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Cardiovascular
"Dose-dependent" impact of recurrent cardiac events on mortality in patients with heart failure
A Canadian comparison of data sources for coronary artery bypass surgery outcome 'report cards'
A clinical prediction rule to identify patients with atrial fibrillation and a low risk for stroke while taking aspirin
A comparison of propensity score methods: a case-study estimating the effectiveness of post-AMI statin use
A comparison of regression trees, logistic regression, generalized additive models, and multivariate adaptive regression splines for predicting AMI mortality
A comparison of statistical learning methods on the GUSTO database
A decision aid for autologous pre-donation in cardiac surgery: a randomized trial
A global analysis of technological change in health care: the case of heart attacks
A multicenter study of the coding accuracy of hospital discharge administrative data for patients admitted to cardiac care units in Ontario
A population-based case-cohort study of the risk of myocardial infarction following radiation therapy for breast cancer
A population-based study of anesthesia consultation before major noncardiac surgery
A population-based study of cardiac morbidity among Hodgkin lymphoma patients with pre-existing heart disease
A population-based study of the drug interaction between proton pump inhibitors and clopidogrel
A population-based study to evaluate the effectiveness of multi-disciplinary heart failure clinics and identify important service components
A survey of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in Canadian hospitals
A survey of provider experiences and perceptions of preferential access to cardiovascular care in Ontario, Canada
A tutorial and case study in propensity score analysis: An application to estimating the effect of in-hospital smoking cessation counseling on mortality
Access to health services in Ontario
Access to health services in Ontario, 2nd edition
Accuracy of administrative databases in identifying patients with hypertension
Achy Breaky Heart
Acute treatment of myocardial infarction in Canada 1999-2002
Adherence with statin therapy in elderly patients with and without acute coronary syndromes
Administrative Data Feedback for Effective Cardiac Treatment (AFFECT), a cluster randomized trial
Administrative hospitalization database validation of cardiac procedure codes
Adoption of adjuvant chemotherapy for non–small-cell lung cancer: a population-based outcomes study
Adverse cardiovascular events during treatment with glyburide (glibenclamide) or gliclazide in a high-risk population
Adverse cardiovascular events during treatment with pioglitazone and rosiglitazone: a population-based cohort study
Adverse effects of beta-blocker therapy for patients with heart failure: a quantitative overview of randomized trials
Age, risk-benefit trade-offs, and the projected effects of evidence-based therapies
Age-related treatment biases for proven medical therapies in cardiovascular disease: simple misconceptions about risks and benefits
Age-social stratification designs had a negligible impact on income-mortality associations
ALaRMED: adverse events in low-risk chest pain patients receiving continuous ECG monitoring in the emergency department: a survey of Canadian emergency physicians
ALARMED: adverse events in low-risk patients with chest pain receiving continuous electrocardiographic monitoring in the emergency department. A pilot study
An early invasive strategy versus ischemia-guided management after fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of contemporary randomized controlled trials
An international environmental scan of quality indicators for cardiovascular care
An overview of the methods and data used in the CCORT Canadian Cardiovascular Atlas project
An overview of the types of physicians treating acute cardiac conditions in Canada
Analysis of deaths while waiting for cardiac surgery among 29,293 consecutive patients in Ontario, Canada
Analysis of observational studies in the presence of treatment selection bias
Angiotensin inhibition in renovascular disease: a population-based cohort study
Antecedent blood pressure, body mass index, and the risk of incident heart failure in later life
Anticoagulation after anterior myocardial infarction and the risk of stroke
Antihypertensive medication prescribing in 27,822 elderly Canadians with diabetes over the past decade
Appropriateness of spironolactone prescribing in heart failure patients: a population-based study
ARBs vs. ACEIs and acute coronary syndrome outcomes in elderly patients: a population-based cohort study (UMPIRE study results)
Are multiple biomarker testing strategies ready for prime time in heart failure?
Aspirin use and outcomes in a community-based cohort of 7,352 patients discharged after first hospitalization for heart failure
Assessing the association of appropriateness of coronary revascularization and clinical outcomes for patients with stable coronary artery disease
Association between folic acid food fortification and hypertension or preeclampsia in pregnancy
Association between hospital cardiac management and outcomes for acute myocardial infarction patients
Association of anti-smoking legislation with rates of hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions
Association of blood pressure at hospital discharge with mortality in patients diagnosed with heart failure
Association of echocardiography before major elective non-cardiac surgery with postoperative survival and length of hospital stay: Population based cohort study
Association of temporal trends in risk factors and treatment uptake with coronary heart disease mortality, 1994-2005
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Atypical antipsychotic drugs and risk of ischaemic stroke: population-based retrospective cohort study
Automated variable selection methods for logistic regression produced unstable models for predicting acute myocardial infarction mortality
Beta-blockers and cardiovascular outcomes in dialysis patients: A cohort study in Ontario, Canada
Beta-blockers for elective surgery in elderly patients: population based, retrospective cohort study
Biology or bias: practice patterns and long-term outcomes for men and women with acute myocardial infarction
Bootstrap methods for developing predictive models in cardiovascular research
Bundle branch block patterns and long-term outcomes in heart failure
Burden of cardiovascular disease in Canada
Can mass media influence emergency department visits for stroke?
Canadian cardiovascular atlas
Canadian quality indicators for percutaneous coronary interventions
Cardiac arrest care and emergency medical services in Canada
Cardiac morbidity following modern treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma: supra-additive cardiotoxicity of doxorubicin and radiation therapy
Cardiac procedures after an acute myocardial infarction across nine Canadian provinces
Cardiac valvulopathy associated with pergolide use
Cardiovascular disease after Escherichia coli O157:H7 gastroenteritis
Cardiovascular disease and hypertension risk in living kidney donors: an analysis of health administrative data in Ontario, Canada
Cardiovascular disease in kidney donors: matched cohort study
Cardiovascular health after maternal placental syndromes (CHAMPS): population-based retrospective cohort study
Cardiovascular health and services in Ontario
Cardiovascular outcomes after a change in prescription policy for clopidogrel
Cardiovascular outcomes are predicted by exercise-stress myocardial perfusion imaging: Impact on death, myocardial infarction, and coronary revascularization procedures
Cardiovascular risk factor awareness in a disadvantaged inner-city population—implications for preventive strategies
Cardiovascular risk factor profiles of recent immigrants vs long-term residents of Ontario: A multi-ethnic study
Cardiovascular risk with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: Systematic review of population-based controlled observational studies
Care and outcomes of patients newly hospitalized for heart failure in the community treated by cardiologists compared with other specialists
CCORT/CCS quality indicators for acute myocardial infarction care
CCORT/CCS quality indicators for congestive heart failure care
Class effects of statins in elderly patients with congestive heart failure: a population-based analysis
Clinical prognosis, pre-existing conditions and the use of reperfusion therapy for patients with ST segment elevation acute myocardial infarction
Clot Plot
Community factors, hospital characteristics and inter-regional outcome variations following acute myocardial infarction in Canada
Comparing clinical and administrative data for profiling hospitals on postdischarge medication use by patients with acute myocardial infarction
Comparing clinical data with administrative data for producing AMI report cards
Comparing hierarchical modelling with traditional logistic regression analysis among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: should we be analyzing cardiovascular outcomes data differently?
Comparison of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in the treatment of congestive heart failure
Comparison of cardiovascular risk profiles among ethnic groups using population health surveys between 1996 and 2007
Comparison of coding of heart failure and comorbidities in administrative and clinical data for use in outcomes research
Comparison of inhaled long-acting beta-agonist and anticholinergic effectiveness in older patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cohort study
Comparison of primary percutaneous coronary intervention and fibrinolytic therapy in ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. Bayesian hierarchical meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials and observational studies
Comparison of processes of care and clinical outcomes for patients newly hospitalized for heart failure attended by different physician specialists
Concordance between discharge prescriptions and insurance claims in post-myocardial infarction patients
Cost-effectiveness of educational outreach to primary care nurses to increase tuberculosis case detection and improve respiratory care: economic evaluation alongside a randomised trial
Cost-effectiveness of specialized multidisciplinary heart failure clinics in Ontario, Canada
Cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors versus non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and congestive heart failure outcomes in elderly patients: a population-based cohort study
Decreasing mortality for coronary artery bypass surgery in octogenarians
Defibrillation testing at the time of ICD insertion: an analysis from the Ontario ICD Registry
Degree and correlates of patient trust in their cardiologist
Delirium after elective surgery among elderly patients taking statins
Depression and self-reported functional status: impact on mortality following acute myocardial infarction
Design and implementation of a population-based registry of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in Ontario
Determinants of outcome after carotid endarterectomy
Development and validation of the Ontario acute myocardial infarction mortality prediction rules
Diabetes in Ontario
Diabetes is not treated as a coronary artery disease risk equivalent
Diagnostic cardiac catheterization and revascularization rates for coronary heart disease
Differences in access to care
Dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers and cardiovascular outcomes in elderly patients: a population-based study
Discriminating clinical features of heart failure with preserved vs. reduced ejection fraction in the community
Diuretic dose and long-term outcomes in elderly patients with heart failure after hospitalization
Do case-generic measures of queue performance for bypass surgery accurately reflect the waiting-list experiences of those most urgent?
Do operator volumes relate to clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in the Canadian health care system?
Do women experience the same benefits as men from implantable cardioverter defibrillators?
Duration of anticoagulation following venous thromboembolism: a meta-analysis
Early deaths in heart failure patients discharged from the emergency department: a population-based analysis
Economic analysis of Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario’s Hypertension Management Initiative
Effect of age on the use of evidence-based therapies for acute myocardial infarction
Effect of cardiac and noncardiac conditions on survival after defibrillator implantation
Effect of different angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors on mortality among elderly patients with congestive heart failure
Effect of marriage on duration of chest pain associated with acute myocardial infarction before seeking care
Effect of selective cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors and naproxen on short-term risk of acute myocardial infaction in the elderly
Effect of socioeconomic status on pre-hospital transport delays of patients with chest pain
Effectiveness and efficiency of different guidelines on statin treatment for preventing deaths from coronary heart disease: modelling study
Effectiveness and safety of drug-eluting stents in Ontario
Effectiveness of implantable defibrillators for preventing arrhythmic events and death: a meta-analysis
Effectiveness of preprocedural statin therapy on clinical outcomes for patients with stable coronary artery disease after percutaneous coronary interventions
Effectiveness of public report cards for improving the quality of cardiac care: the EFFECT study: a randomized trial
Effectiveness of statins for secondary prevention in elderly patients after acute myocardial infarction: an evaluation of class effect
Effects of socioeconomic status on access to invasive cardiac procedures and on mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Emergency department crowding and thrombolysis delays in acute myocardial infarction
Emergency department gridlock and out-of-hospital delays for cardiac patients
Emergency department triage of acute myocardial infarction patients and the effect on outcomes
Estimate of the benefits of a population-based reduction in dietary sodium additives on hypertension and its related health care costs in Canada
Evaluating sex differences in population-based utilization of implantable cardioverter defibrillators: role of cardiac conditions and noncardiac comorbidities
Evaluating the performance of the GRACE risk-adjustment index across socioeconomic strata among patients discharged from the hospital after AMI
Evaluation of a community-based inner-city disease management program for postmyocardial infarction patients
Evaluation of early complications related to de novo cardioverter defibrillator implantation: insights from the Ontario ICD database
Evolution of the coronary care unit: clinical characteristics and temporal trends in healthcare delivery and outcomes
Factoring socioeconomic status into cardiac performance profiling for hospitals - does it matter?
Factors associated with the use of evidence-based therapies after discharge among elderly patients with myocardial infarction
Factors explaining the under-use of reperfusion therapy among ideal patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Fairness in the coronary angiography queue
Fifteen-year trends in risk severity and operative mortality in elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Gastrointestinal bleeding after acute ischemic stroke
Gender differences in outcomes after hospital discharge from coronary artery bypass grafting
Geography and service supply do not explain socioeconomic gradients in angiography use after acute myocardial infarction
Giant cell arteritis and cardiovascular disease in older adults
Health impact of hospital sestrictions on seriously ill hospitalized patients: lessons from the Toronto SARS outbreak
Health technology assessment of PET (positron emission tomography): a systematic review
Heart to Heart
High mortality and low access to care following incident acute myocardial infarction in individuals with schizophrenia
Hospitalization rates and length of stay for cardiovascular conditions in Canada, 1994 to 1999
How many arterial grafts are enough? A population-based study of midterm outcomes
How many patients with heart failure are eligible for cardiac resynchronization? Insights from two prospective cohorts
How many people have had a myocardial infarction? Prevalence estimated using historical hospital data
Hypertension guidelines in elderly patients: is anybody listening?
Hypertension management in the elderly has improved: Ontario prescribing trends, 1994 to 2002
ICD-10 adaptations of the Ontario acute myocardial infarction mortality prediction rules performed as well as the original versions
ICES-MNO Reports on Chronic Diseases: Diabetes, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease & Respiratory Disease
Identifying patients with ischemic heart disease in an electronic medical record
Impact of adverse events on prescribing warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation: matched pair analysis
Impact of an acute myocardial infarction report card in Ontario, Canada
Impact of androgen deprivation therapy on cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Impact of clinical urgency, physician supply and procedural capacity on regional variations in wait times for coronary angiography
Impact of renal insufficiency on short- and long-term outcomes after cardiac surgery
Impact of restrictive prescription plans on heart failure medication use
Impact of socioeconomic status on cardiovascular outcomes in Canada
Impact of the PROVE IT-TIMI 22/REVERSAL trials on trends in intensive vs. moderate statin therapy in Ontario, Canada
Improved outcomes with early collaborative care of ambulatory heart failure patients discharged from the emergency department
In the queue for coronary artery bypass grafting: patients' perceptions of risk and maximal acceptable waiting time
In-hospital myocardial infarction following acute ischaemic stroke: an observational study
In-hospital outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in Canada: 1992/93 to 2000/01
Increased risk of cardiovascular disease in young women following gestational diabetes
Increasing rates of ischemic heart disease in the native population of Ontario, Canada
Indicators of quality of care for patients with acute myocardial infarction
Inequitable distribution of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in Ontario
Influence of education and income on atherogenic risk factor profiles among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction
Influence of socioeconomic status on lifestyle behaviour modifications among survivors of acute myocardial infarction
Inpatient smoking-cessation counseling and all-cause mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction
Introduction to the Canadian Cardiovascular Outcomes Research Team's (CCORT) Canadian Cardiovascular Atlas project
Investigating the determinants of decreasing postmyocardial infarction mortality: an analysis of in-hospital data from 1992 and 1997
Is ramipril really better than other angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors after acute myocardial infarction?
Is surgery getting safer? national trends in operative mortality
Is there a clinically significant seasonal component to hospital admissions for atrial fibrillation?
Item nonresponse to psychosocial questionnaires was associated with higher mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Lack of awareness of heart disease and stroke among Chinese Canadians: results of a pilot study of the Chinese Canadian Cardiovascular Health Project
Late results of the 'warm heart trial': the influence of nonfatal cardiac events on late survival
Lesson from Canada’s universal care: Socially disadvantaged patients use more health services, still have poorer health
Life expectancy after an index hospitalization for patients with heart failure: a population-based study
Life expectancy gains and cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter/defibrillators for the primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Lifetime analysis of hospitalizations and survival of patients newly admitted with heart failure
Lipid-lowering therapy with statins in high-risk elderly patients: the treatment-risk paradox
Logistic regression had superior performance compared with regression trees for predicting in-hospital mortality in patients hospitalized with heart failure
Long-term MI outcomes at hospitals with or without on-site revascularization
Long-term outcomes and resource utilization of endovascular versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in Ontario
Long-term outcomes of regional variations in intensity of invasive vs. medical management of Medicare patients with AMI
Long-term pulmonary function abnormalities and survival after allogeneic marrow transplantation
Long-term trends in use of and expenditures for cardiovascular medications in Canada
Management and outcomes of transient ischemic attacks in Ontario
Missed opportunities in the secondary prevention of myocardial infarction: an assessment of the effects of statin underprescribing on mortality
Mortality among patients with hypertension from 1995 to 2005: a population-based study
Myocardial infarction and the validation of physician billing and hospitalization data using electronic medical records
Myocardial infarction associated with recency of immigration to Ontario
National trends in rates of death and hospital admissions related to acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke, 1994–2004
Neighbourhood chronic stress and gender inequalities in hypertension among Canadian adults: a multilevel analysis
Non-invasive cardiac stress testing before elective major non-cardiac surgery: population based cohort study
Non-invasive cardiac testing in Ontario
Ontario Stroke Evaluation Report 2010: Technical Report
Optimizing prescribing for older women: a program to evaluate the benefits of low dose cardiovascular medications
Outcome after stroke upon awakening
Outcome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in a population-based study
Outcome of revascularization procedures for peripheral arterial occlusive disease in Ontario between 1991 and 1998: a population-based study
Outcomes after aortic and mitral valve replacement surgery in Canada: 1994/95 to 1999/2000
Outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Canada: 1992/93 to 2000/01
Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in Canada
Paclitaxel versus sirolimus stents in diabetic and nondiabetic patients
Patient satisfaction and its relationship with quality and outcomes of care after acute myocardial infarction
Patients treated with aspirin after a first myocardial infarction who also receive a proton pump inhibitor have a higher incidence of cardiovascular events — Letter
Patterns of use of thienopyridine therapy after percutaneous coronary interventions with drug-eluting stents and bare-metal stents
Perioperative beta-blocker therapy in vascular surgery: clinical update
Persistence with therapy among patients treated with warfarin for atrial fibrillation
Pisces did not have increased heart failure: data-driven comparisons of binary proportions between levels of a categorical variable can result in incorrect statistical significance levels
Population rates of cardiac catheterization and yield of high-risk coronary artery disease
Population rates of hospitalization for atrial fibrillation/flutter in Canada
Potentially preventable strokes in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation who are not adequately anticoagulated
Preadmission antithrombotic treatment and stroke severity in patients with atrial fibrillation and acute ischaemic stroke: an observational study
Predicting mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery: what do artificial neural networks learn?
Predicting mortality among patients hospitalized for heart failure
Prediction of emergent heart failure death by semi-quantitative triage risk stratification
Prediction of heart failure mortality in emergent care
Predictive accuracy study: comparing a statistical model to clinicians' estimates of outcomes after coronary bypass surgery
Predictive value of the Ontario prehospital stroke screening tool for the identification of patients with acute stroke
Predictors of short-term complications after ICD replacement: Results from the Ontario ICD database
Prevalence and incidence of hypertension from 1995 to 2005: a population-based study
Prevalence, predictors and outcomes of primary nonadherence after acute myocardial infarction
Primary care in Ontario
Primary prevention drug therapy: can it meet patients' requirements for reduced risk?
Processes and outcomes of care for diabetic acute myocardial infarction patients in Ontario: Do physicians undertreat?
Prognosis and determinants of survival in patients newly hospitalized for heart failure: a population-based study
Prognostic implications of warfarin cessation after major trauma: a population-based cohort analysis
Proliferation of cardiac technology in Canada: a challenge to the sustainability of Medicare
Propensity-score matching in the cardiovascular surgery literature from 2004 to 2006: a systematic review and suggestions for improvement
Public versus private institutional performance reporting: what is mandatory for quality improvement?
Publicly reported provider outcomes: The concerns of cardiac surgeons in a single-payer system
Quality of cardiac care in Ontario: EFFECT (enhanced feedback for effective cardiac treatment)
Quality of cardiac care in Ontario: EFFECT Study Phase I Report 2
Quality of care and outcomes of older patients with heart failure hospitalized in the United States and Canada
Quality of care of international and Canadian medical graduates in acute myocardial infarction
Quality of congestive heart failure treatment at a Canadian teaching hospital
Quantifying the impact of obesity category on major chronic diseases in Canada
Rate of heart failure and 1-year survival for older people receiving low-dose beta-blocker therapy after myocardial infarction
Rates of hyperkalemia after publication of the Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study
Ready-made, recalibrated, or remodeled? issues in the use of risk indexes for assessing mortality after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Recent trends in cardiovascular complications among men and women with and without diabetes
Regional differences in process of care and outcomes for older acute myocardial infarction patients in the United States and Ontario, Canada
Regional outcomes of heart failure in Canada
Regional variation in cardiac catheterization appropriateness and baseline risk after acute myocardial infarction
Regional variation in self-reported heart disease prevalence in Canada
Regional variations in cardiovascular mortality in Canada
Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network - Report on the 2008/09 Ontario Stroke Audit
Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network: Progress Report 2001-2005
Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network: Report on the 2002/03 Ontario stroke audit
Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network: report on the 2004/05 Ontario stroke audit
Relation between age and cardiovascular disease in men and women with diabetes compared with non-diabetic people: a population-based retrospective cohort study
Relation between cardiac troponin I and mortality in acute decompensated heart failure
Relation of disease pathogenesis and risk factors to heart failure with preserved or reduced ejection fraction. Insights from the Framingham Heart Study of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Relationship between adherence to evidence-based pharmacotherapy and long-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Relationship between annual volume of patients treated by admitting physician and mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Relationship between cardiac rehabilitation and survival after acute cardiac hospitalization within a universal health care system
Relationship between preventability of death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery and all-cause risk-adjusted mortality rates
Report on coronary artery bypass surgery in Ontario, fiscal years 2005/06 and 2006/07
Reporting of gender-related information in clinical trials of drug therapy for myocardial infarction
Rescue angioplasty or repeat fibrinolysis after failed fibrinolytic therapy for ST-segment myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Rescue percutaneous coronary interventions for failed fibrinolytic therapy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: A population-based study
Revascularization use and survival outcomes after cardiac catheterization in British Columbia and Alberta
Rising to the challenge: transforming the treatment of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Canada
Risk factors for posterior compared to anterior ischemic stroke: an observational study of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network
Risk modification for diabetic patients. Are other risk factors treated as diligently as glycemia?
Risk of premature stroke in recent immigrants (PRESARIO). Population-based matched cohort study
Risk-treatment mismatch in the pharmacotherapy of heart failure
Routine utilization of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor therapy is associated with improved in-hospital outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention: insights from a large prospective single-centre registry
Safety and effectiveness of drug-eluting and bare-metal stents for patients with off- and on-label indications
Safety and effectiveness of drug-eluting stents among diabetic patients: a propensity analysis
Safety and efficacy of drug-eluting and bare metal stents: comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized trials and observational studies
Safety of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors in urgent or emergency coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Secondary prevention after acute myocardial infarction in four Canadian provinces, 1997-2000
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and pulmonary arterial hypertension: A case-control study
Sex differences in carotid endarterectomy outcomes: results from the Ontario Carotid Endarterectomy Registry
Sex differences in stroke care and outcomes: results from the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network
Short- and long-term risk stratification using a next-generation, high-sensitivity research cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI) assay in an emergency department chest pain population
Short-term outcomes after symptomatic internal carotid artery occlusion
Should low molecular weight heparin be used in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes in rural hospitals?
Shunt-dependent hydrocephalus after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: incidence, predictors, and revision rates
Skilled nursing facility rehabilitation and discharge to home after stroke
Socioeconomic status and mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Socioeconomic status, access to health care, and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction in Canada's universal health care system
Socioeconomic status, service patterns, and perceptions of care among survivors of acute myocardial infarction in Canada
Some methods of propensity-score matching had superior performance to others: results of an empirical investigation and Monte Carlo simulations
Standard admission orders can improve the management of acute myocardial infarction
Statin therapy and clinical outcomes in heart failure: a propensity-matched analysis
Statin use and survival outcomes in elderly patients with heart failure
Statins and sepsis in patients with cardiovascular disease: a population-based cohort analysis
Step forward
Subgroups, treatment effects, and baseline risks: some lessons from major cardiovascular trials
Suboptimal use of statin therapy in elderly patients with atherosclerosis: A population-based study
Surgeon volume and operative mortality in the United States
Technological change around the world: evidence from heart attack care
Temporal changes in emergency department triage of patients with acute myocardial infarction and the effect on outcomes
Temporal changes in the outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in Ontario, 1992-1996
Temporal trends in cardiogenic shock treatment and outcomes among Ontario patients with myocardial infarction between 1992 and 2008
Temporal trends in medication use and outcomes in atrial fibrillation
The 2003 Canadian recommendations for dyslipidemia management: revisions are needed
The average lifespan of patients discharged from hospital with heart failure
The concept of the marginally matched subject in propensity-score matched analyses
The development of partners for health's integrated community pathway for postmyocardial infarction patients
The evaluation of a formalized queue management system for coronary angiography waiting lists
The impact of implantable cardiac defibrillators for primary prophylaxis in the community: baseline risk and clinically meaningful benefits
The impact of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program on antihypertensive prescribing trends
The impact of undercoding of cardiac severity and comorbid diseases on the accuracy of hospital report cards
The importance of echocardiography in physicians' support of endocarditis prophylaxis
The improving outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Ontario, 1981 to 1995
The influence of education and income on atherogenic risk factor profiles among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction
The relationship between depressive symptoms, health service consumption, and prognosis after acute myocardial infarction: a prospective cohort study
The relationship between need and capacity for multidisciplinary cardiovascular risk-reduction programs in Ontario
The relationship between physician supply, cardiovascular health service use and cardiac disease burden in Ontario: supply-need mismatch
The relationship between the supply of fast-food chains and cardiovascular outcomes
The relationship between unprovoked venous thromboembolism, age, and acute myocardial infarction
The relevance of subgroup-specific treatment effects: the Studies Of Left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) revisited
The risk of hypotension following co-prescription of macrolide antibiotics and calcium-channel blockers
The risk of missed diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction associated with emergency department volume
The safety of aprotinin and lysine-derived antifibrinolytic drugs in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis
The striking effect of the 'Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation' (HOPE) on ramipril prescribing in Ontario
The use of quantile regression in health care research: a case study examining gender differences in the delivery of thrombolysis
Thiazide diuretics for hypertension: prescribing practices and predictors of use in 194,761 elderly patients with hypertension
Thiazolidinediones and cardiovascular outcomes in older patients with diabetes
Time-related mortality for women after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a population-based study
Trends in antihypertensive drug prescriptions and physician visits in Canada between 1996 and 2006
Trends in clinical and economic outcomes of coronary angioplasty from 1992 to 1995: a population-based analysis
Trends in heart failure outcomes and pharmacotherapy: 1992 to 2000
Trends in risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Canada: temporal, socio-demographic and geographic factors
Trends in the incidence and outcomes of heart failure in Ontario, Canada: 1997 to 2007
Triage for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Canada: do patients agree on who should come first?
Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy and dose-related outcomes in older adults with new heart failure in the community
Use of beta-blocker therapy in older patients after acute myocardial infarction in Ontario
Use of beta-blockers for uncomplicated hypertension in the elderly: a cause for concern
Use of evidence-based therapies after discharge among elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction
Use of fibrates in the United States and Canada
Use of hospitals, physician visits, and hospice care during last six months of life among cohorts loyal to highly respected hospitals in the United States
Use of interventional procedures for peripheral arterial occlusive disease in Ontario between 1991 and 1998: a population-based study
Use of the statins in patients after acute myocardial infarction: does evidence change practice?
Use of vascular risk-modifying medications for diabetic patients differs between physician specialties
Using disease risk estimates to guide risk factor interventions: field test of a patient workbook for self-assessing coronary risk
Utilization of coronary angiography after acute myocardial infarction in Ontario over time: have referral patterns changed?
Validation of physician billing and hospitalization data to identify patients with ischemic heart disease using data from the Electronic Medical Record Administrative data Linked Database (EMRALD)
Variation in recruitment across sites in a consent-based clinical data registry: lessons from the Canadian Stroke Network
Varied definitions of hospital volume did not alter the conclusions of volume-outcome analyses
Vascular and nonvascular mimics of the CT angiography "spot sign" in patients with secondary intracerebral hemorrhage
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Waiting times, revascularization modality, and outcomes after acute myocardial infarction at hospitals with and without on-site revascularization facilities in Canada
Warfarin prescribing in atrial fibrillation: the impact of physician, patient and hospital characteristics
Why are implantable cardioverter defibrillator outcomes in practice different from clinical trials?
Will elderly patients stand aside for younger patients in the queue for cardiac services?

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