG

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Cost-effectiveness of osteoporosis interventions for ‘incidental’ vertebral fractures

2013/01/01 » Am J Med. 2013;126:169.

Majumdar SR, Lier DA, McAlister FA, Rowe BH, Siminoski K, Hanley DA, Russell AS, Johnson JA

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Clinical outcome endpoints in heart failure trials: a European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association consensus document.

2013/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2013; 15:1082-1094.

Zannad F, Garcia AA, Anker SD, Armstrong PW, Calvo G, Cleland JGF, Cohn JN, Dickstein K, Domanski MJ, Ekman I, Filippatos GS,Gheorghiade M, Hernandez AF, Jaarsma T, Koglin J, Konstam M, Kupfer S, Maggioni AP, Mebazaa A, Metra M, Nowack C, Pieske B, Piña IL Pocock SJ, Ponikowski P, Rosano G, Ruilope LM, Ruschitzka F, Severin T, Solomon S, Stein K, Stockbridge NL, Stough WG, Swedberg K, Tavazzi L, Voors AA, Wasserman SM, Woehrle H, Zalewski A, McMurray JJV

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Routine early eptifibatide versus delayed provisional use at percutaneous coronary intervention in high-risk non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes patients: an analysis from the Early Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibition in non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome trial.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;166:466-473.

Bagai A, White JA, Lokhnygina Y, Giugliano RP, Van de Werf F, Montalescot G, Armstrong PW, Tricoci P, Gibson CM, Califf RM, Harrington RA, Newby LK

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Heart Failure Complicating Non–ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome: Timing, Predictors, and Clinical Outcomes.

2013/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol HF. 2013;1:223–229.

Bahit MC, Lopes RD, Clare RM, Newby LK, Pieper KS, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW, Mahaffey KW, Harrington RA, Diaz R, Ohman M, White HD, James S, Granger CB

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Decreasing readmissions: it can be done but one size does not fit all.

2013/01/01 » BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:975–976.

McAlister FA

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Postdischarge outcomes in heart failure are better for teaching hospitals and weekday discharges

2013/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2013;6:922-929.

McAlister FA, Au AG, Majumdar SR, Youngson E, Padwal RS

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Changes in heart failure outcomes after a province-wide change in health service provision a natural experiment in Alberta, Canada.

2013/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2013;6:76-82.

McAlister FA, Bakal JA, Kaul P, Quan H, Blackadar R, Johnstone D, Ezekowitz J

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Treatment assignment of high-risk symptomatic severe aortic stenosis patients referred for transcatheter AorticValve implantation.

2013/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2013;112:100-103.

Bainey KR, Natarajan MK, Mercuri M, Lai T, Teoh K, Chu V, Whitlock RP, Velianou JL

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Treatment and outcomes of patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes in relation to initial diagnostic impressions (insights from the Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events [GRACE] and Canadian Registry of Acute Coronary Events [CANRACE])

2013/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2013;111:202-207. 

Bajaj RR, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Bagnall AJ, Gyenes G, Welsh RC, Eagle KA, Brieger D, Ramanathan K, Grondin FR, Yan AT; Canadian GRACE and CANRACE Investigators

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Association of Global Weather Changes with Acute Coronary Syndromes: Gaining Insights from Clinical Trials Data.

2013/01/01 » Int J Biometeorol. 2013; 57:401-408.

Bakal JA, Ezekowitz JA, Westerhout CM, Boersma E, Armstrong PW

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The impact of cardiovascular risk-factor profiles on blood pressure control rates in adults from Canada and the United States

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:598-605.

McAlister FA, Robitaille C, Gillespie C, Yuan K, Rao DP, Grover S, Dai S, Johansen H, Joffres M, Loustalot F, Campbell N

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Evaluation of early percutaneous coronary intervention vs. standard therapy after fibrinolysis for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: contribution of weighting the composite endpoint.

2013/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2013;34:903-908.

Bakal JA, Westerhout CM, Cantor WJ, Fernandez-Avilés F, Welsh RC, Fitchett D, Goodman SG, Armstrong PW

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Impact of physician continuity on death or urgent readmission after discharge among patients with heart failure.

2013/01/01 » CMAJ. 2013;185:681-689.

McAlister FA, Youngson E, Bakal JA, Kaul P, Ezekowitz JA, van Walraven C

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The 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management guidelines update: Focus on acute and chronic heart failure.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:168-181.

McKelvie RS, Moe GW, Ezekowitz JA, Heckman GA, Costigan J, Ducharme A, Estrella-Holder E, Giannetti N, Grzeslo A, Harkness K, Howlett JG, Kouz S, Leblanc K, Mann E, Nigam A, O'Meara E, Rajda M, Steinhart B, Swiggum E, Le VV, Zieroth S, Arnold JM, Ashton T, D'Astous M, Dorian P, Haddad H, Isaac DL, Leblanc MH, Liu P, Rao V, Ross HJ, Sussex B

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Left ventricular systolic dysfunction, heart failure, and the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation: Insights from the ARISTOTLE trial.

2013/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2013;6:451-460.

McMurray JJ, Ezekowitz JA, Lewis BS, Gersh BJ, van Diepen S, Amerena J, Bartunek J, Commerford P, Oh BH, Harjola VP, Al-Khatib SM, Hanna M, Alexander JH, Lopes RD, Wojdyla DM, Wallentin L, Granger CB; ARISTOTLE Committees and Investigators

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Recent Temporal Trends and Geographic Distribution of Cardiac Procedures in Alberta

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:460-465.

McMurtry MS, Southern DA, Lewin AM, Galbraith PD, Kaul P, Ghali WA, Knudtson ML, Graham MM

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Monitoring and evaluating efforts to control hypertension in Canada: why, how, and what it tells us needs to be done about current care gaps.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:564-570.

Campbell NR, McAlister FA, Quan H; Hypertension Outcomes Research Task Force

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Trends in clinical trials of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes over 15 years

2013/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2013;167:548-554.

Chan MY, Sun JL, Newby LK, Lokhnygina Y, White HD, Moliterno DJ, Théroux P, Ohman EM, Simoons ML, Mahaffey KW, Pieper KS, Giugliano RP, Armstrong PW, Califf RM, Van de Werf F, Harrington RA

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Predictors of early dyspnoea relief in acute heart failure and the association with 30-day outcomes: findings from ASCEND-HF.

2013/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2013;15:456-464.

Mentz RJ, Hernandez AF, Stebbins A, Ezekowitz JA, Felker GM, Heizer GM, Atar D, Teerlink JR, Califf RM, Massie BM, Hasselblad V, Starling RC, O'Connor CM, Ponikowski P

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Treatment and outcomes of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes in relation to burden of pre-existing vascular disease.

2013/01/01 » Int J of Cardiol. 2013;168:2720-2725.

Mohareb M, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Bhatt DL, Elbarouni B, DeYoung JP, Gallo R, Kornder JM, Welsh RC, Saposnik G, Rose B, Wong GC, Grondin FR, Yan AT

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Ambulance or in-catheterization laboratory administration of ticagrelor for primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: rationale and design of the randomized, double-blind Administration of Ticagrelor in the

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;165:515-522.

Montalescot G, Lassen JF, Hamm CW, Lapostolle F, Silvain J, ten Berg JM, Cantor WJ, Goodman SG, Licour M, Tsatsaris A, van't Hof AW

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Risks of Gestational Diabetes and Preeclampsia Over the Last Decade in a Cohort of Alberta Women.

2013/01/01 » J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2013;35:986-994.

Nerenberg KA, Johnson JA, Leung B, Savu A, Ryan EA, Chik CL, Kaul P

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Temporal trends and referral factors for cardiac rehabilitation post-acute coronary syndrome in ontario: Insights from the canadian global registry of acute coronary events.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:1604-1609.

Nguyen TN, Abramson BL, Galluzzi A, Tan M, Yan AT, Goodman SG; Canadian GRACE Investigators

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Cardiovascular clinical research in South America.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;165:848-853.

Nicolau JC, Corbalan R, Rafael Diaz R, Bahit C, Armstrong PW, Granger CB, Lopes RD

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Canadian cardiovascular society guidelines on the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy: Implementation.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:1346-1360.

Parkash R, Philippon F, Shanks M, Thibault B, Cox J, Low A, Essebag V, Bashir J, Moe G, Birnie DH, Larose E, Yee R, Swiggum E, Kaul P, Redfearn D, Tang AS, Exner DV; Canadian Cardiovascular Society

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Aborted myocardial infarction after primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Magnetic resonance imaging insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX-AMI) trial.

2013/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2013;165:226-233.

Patel MR, Westerhout CM, Granger CB, Brener SJ, Fu Y, Siha H, Kim RJ, Armstrong PW

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Routine versus selective cardiac magnetic resonance in non-ischemic heart failure – OUTSMART-HF: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (IMAGE-HF (heart failure) project 1-B).

2013/01/01 » Trials. 2013;14:332.

Paterson I, Wells GA, Ezekowitz JA, White JA, Friedrich MG, Mielniczuk LM, O'Meara E, Chow B, DeKemp RA, Klein R, Dennie C, Dick A, Coyle D, Dwivedi G, Rajda M, Wright GA, Laine M, Hanninen H, Larose E, Connelly KA, Leong-Poi H, Howarth AG, Davies RA, Duchesne L, Yla-Herttuala S, Saraste A, Farand P, Garrard L, Tardif JC, Arnold M, Knuuti J, Beanlands R, Chan KL

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Do Countries or Hospitals With Longer Hospital Stays for Acute Heart Failure Have Lower Readmission Rates? Findings From ASCEND-HF.

2013/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2013;6:727-732.

Eapen ZJ, Reed SD, Li Y, Kociol RD, Armstrong PW, Starling RC, McMurray JJ, Massie BM, Swedberg K, Ezekowitz JA, Fonarow GC, Teerlink JR, Metra M, Whellan DJ, O’Connor CM, Califf RM, Hernandez AF

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Practice-level variation in use of recommended medications among outpatients with heart failure insights from the NCDR PINNACLE Program.

2013/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2013;6:1132-1138.

Peterson PN, Chan PS, Spertus JA, Tang F, Jones PG, Ezekowitz JA, Allen LA, Masoudi FA, Maddox TM

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Clinical and prognostic implications of circulating pentraxin 3 levels in non ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome.

2013/01/01 » Clin Biochem. 2013;46:1655-1659.

Eggers KM, Armstrong PW, Califf RM, Johnston N, Simoons ML, Venge P, James SK

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Management of risk factors among ambulatory patients at high cardiovascular risk in canada: A follow-up study.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:1586-1592.

Elbarasi EA, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Tan MK, Hackam DG, Leiter LA, Langer A, Yan AT; Guidelines Oriented Approach in Lipid Lowering (GOALL) Registry and Vascular Protection (VP) Registry Investigators

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Comparative safety and effectiveness of sitagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes: retrospective population based cohort study.

2013/01/01 » BMJ. 2013;346:f226.

Eurich DT, Simpson S, Senthilselvan A, Asche CV, Sandhu-Minhas JK, McAlister FA

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Comparative safety and effectiveness of metformin in patients with diabetes mellitus and heart failure systematic review of observational studies involving 34 000 patients

2013/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2013;6:395-402.

Eurich DT, Weir DL, Majumdar SR, Tsuyuki RT, Johnson JA, Tjosvold L, Vanderloo SE, McAlister FA

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Known and missing left ventricular ejection fraction and survival in patients with heart failure: a MAGGIC meta-analysis report.

2013/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2013;15:1220-1227.

Poppe KK, Squire IB, Whalley GA, Køber L, McAlister FA, McMurray JJ, Pocock S, Earle NJ, Berry C, Doughty RN; Meta-Analysis Global Group in Chronic Heart Failure

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Novel pharmacologic therapies in development for acute decompensated heart failure.

2013/01/01 » Curr Cardiol Rep. 2013 Feb; 15:329.

Ezekowitz JA

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Outcomes among 3.5 million newly diagnosed hypertensive Canadians.

2013/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2013;29:592-597.

Quan H, Chen G, Tu K, Bartlett G, Butt DA, Campbell NR, Hemmelgarn BR, Hill MD, Johansen H, Khan N, Lix LM, Smith M, Svenson L, Walker RL, Wielgosz A, McAlister FA; Hypertension Outcome and Surveillance Team

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Incidence, cardiovascular complications and mortality of hypertension by sex and ethnicity.

2013/01/01 » Heart. 2013;99:715-721.

Quan H, Chen G, Walker RL, Wielgosz A, Dai S, Tu K, Campbell NR, Hemmelgarn BR, Hill MD, Johansen H, McAlister FA, Khan N; Hypertension Outcome and Surveillance Team

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The relationship between meteorological conditions and index acute coronary events in a global clinical trial.

2013/01/01 » Int J Cardiol. 2013;168:2315-2321.

Ezekowitz JA, Bakal JA, Westerhout CM, Giugliano RP, White H, Keltai M, Prabhakaran D, Tricoci P, Van de Werf F, Califf RM, Newby LK, Armstrong PW

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Medical Resource Use, Costs, and Quality of Life in Patients With Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: Findings From ASCEND-HF.

2013/01/01 » J Cardiac Failure. 2013;19:611-620.

Reed SD, Kaul P, Li Y, Eapen ZJ, Davidson-Ray L, Schulman KA, Massie BM, Armstrong PW, Starling RC, O’Connor CM, Hernandez AF, Califf RM

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Elderly Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes Managed Without Revascularization: Insights into the Safety of Long-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy with Reduced-Dose Prasugrel versus Standard-Dose Clopidogrel.

2013/01/01 » Circulation. 2013;128:823-833.

Roe MT, Goodman SG, Ohman EM, Stevens SR, Hochman JS, Gottlieb S, Martinez F, Dalby AJ, Boden WE, White HD, Prabhakaran D, Winters KJ, Aylward PE, Bassand JP, McGuire DK, Ardissino D, Fox KA, Armstrong PW

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Left bundle branch block in non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: incidence, angiographic characteristics and clinical outcomes.

2013/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013;61:1461–1463.

Rose JJ, Newby LK, Broderick S, Chiswell K, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW, Mahaffey KW, Harrington RA, Ohman EM, Giugliano RP, Goodman SG, White HD, Califf RM, Granger CB, Lopes RD

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An international survey of clinical practice during primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction with a focus on aspiration thrombectomy.

2013/01/01 » EuroIntervention. 2013;8:1143-1148.

Russo JJ, Dzavík V, Cairns JA, Rao SV, Niemelä KO, Natarajan MK, Bertrand OF, Eskola M, Welsh RC, Maciejewski P, Cheema AN, Fung A, Cantor WJ, Lavi S, Widimsky P, Jolly SS

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Stroke prevention for patients with atrial fibrillation: Improving but not perfect yet.

2013/01/01 » Heart. 2013;99:1141-1142.

Sandhu RK, McAlister FA

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Quantifying the impact of drug exposure misclassification due to restrictive drug coverage in administrative databases: A simulation cohort study.

2012/01/01 » Value Health. 2012 Jan;15:191-197. 

Gamble JM, McAlister FA, Johnson JA, Eurich DT

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Restrictive drug coverage policies can induce substantial drug exposure misclassification in pharmacoepidemiologic studies.

2012/01/01 » Clin Ther. 2012;34:1379-1386.

Gamble JM, McAlister FA, Johnson JA, Eurich DT

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Factors associated with lack of awareness and uncontrolled high blood pressure among Canadian adults with hypertension.

2012/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2012;28:375-82.

Gee ME, Bienek A, McAlister FA, Robitaille C, Joffres M, Tremblay MS, Johansen H, Campbell NR

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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension Among Canadian Adults With Diabetes, 2007 to 2009.

2012/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2012;28:367-374.

Gee ME, Janssen I, Pickett W, McAlister FA, Bancej CM, Joffres M, Johansen H, Campbell NR

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Association of proton pump inhibitor use on cardiovascular outcomes with clopidogrel and ticagrelor: insights from the platelet inhibition and patient outcomes trial.

2012/01/01 » Circulation. 2012;125:978-986.

Goodman SG, Clare R, Pieper KS, Nicolau JC, Storey RF, Cantor WJ, Mahaffey KW, Angiolillo DJ, Husted S, Cannon CP, James SK, Kilhamn J, Steg PG, Harrington RA, Wallentin L; Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes Trial Investigators

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Baseline Q waves as a prognostic modulator in patients with ST-segment elevation: insights from the PLATO trial.

2012/01/01 » CMAJ. 2012;184:1135-1142.

Siha H, Das D, Fu Y, Zheng Y, Westerhout CM, Storey RF, James S, Wallentin L, Armstrong PW

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ICDs, guidelines, and national registries: opportunities to enhance quality of patient care.

2012/01/01 » Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2012;35:253-258.

Singh JP, Ellenbogen KA, Desai NR, McAlister FA

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Relation between previous angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use and in-hospital outcomes in acute coronary syndromes.

2012/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2012;109:332-336.

Singh SM, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Dery JP, Wong GC, Gallo R, Grondin FR, Lai K, Lopez-Sendon J, Fox KA, Yan AT; Canadian GRACE, GRACE(2) and CANRACE Investigators

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Indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy: 2011 update from the Heart Failure Society of America Guideline Committee.

2012/01/01 » J Card Fail. 2012;18:94-106.

Stevenson WG, Hernandez AF, Carson PE, Fang JC, Katz SD, Spertus JA, Sweitzer NK, Tang WH, Albert NM, Butler J, Westlake Canary CA, Collins SP, Colvin-Adams M, Ezekowitz JA, Givertz MM, Hershberger RE, Rogers JG, Teerlink JR, Walsh MN, Stough WG, Starling RC; Heart Failure Society of America Guideline Committee

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Platelet function during extended prasugrel and clopidogrel therapy for patients with ACS treated without revascularization: the TRILOGY ACS platelet function substudy.

2012/01/01 » JAMA. 2012 Nov 7;308:1785-1794.

Gurbel PA, Erlinge D, Ohman EM, Neely B, Neely M, Goodman SG, Huber K, Chan MY, Cornel JH, Brown E, Zhou C, Jakubowski JA, White HD, Fox KA, Prabhakaran D, Armstrong PW, Tantry US, Roe MT; TRILOGY ACS Platelet Function Substudy Investigators

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Translational platelet research in patients with coronary artery disease: what are the major knowledge gaps?

2012/01/01 » Thromb Haemost. 2012;108:12-20.

Gurbel PA, Roe MT, Jakubowski JA, Shah S, Erlinge D, Goodman SG, Huber K, Chan MY, Cornel JH, Tantry US, Ohman EM

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Effect of a pharmacist-managed hypertension program on health system costs: An evaluation of the study of cardiovascular risk intervention by pharmacists-hypertension (SCRIP-HTN).

2012/01/01 » Pharmacotherapy. 2012;32:527-537.

Houle SK, Chuck AW, McAlister FA, Tsuyuki RT

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Does performance-based remuneration for individual health care practitioners affect patient care?: a systematic review.

2012/01/01 » Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:889-899. 

Houle SK, McAlister FA, Jackevicius CA, Chuck AW, Tsuyuki RT

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Activated partial thromboplastin time measurement is not associated with clinical outcomes in patients with high-risk non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes treated with unfractionated heparin.

2012/01/01 » J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2012;34:114-119. 

Thomas MP, Mahaffey KW, Chiswell K, Cohen M, Kontos MC, Antman EM, Ferguson JJ, Califf RM, Goodman SG, Becker RC

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Testosterone supplementation in heart failure: a meta-analysis.

2012/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2012;5:315-321.

Toma M, McAlister FA, Coglianese EE, Vidi V, Vasaiwala S, Bakal JA, Armstrong PW, Ezekowitz JA

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Thrombin-receptor antagonist vorapaxar in acute coronary syndromes.

2012/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2012;366:20-33.

Tricoci P, Huang Z, Held C, Moliterno DJ, Armstrong PW, Van de Werf F, White HD, Aylward PE, Wallentin L, Chen E, Lokhnygina Y, Pei J, Leonardi S, Rorick TL, Kilian AM, Jennings LH, Ambrosio G, Bode C, Cequier A, Cornel JH, Diaz R, Erkan A, et al

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Pre-dismissal surveillance echocardiography second day after TAVR.

2012/01/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012;5:1182-1184. 

Iida R, Welsh RC, Meyer SR, Tyrrell BD, Taylor DA, Shanks M

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Serious infection after acute myocardial infarction: incidence, clinical features, and outcomes.

2012/01/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2012;5:769-776.

Truffa AA, Granger CB, White KR, Newby LK, Mehta RH, Hochman JS, Patel MR, Pieper KS, Al-Khalidi HR, Armstrong PW, Lopes RD

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Relative prognostic value of baseline Q wave and time from symptom onset among men and women with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.

2012/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2012;110:1555-1560.

Kaul P, Fu Y, Westerhout CM, Granger CB, Armstrong PW

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Baseline NT-proBNP and biomarkers of inflammation and necrosis in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: insights from the APEX-AMI trial.

2012/01/01 » J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2012;34:106-113.

van Diepen S, Roe MT, Lopes RD, Stebbins A, James S, Newby LK, Moliterno DJ, Neumann FJ, Ezekowitz JA, Mahaffey KW, Hochman JS, Hamm CW, Armstrong PW, Theroux P, Granger CB

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Transfer times and outcomes in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing interhospital transfer for primary percutaneous coronary intervention: APEX-AMI insights.

2012/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012;5:437-444.

van Diepen S, Widimsky P, Lopes RD, White KR, Weaver WD, Van de Werf F, Ardissino D, van't Hof AW, Armstrong PW, Granger CB

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Management and Outcome of Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients in Relation to Prior History of Atrial Fibrillation

2012/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2012;28:443-449.

Al Khdair D, Alshengeiti L, Elbarouni B, Yan RT, Grondin FR, Spencer FA, Pallie S, Brieger D, Eagle KA, Mangat I, Singh S, Goodman SG, Yan AT; Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE/GRACE2) and the Canadian Registry of Coronary Events (CANRACE) Investigators

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The timing of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation in patients with heart failure.

2012/01/01 » Curr Cardiol Rep. 2012;14:299-307. 

Al-Majed NS, Ezekowitz JA

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International variation in and factors associated with hospital readmission after myocardial infarction.

2012/01/01 » JAMA. 2012;307:66-74.

Kociol RD, Lopes RD, Clare R, Thomas L, Mehta RH, Kaul P, Pieper KS, Hochman JS, Weaver WD, Armstrong PW, Granger CB, Patel MR

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Efficacy and safety of enoxaparin compared with unfractionated heparin in the pharmacoinvasive management of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Insights from the TRANSFER-AMI trial.

2012/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2012;163:176-178.

Lavi S, Cantor WJ, Casanova A, Tan MK, Yan AT, Džavík V, Fitchett D, Cohen EA, Borgundvaag B, Heffernan M, Ducas J, Goodman SG

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The Association Between Prior Use of Aspirin and/or Warfarin and the In-hospital Management and Outcomes in Patients Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndromes: Insights From the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE)

2012/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2012;28:48-53.

Amad H, Yan AT, Yan RT, Huynh T, Gore JM, Montalescot G, DeYoung JP, Gallo R, Rose B, Steg PG, Goodman SG; Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) Investigators

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a Canadian Cardiovascular Society position statement.

2012/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2012;28:520-528.

Webb J, Rodés-Cabau J, Fremes S, Pibarot P, Ruel M, Ibrahim R, Welsh RC, Feindel C, Lichtenstein S

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Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of elinogrel: results of the platelet function substudy from the intravenous and oral administration of elinogrel to evaluate tolerability and efficacy in nonurgent percutaneous coronary intervention patients (I

2012/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2012;5:347-356.

Angiolillo DJ, Welsh RC, Trenk D, Neumann FJ, Conley PB, McClure MW, Stephens G, Kochman J, Jennings LK, Gurbel PA, Wójcik J, Dabrowski M, Saucedo JF, Stumpf J, Buerke M, Broderick S, Harrington RA, Rao SV

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Comparison of the prognosis of spontaneous and percutaneous coronary intervention-related myocardial infarction.

2012/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60:2296-2304.

Leonardi S, Thomas L, Neely ML, Tricoci P, Lopes RD, White HD, Armstrong PW, Giugliano RP, Antman EM, Califf RM, Newby LK, Mahaffey KW

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Computer-assisted paramedic electrocardiogram interpretation with remote physician over-read: the future of prehospital STEMI care?

2012/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2012;28:408-410.

Welsh RC

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Preoperative hyponatremia and perioperative complications.

2012/01/01 » Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1474-1481. 

Leung AA, McAlister FA, Rogers SO Jr, Pazo V, Wright A, Bates DW

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Contemporary pharmacological reperfusion in ST elevation myocardial infarction.

2012/01/01 » Curr Opin Cardiol. 2012;27:340-346.

Welsh RC, Armstrong PW

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A randomized, double-blind, active-controlled phase 2 trial to evaluate a novel selective and reversible intravenous and oral P2Y12 inhibitor elinogrel versus clopidogrel in patients undergoing nonurgent percutaneous coronary intervention: the INNOVATE-PC

2012/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2012;5:336-346.

Welsh RC, Rao SV, Zeymer U, Thompson VP, Huber K, Kochman J, McClure MW, Gretler DD, Bhatt DL, Gibson CM, Angiolillo DJ, Gurbel PA, Berdan LG, Paynter G, Leonardi S, Madan M, French WJ, Harrington RA; INNOVATE-PCI Investigators

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Road mapping ATLAS ACS 2: are we there yet?

2012/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2012;33:2510-2512.

Armstrong PW, Harrington RA

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Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT): clinical trials, guidelines, and target populations.

2012/01/01 » Heart Rhythm. 2012;9:S3-S13. 

Linde C, Ellenbogen K, McAlister FA

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Pattern of liver enzyme elevations in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

2012/01/01 » Coron Artery Dis. 2012;23:22-30.

Lofthus DM, Stevens SR, Armstrong PW, Granger CB, Mahaffey KW

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Anticoagulation after subcutaneous enoxaparin is time sensitive in STEMI patients treated with tenecteplase.

2012/01/01 » J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2012;34:126-131.

Welsh RC, Westerhout CM, Buller CE, O'Neill B, Gordon P, Armstrong PW

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ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes in the Platelet Inhibition and Patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial: insights from the ECG substudy.

2012/01/01 » Circulation. 2012;125:514-521.

Armstrong PW, Siha H, Fu Y, Westerhout CM, Steg PG, James SK, Storey RF, Horrow J, Katus H, Clemmensen P, Harrington RA, Wallentin L

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Efficacy and safety of apixaban compared with warfarin according to patient risk of stroke and of bleeding in atrial fibrillation: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial.

2012/01/01 » Lancet. 2012;380:1749-1758.

Lopes RD, Al-Khatib SM, Wallentin L, Yang H, Ansell J, Bahit MC, De Caterina R, Dorian P, Easton JD, Erol C, Ezekowitz JA, Gersh BJ, Granger CB, Hohnloser SH, Horowitz J, Hylek EM, McMurray JJ, Mohan P, Vinereanu D, Alexander JH

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Preoperative thienopyridine use and outcomes after Surgery: A systematic review.

2012/01/01 » Am J Med. 2012;125:87-99.

Au AG, Majumdar SR, McAlister FA

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Predicting the risk of unplanned readmission or death within 30 days of discharge after a heart failure hospitalization.

2012/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2012;164:365-372.

Au AG, McAlister FA, Bakal JA, Ezekowitz JA, Kaul P, van Walraven C

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Cardiogenic shock complicating acute coronary syndromes: Insights from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events.

2012/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2012;163:963-971.

Awad HH, Anderson FA Jr, Gore JM, Goodman SG, Goldberg RJ

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Heart failure is a clinically and densitometrically independent risk factor for osteoporotic fractures: population-based cohort study of 45,509 subjects.

2012/01/01 » J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012;97:1179-1186.

Majumdar SR, Ezekowitz JA, Lix LM, Leslie WD

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Impact of TIMI 3 patency before primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-elevation myocardial infarction on clinical outcome: results from the ASSENT-4 PCI study.

2012/01/01 » Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2012;1:136-142. 

Zeymer U, Huber K, Fu Y, Ross A, Granger C, Goldstein P, van de Werf F, Armstrong PW; for the ASSENT-4 PCI Investigators

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Interventions to increase osteoporosis treatment in patients with ‘incidentally’ detected vertebral fractures.

2012/01/01 » Am J Med. 2012;125:929-936.

Majumdar SR, McAlister FA, Johnson JA, Bellerose D, Siminoski K, Hanley DA, Qazi I, Lier DA, Lambert RG, Russell AS, Rowe BH

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A cluster randomized trial of an enhanced eGFR prompt in chronic kidney disease.

2012/01/01 » Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012;7:565-572. 

Manns B, Tonelli M, Culleton B, Faris P, McLaughlin K, Chin R, Gooch K, McAlister FA, Taub K, Thorlacius L, Krause R, Kearns M, Hemmelgarn B; Alberta Kidney Disease Network

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Pexelizumab fails to inhibit assembly of the terminal complement complex in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Insight from a substudy of the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX-AMI) trial.

2012/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2012;164:43-51.

Martel C, Granger CB, Ghitescu M, Stebbins A, Fortier A, Armstrong PW, Bonnefoy A, Theroux P

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Renal dysfunction in patients with heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction: impact of the new Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration Group formula.

2012/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2012 May 1;5:309-314.

McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA, Tarantini L, Squire I, Komajda M, Bayes-Genis A, Gotsman I, Whalley G, Earle N, Poppe KK, Doughty RN; Meta-analysis Global Group in Chronic Heart Failure (MAGGIC) Investigators

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Efficacy of early invasive management post-fibrinolysis in men versus women with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A subgroup analysis from Trial of Routine Angioplasty and Stenting after Fibrinolysis to Enhance Reperfusion in Acute Myocardial Infarction (TRANSFER-AMI).

2012/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2012;164:343-350. 

Bhan V, Cantor WJ, Yan RT, Mehta SR, Morrison LJ, Heffernan M, Fitchett D, Džavík V, Ducas J, Borgundvaag B, Cohen EA, Goodman SG, Yan AT

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers are beneficial in normotensive atherosclerotic patients: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials.

2012/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2012;33:505-514.

McAlister FA; Renin Angiotension System Modulator Meta-Analysis Investigators

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Poor achievement of guidelines-recommended targets in type 2 diabetes: Findings from a contemporary prospective cohort study.

2012/01/01 » Int J Clin Pract. 2012;66:457-464.

Braga MF, Casanova A, Teoh H, Gerstein HC, Fitchett DH, Honos G, McFarlane PA, Ur E, Yale JF, Langer A, Goodman SG, Leiter LA; Diabetes Registry to Improve Vascular Events [DRIVE] Investigators

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The effects of dobutamine and dopamine on intrapulmonary shunt and gas exchange in healthy humans.

2012/01/01 » J Appl Physiol. 2012;113:541-548.

Bryan TL, van Diepen S, Bhutani M, Shanks M, Welsh RC, Stickland MK

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Update on aldosterone antagonists use in heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction. Heart Failure Society of America Guidelines Committee.

2012/01/01 » J Card Fail. 2012;18:265-281.

Butler J, Ezekowitz JA, Collins SP, Givertz MM, Teerlink JR, Walsh MN, Albert NM, Westlake Canary CA, Carson PE, Colvin-Adams M, Fang JC, Hernandez AF, Hershberger RE, Katz SD, Rogers JG, Spertus JA, Stevenson WG, Sweitzer NK, Tang WH, Stough WG, Starling RC

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Variations in practice and outcomes in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the United States and Canada: insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX AMI) trial.

2012/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2012;163:797-803.

Mehta RH, Kaul P, Lopes RD, Patel MR, Zheng Y, Pieper KS, Welsh RC, Armstrong PW, Granger CB

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Comparison of incidence of bleeding and mortality of men versus women with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with fibrinolysis.

2012/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2012 Feb 1;109:320-326.

Mehta RH, Stebbins AS, Lopes RD, Califf RM, Pieper KS, Armstrong PW, Van de Werf F, Hochman JS, White HD, Topol EJ, Alexander JH, Granger CB

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Atrioventricular nodal ablation in atrial fibrillation a meta-analysis and systematic review.

2012/01/01 » Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2012;5:68-76.

Chatterjee NA, Upadhyay GA, Ellenbogen KA, McAlister FA, Choudhry NK, Singh JP

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Prediction of enzymatic infarct size in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

2012/01/01 » Coron Artery Dis. 2012;23:118-125.

Mills JS, Mahaffey KW, Lokhnygina Y, Nicolau JC, Ruzyllo W, Adams PX, Todaro TG, Armstrong PW, Granger CB; CARDINAL investigators

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Atopaxar and its effects on markers of platelet activation and inflammation: results from the LANCELOT CAD program.

2012/01/01 » J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2012;34:36-43.

O'Donoghue ML, Bhatt DL, Flather MD, Goto S, Angiolillo DJ, Goodman SG, Zeymer U, Aylward PE, Montalescot G, Ziecina R, Kobayashi H, Ren F, Wiviott SD

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Prior smoking status, clinical outcomes, and the comparison of ticagrelor with clopidogrel in acute coronary syndromes-insights from the PLATelet inhibition and patient Outcomes (PLATO) trial.

2012/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2012;164:334-342.

Cornel JH, Becker RC, Goodman SG, Husted S, Katus H, Santoso A, Steg G, Storey RF, Vintila M, Sun JL, Horrow J, Wallentin L, Harrington R, James S

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Reperfusion strategies and outcomes of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients in Canada: observations from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) and the Canadian Registry of Acute Coronary Events (CANRACE).

2012/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2012;28:40-47.

Czarnecki A, Welsh RC, Yan RT, DeYoung JP, Gallo R, Rose B, Grondin FR, Kornder JM, Wong GC, Fox KA, Gore JM, Goodman SG, Yan AT; Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE/GRACE2); Canadian Registry of Coronary Events (CANRACE) Investigators

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Prevalence and non-invasive predictors of left main or three-vessel coronary disease: Evidence from a collaborative international meta-analysis including 22 740 patients.

2012/01/01 » Heart. 2012;98:914-919.

D'Ascenzo F, Presutti DG, Picardi E, Moretti C, Omedè P, Sciuto F, Novara M, Yan AT, Goodman SG, Mahajan N, Kosuge M, Palazzuoli A, Jong GP, Isma'eel H, Budoff MJ, Rubinshtein R, Gewirtz H, Reed MJ, Theroux P, Biondi-Zoccai G, Modena MG, Sheiban I, Gaita F

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Temporal patterns of lipid testing and statin therapy in acute coronary syndrome patients (from the Canadian GRACE Experience).

2012/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2012;109:1418-1424.

Elbarouni B, Banihashemi SB, Yan RT, Welsh RC, Kornder JM, Wong GC, Anderson FA, Spencer FA, Grondin FR, Goodman SG, Yan AT; Canadian Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE/GRACE(2)) and Canadian Registry of Acute Coronary Events (CANRACE) Investigators

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Bridging the gender gap: Insights from a contemporary analysis of sex-related differences in the treatment and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes.

2012/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2012;163:66-73. 

Poon S, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Bugiardini R, Bierman AS, Eagle KA, Johnston N, Huynh T, Grondin FR, Schenck-Gustafsson K, Yan AT

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Heart failure: Can we define, assess, and treat diastolic heart failure?

2012/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2012;14:713-715.

Ezekowitz JA

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Assessment of dyspnea in acute decompensated heart failure: insights from ASCEND-HF (Acute Study of Clinical Effectiveness of Nesiritide in Decompensated Heart Failure) on the contributions of peak expiratory flow.

2012/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;59:1441-1448.

Ezekowitz JA, Hernandez AF, O'Connor CM, Starling RC, Proulx G, Weiss MH, Bakal JA, Califf RM, McMurray JJ, Armstrong PW

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Acute heart failure: perspectives from a randomized trial and a simultaneous registry.

2012/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2012;5:735-741.

Ezekowitz JA, Hu J, Delgado D, Hernandez AF, Kaul P, Leader R, Proulx G, Virani S, White M, Zieroth S, O'Connor C, Westerhout CM, Armstrong PW

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Prasugrel versus clopidogrel for acute coronary syndromes without revascularization.

2012/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2012;367:1297-1309.

Roe MT, Armstrong PW, Fox KA, White HD, Prabhakaran D, Goodman SG, Cornel JH, Bhatt DL, Clemmensen P, Martinez F, Ardissino D, Nicolau JC, Boden WE, Gurbel PA, Ruzyllo W, Dalby AJ, McGuire DK, Leiva-Pons JL, Parkhomenko A, Gottlieb S, Topacio GO, Hamm C, Pavlides G, Goudev AR, Oto A, Tseng CD, Merkely B, Gasparovic V, Corbalan R, Cinteză M, McLendon RC, Winters KJ, Brown EB, Lokhnygina Y, Aylward PE, Huber K, Hochman JS, Ohman EM; TRILOGY ACS Investigators

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Regional patterns of use of a medical management strategy for patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: insights from the EARLY ACS Trial.

2012/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2012;5:205-213.

Roe MT, White JA, Kaul P, Tricoci P, Lokhnygina Y, Miller CD, van't Hof AW, Montalescot G, James SK, Saucedo J, Ohman EM, Pollack CV Jr, Hochman JS, Armstrong PW, Giugliano RP, Harrington RA, Van de Werf F, Califf RM, Newby LK

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Caring for the radial artery post-angiogram: A pilot study on a comparison of three methods of compression.

2012/01/01 » Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2012;11:44-50.

Fech JC, Welsh RC, Hegadoren K, Norris CM

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Troponin I in acute decompensated heart failure: insights from the ASCEND-HF study.

2012/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2012;14:1257-1264.

Felker GM, Hasselblad V, Tang WH, Hernandez AF, Armstrong PW, Fonarow GC, Voors AA, Metra M, McMurray JJ, Butler J, Heizer GM, Dickstein K, Massie BM, Atar D, Troughton RW, Anker SD, Califf RM, Starling RC, O'Connor CM

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Cardiogenic shock and heart failure post-percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: observations from “Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction.

2011/01/01 » Am Heart J. 162; 89-97.

French JK, Armstrong PW, Cohen E, Kleiman NS, O’Connor CM, Hellkamp AS, Stebbins A, Holmes DR, Hochman JS, Granger CB, Mahaffey KW for APEX-AMI Investigators

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Patterns of care and outcomes differ for urban versus rural patients with newly diagnosed heart failure, even in a universal healthcare system.

2011/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2011;4:317-323.

Gamble JM, Eurich DT, Ezekowitz JA, Kaul P, Quan H, McAlister FA

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Age and outcomes in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention: findings from the APEX-AMI trial.

2011/01/01 » Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:559-567.

Gharacholou SM, Lopes RD, Alexander KP, Mehta RH, Stebbins AL, Pieper KS, James SK, Armstrong PW, Granger CB

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Apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation.

2011/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2011;365:981-992. 

Granger CB, Alexander JH, McMurray JJ, Lopes RD, Hylek EM, Hanna M, Al-Khalidi HR, Ansell J, Atar D, Avezum A, Bahit MC, Diaz R, Easton JD, Ezekowitz JA, Flaker G, Garcia D, Geraldes M, Gersh BJ, Golitsyn S, Goto S, Hermosillo AG, Hohnloser SH, Horowitz J, Mohan P, Jansky P, Lewis BS, Lopez-Sendon JL, Pais P, Parkhomenko A, Verheugt FW, Zhu J, Wallentin L; ARISTOTLE Committees and Investigators

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Carotid chemoreceptor modulation of blood flow during exercise in healthy humans.

2011/01/01 » J Physiol. 2011;589:6219-6230.

Stickland MK, Fuhr DP, Haykowsky MJ, Jones KE, Paterson DI, Ezekowitz JA, McMurtry MS

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Comparison of impact of mortality risk on the survival benefit of primary percutaneous coronary intervention versus facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention.

2011/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2011;107:220-224. 

Tarantini G, Facchin M, Frigo AC, Welsh RC

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Efficacy of statins for primary prevention in people at low cardiovascular risk: A meta-analysis.

2011/01/01 » CMAJ. 2011;183:E1189-1202.

Tonelli M, Lloyd A, Clement F, Conly J, Husereau D, Hemmelgarn B, Klarenbach S, McAlister FA, Wiebe N, Manns B; Alberta Kidney Disease Network

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Mortality implications of primary percutaneous coronary intervention treatment delays: Insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial (APEX-AMI trial).

2011/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011;4:183-192.

Hudson MP, Armstrong PW, O’Neill WW, Stebbins AL, Weaver WD, Widimsky P, Aylward PE, Ruzyllo W, Holmes D, Mahaffey KW, Granger CB

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The pre-hospital fibrinolysis experience in Europe and North America and implications for wider dissemination.

2011/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2011;161:91-97.

Huynh T, Birkhead J, Huber K, O'Loughlin J, Stenestrand U, Weston C, Jernberg T, Schull M, Welsh RC, Denktas AE, Travers A, Sookram S, Theroux P, Tu JV, Timmis A, Smalling R, Danchin N

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Upstream use of small-molecule glycoprotein iib/iiia inhibitors in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: a systematic overview of randomized clinical trials.

2011/01/01 » Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011;4:448-458.

Tricoci P, Newby LK, Hasselblad V, Kong DF, Giugliano RP, White HD, Théroux P, Stone GW, Moliterno DJ, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW, Prabhakaran D, Rasoul S, Bolognese L, Durand E, Braunwald E, Califf RM, Harrington RA

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Which components of heart failure programmes are effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the outcomes of structured telephone support or telemonitoring as the primary component of chronic heart failure management in 8323 patients: Abridged Cochrane Review.

2011/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2011;13:1028-1040.

Inglis SC, Clark RA, McAlister FA, Stewart S, Cleland JG

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Mode of hospital presentation in patients with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction: implications for strategic management.

2011/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2011;162:436-443.

Tymchak W, Armstrong PW, Westerhout CM, Sookram S, Brass N, Fu Y, Welsh RC

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Resource use in the last 6 months of life among medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, 2000-2007.

2011/01/01 » Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:196-203.

Unroe KT, Greiner MA, Hernandez AF, Whellan DJ, Kaul P, Schulman KA, Peterson ED, Curtis LH

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Mortality and readmission of patients with heart failure, atrial fibrillation, or coronary artery disease undergoing noncardiac surgery: An analysis of 38 047 patients.

2011/01/01 » Circulation. 2011;124:289-296. 

van Diepen S, Bakal JA, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA

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Temporal trends in patient and treatment delay among men and women presenting with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. 

2011/01/01 » Am Heart J.  2011;161:91-97.

Kaul P, Armstrong PW, Sookram S, Leung BK, Brass N, Welsh RC

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Resource use in the last 6 months of life among patients with heart failure in Canada.

2011/01/01 » Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:211-217. 

Kaul P, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA, Bakal JA, Curtis LH, Quan H, Knudtson ML, Armstrong PW

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Ethnic differences in 1-year mortality among patients hospitalised with heart failure.

2011/01/01 » Heart. 2011;97:1048-1053. 

Kaul P, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA, Grover VK, Quan H

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Cardiac resynchronisation therapy is efficacious in patients with mild heart failure symptoms.

2011/01/01 » Evid Based Med.2011;16:138-139. 

Al-Majed NS, Ezekowitz JA

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Meta-analysis: Cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with less symptomatic heart failure.

2011/01/01 » Ann Intern Med. 2011;154:401-412. 

Al-Majed NS, McAlister FA, Bakal JA, Ezekowitz JA

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Canadian Provincial Trends in Antihypertensive Drug Prescriptions Between 1996 and 2006.

2011/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2011;27:461-467. 

Walker RL, Chen G, Campbell NR, McAlister FA, Quan H, Tu K, Khan NA, Hemmelgarn BR; Canadian Hypertension Education Program Outcomes Research Task Force

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The prevalence of natural health product use in patients with acute cardiovascular disease.

2011/01/01 » PLoS ONE. 2011;6: e19623.

Alherbish A, Charrois TL, Ackman ML, Tsuyuki RT, Ezekowitz JA

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Upstream clopidogrel use and the efficacy and safety of early eptifbatide treatment in patients with acute coronary syndrome: An analysis from the early glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibition in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndrome (EARLY ACS) trial.

2011/01/01 » Circulation.  2011;123:722-730.

Wang TY, White JA, Tricoci P, Giugliano RP, Zeymer U, Harrington RA, Montalescot G, James SK, Van de Werf F, Armstrong PW, Braunwald E, Califf RM, Newby LK

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Cardiovascular assessment of diabetic end-stage renal disease patients before renal transplantation.

2011/01/01 » Transplantation. 2011;91:213-218.

Welsh RC, Cockfield SM, Campbell P, Hervas-Malo M, Gyenes G, Dzavik V

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Aldosterone antagonists – Last man standing?

2011/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2011;364:79-80.

Armstrong PW

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Reperfusion paradox in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

2011/01/01 » Ann Intern Med. 2011;155:389-391.

Armstrong PW, Boden WE

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Highlights from the III International Symposium of Thrombosis and Anticoagulation (ISTA), October 14-16, 2010, São Paulo, Brazil.

2011/01/01 » J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2011;32:242-266.

Lopes RD, Becker RC, Alexander JH, Armstrong PW, Califf RM, Chan MY, Crowther M, Granger CB, Harrington RA, Hylek EM, James SK, Jolicoeur EM, Mahaffey KW, Newby LK, Peterson ED, Pieper KS, Van de Werf F, Wallentin L, White HD, Carvalho AC, Giraldez RR, Guimaraes HP, Nader HB, Kalil RAK, Mizzachi JMA, Lopes AC, Garcia DA

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Rear-view mirror observations on bleeding in acute coronary syndromes.

2011/01/01 » JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2010;3:1178-1180.

Armstrong PW, Welsh RC

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The influence of time from symptom onset and reperfusion strategy on 1-year survival in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: A pooled analysis of an early fibrinolytic strategy versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention from CAPTIM and WEST.

2011/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2011;161:283-290.

Westerhout CM, Bonnefoy E, Welsh RC, Steg PG, Boutitie F, Armstrong PW

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Diagnosing acute myocardial infarction in patients with left bundle branch block.

2011/01/01 » Am J Cardiol. 2011;108:782-788.

Lopes RD, Siha H, Fu Y, Mehta RH, Patel MR, Armstrong PW, Granger CB

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“No one dies of old age”: implications for research, practice, and policy.

2011/01/01 » J Palliat Care. 2011 ;27:148-156.

Wilson DM, Cohen J, Birch S, Macleod R, Mohankumar D, Armstrong PW, Froggatt K, Francke AL, Low G, McCormack B, Hollis V, Williams A

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The unrecognized burden of osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures in patients with heart failure.

2011/01/01 » Circ Heart Fail. 2011;4:419-424.

Lyons KJ, Majumdar SR, Ezekowitz JA

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Strategic lessons from the clinical event classification process for the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX-AMI) trial. 

2011/01/01 » Cont Clin Trials.  2011;32:178-187.

Mahaffey KW, Wampole JL, Stebbins A, Berdan LG, McAfee D, Rorick TL, French JK, Kleiman NS, O’Connor CM, Cohen EA, Granger CB, Armstrong PW for the APEX-AMI investigators

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Nurse case-manager vs multifaceted intervention to improve quality of osteoporosis care after wrist fracture: Randomized controlled pilot study.

2011/01/01 » Osteoporos Int. 2011;22:223-230. 

Majumdar SR, Johnson JA, Bellerose D, McAlister FA, Russell AS, Hanley DA, Garg S, Lier DA, Maksymowych WP, Morrish DW, Rowe BH

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Intraluminal thrombus in facilitated versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention: an angiographic substudy of the ASSENT-4 PCI (Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Treatment Strategy with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention) trial.

2011/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011;57:1867-1873.

Zalewski J, Bogaerts K, Desmet W, Sinnaeve P, Berger P, Grines C, Danays T, Armstrong PW, Van de Werf F

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Cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to improve quality of osteoporosis care after wrist fracture.

2011/01/01 » Osteoporos Int. 2011;22:1799-1808.

Majumdar SR, Lier DA, Rowe BH, Russell AS, McAlister FA, Maksymowych WP, Hanley DA, Morrish DW, Johnson JA

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The end of the risk-treatment paradox?: A rising tide lifts all boats.

2011/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011;58:1766-1767.

McAlister FA

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Evaluating research in cardiovascular medicine: citation counts are not sufficient.

2011/01/01 » Circulation. 2011;123;1038-1043.

McAlister FA, Lawson FME, Good AH, Armstrong PW Circulation

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Determining the cost economic “tipping point” for the addition of a regional percutaneous coronary intervention facility.

2011/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2011;27:567-572.

Bakal JA, Kaul P, Welsh RC, Johnstone D, Armstrong PW

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Changes in the rates of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Canada over the past two decades.

2011/01/01 » CMAJ. 2011;183:1007-1013. 

McAlister FA, Wilkins K, Joffres M, Leenen FH, Fodor G, Gee M, Tremblay MS, Walker R, Johansen H, Campbell N

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The use of antiplatelet therapy in the outpatient setting: Canadian Cardiovascular Society Guidelines.

2011/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2011;27 Suppl A:S1-S59.

Bell AD, Roussin A, Cartier R, Chan WS, Douketis JD, Gupta A, Kraw ME, Lindsay TF, Love MP, Pannu N, Rabasa-Lhoret R, Shuaib A, Teal P, Théroux P, Turpie AG, Welsh RC, Tanguay JF

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The safety of combining angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors with angiotensin-receptor blockers in elderly patients: A population-based longitudinal analysis.

2011/01/01 » CMAJ. 2011183:655-662.

McAlister FA, Zhang J, Tonelli M, Klarenbach S, Manns BJ, Hemmelgarn BR; Alberta Kidney Disease Network

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The 2011 Canadian cardiovascular society heart failure management guidelines update: Focus on sleep apnea, renal dysfunction, mechanical circulatory support, and palliative care.

2011/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2011;27:319-338.

McKelvie RS, Moe GW, Cheung A, Costigan J, Ducharme A, Estrella-Holder E, Ezekowitz JA, Floras J, Giannetti N, Grzeslo A, Harkness K, Heckman GA, Howlett JG, Kouz S, Leblanc K, Mann E, O'Meara E, Rajda M, Rao V, Simon J, Swiggum E, Zieroth S, Arnold JM, Ashton T, D'Astous M, Dorian P, Haddad H, Isaac DL, Leblanc MH, Liu P, Sussex B, Ross HJ

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The future of clinical trials in secondary prevention after acute coronary syndromes.

2011/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2011;32:1583-1589. 

Bueno H, Armstrong PW, Buxton MJ, Danchin N, Lubsen J, Roland E, Verheugt FW, Zalewski A, Jackson N, Komajda M, Steg PG; Cardiovascular Round Table Clinical Trials ThinkTank participants

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Relationship of sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias to outcomes in patients undergoing primary PCI with varying underlying baseline risk.

2011/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2011;161:782-789.

Mehta RH Starr AZ, Lopes RD, Piccini JP, Patel MR, Pieper KS, Armstrong PW, Granger CB

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Association of mortality with years of education in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction treated with fibrinolysis.

2011/01/01 » J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011;57:138-146.

Mehta RH, O’Shea JC, Stebbins AL, Granger CB, Armstrong PW, White HD, Topol EJ, Califf RM, Ohman EM

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Race, Bleeding, and Outcomes in STEMI Patients Treated with Fibrinolytic Therapy.

2011/01/01 » Am J Med.  2011;124:48-57.

Mehta RH, Stebbins A, Lopes RD, Rao SV, Bates ER, Pieper KS, Armstrong PW, Van de Werf F, White HD, Califf RM, Alexander JH, Granger CB

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Improving hypertension management through pharmacist prescribing; the rural Alberta clinical trial in optimizing hypertension (Rural RxACTION): trial design and methods.

2011/01/01 » Implement Sci. 2011;6:94.

Charrois TL, McAlister FA, Cooney D, Lewanczuk R, Kolber MR, Campbell NR, Rosenthal M, Houle SK, Tsuyuki RT

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Safety and efficacy of adjusted-dose eptifibatide in patients with acute coronary syndromes and reduced renal function.

2011/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2011;162:884-892.

Melloni C, James SK, White JA, Giugliano RP, Harrington RA, Huber K, Tricoci P, Armstrong PW, Van de Werf F, Montalescot G, Califf RM, Newby LK

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Cardiovascular outcomes in framingham participants with diabetes: The importance of blood pressure.

2011/01/01 » Hypertension. 2011;57:891-897.

Chen G, McAlister FA, Walker RL, Hemmelgarn BR, Campbell NR

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Cost-effectiveness of the use of low- and high-potency statins in people at low cardiovascular risk.

2011/01/01 » CMAJ.2011;183:E1180-1188.

Conly J, Clement F, Tonelli M, Hemmelgarn B, Klarenbach S, Lloyd A, McAlister FA, Husereau D, Wiebe N, Au F, Manns B; Alberta Kidney Disease Network

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Effect of nesiritide in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.

2011/01/01 » N Engl J Med. 2011;365:32-43.

O’Connor CM, Starling RC, Hernandez AF, Armstrong PW, Dickstein K, Hasselblad V, Heizer GM, Komajda M, Massie BM, McMurray JJV, Nieminen MS, Reist CJ, Rouleau JL, Swedberg K, Adams KF Jr, Anker SD, Atar D, Battler A, Botero R, Bohidar NR, Butler J, Clausell N, Corbalán R, Costanzo MR, Dahlstrom U, Deckelbaum LI, Diaz R, Dunlap ME, Ezekowitz JA, Feldman D, Felker GM, Fonarow GC, Gennevois D, Gottlieb SS, Hill JA, Hollander JE, Howlett JG, Hudson MP, Kociol RD, Krum H, Laucevicius A, Levy WC, Méndez GF, Metra M, Mittal S, Oh BH, Pereira NL, Ponikowski P, Wilson WH, Tanomsup S, Teerlink JR, Triposkiadis F, Troughton RW, Voors A, Whellan DJ, Zannad F, Califf RM

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Do Anthropometric Indices Accurately Reflect Directly Measured Body Composition in Men and Women With Chronic Heart Failure?

2011/01/01 » Congest Heart Fail. 2011;17:90-92.

Oreopoulos A, Fonarow GC, Ezekowitz JA, McAlister FA, Sharma AM, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Norris CM, Johnson JA, Padwal RS

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Use of oral proton pump inhibitors is not associated with harm in patients with chronic heart failure in an ambulatory setting.

2011/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2011;13:1211-1215.

Oudit GY, Bakal JA, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA

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2010 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Association of Interventional Cardiologists Guidelines for Training and Maintenance of Competency in Adult Interventional Cardiology.

2011/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2011;27:865-867.

Palisaitis D, Love M, Zimmerman R, Radhakrishnan S, Welsh RC, Saw J, Renner S, Kells C, Schampaert E

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Has the ClOpidogrel and Metoprolol in Myocardial Infarction Trial (COMMIT) of early β-blocker use in acute coronary syndromes impacted on clinical practice in Canada? Insights from the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE).

2011/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2011;161:291-297.

Edwards J, Goodman SG, Yan RT, Welsh RC, Kornder JM, Deyoung JP, Chauret D, Picard JP, Eagle KA, Yan AT

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Rationale and design of the Multidisciplinary Approach to Novel Therapies in Cardiology Oncology Research Trial (MANTICORE 101 – Breast): A randomized, placebo-controlled trial to determine if conventional heart failure pharmacotherapy can prevent trastuzumab-mediated left ventricular remodeling among patients with HER2+ early breast cancer using cardiac MRI.

2011/01/01 » BMC Cancer. 2011;11:318.

Pituskin E, Haykowsky M, Mackey JR, Thompson RB, Ezekowitz JA, Koshman S, Oudit G, Chow K, Pagano JJ, Paterson I

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Levels of evidence needed for changing indications, contraindications, and food and drug administration labeling: the case of metformin.

2011/01/01 » Arch Intern Med. 2011; 171:102-1043.

Eurich DT, Majumdar SR, McAlister FA, Tsuyuki RT, Johnson JA

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Implications of variability in definition and reporting of major bleeding in randomized trials of oral P2Y12 inhibitors for acute coronary syndromes.

2011/01/01 » Eur Heart J. 2011;32:2256-2265. 

Quinlan DJ, Eikelboom JW, Goodman SG, Welsh RC, Fitchett DH, Théroux P, Mehta SR

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Trends in heart failure care: Has the incident diagnosis of heart failure shifted from the hospital to the emergency department and outpatient clinics?

2011/01/01 » Eur J Heart Fail. 2011; 13:142-147.

Ezekowitz JA, Kaul P, Bakal JA, Quan H, McAlister FA

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The correlation of standard heart failure assessment and palliative care questionnaires in a multidisciplinary heart failure clinic.

2011/01/01 » J Pain Symptom Manage. 2011 Sep;42:379-387.

Ezekowitz JA, Thai V, Hodnefield TS, Sanderson L, Cujec B

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Risk stratification schemes, anticoagulation use and outcomes: The risk – Treatment paradox in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

2011/01/01 » Heart. 2011;97:2046-2050.

Sandhu RK, Bakal JA, Ezekowitz JA, McAlister FA

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The epidemiology of atrial fibrillation in adults depends on locale of diagnosis.

2011/01/01 » Am Heart J. 2011;161:986-992.

Sandhu RK, Bakal JA, Ezekowitz JA, McAlister FA

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Assessment and Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS): A Canadian Perspective on Current Guideline-Recommended Treatment – Part 1: Non-ST-Segment Elevation ACS.

2011/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2011;27 Suppl A:S387-401.

Fitchett DH, Theroux P, Brophy JM, Cantor WJ, Cox JL, Gupta M, Kertland H, Mehta SR, Welsh RC, Goodman SG

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Assessment and management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS): a Canadian perspective on current guideline-recommended treatment–part 2: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.

2011/01/01 » Can J Cardiol. 2011;27 Suppl A:S402-412.

Fitchett DH, Theroux P, Brophy JM, Cantor WJ, Cox JL, Gupta M, Kertland H, Mehta SR, Welsh RC, Goodman SG

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