Published in Stroke on September 22, 2005
A regional quality improvement effort to increase beta blocker administration before vascular surgery. J Vasc Surg (2011) 1.61
Statin pretreatment is associated with better outcomes in large artery atherosclerotic stroke. Neurology (2016) 1.41
Statin use and neurologic morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting: A cohort study. Neurology (2009) 1.41
Effect of statins on early and late clinical outcomes of carotid endarterectomy and the rate of post-carotid endarterectomy restenosis. J Am Coll Surg (2014) 1.39
Low documentation of chronic kidney disease among high-risk patients in a managed care population: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Nephrol (2009) 1.08
Statins reduce neurologic injury in asymptomatic carotid endarterectomy patients. Stroke (2013) 1.05
Statin therapy improves outcomes after valvular heart surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 0.92
Management of extracranial carotid artery disease. Cardiol Clin (2015) 0.78
Statin intake is associated with decreased insulin sensitivity during cardiac surgery. Diabetes Care (2012) 0.78
Selective Patch Angioplasty and Intraoperative Shunting in Carotid Endarterectomy: A Single-Center Review of 141 Procedures. Cureus (2015) 0.78
Effect of preoperative statin therapy on early postoperative memory impairment after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. Ann Card Anaesth (2016) 0.77
Improved perioperative outcomes from carotid endarterectomy: yet another statin side effect? Stroke (2005) 0.77
Effects of preoperative statin use on perioperative outcomes of carotid endarterectomy. Brain Behav (2016) 0.75
Commentary. Statins are associated with better outcomes after carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients. Perspect Vasc Surg Endovasc Ther (2006) 0.75
Does Cognitive Dysfunction after Carotid Endarterectomy Vary by Statin Type or Dose? Int J Brain Cogn Sci (2013) 0.75
Using risk models to improve patient selection for high-risk vascular surgery. Scientifica (Cairo) (2012) 0.75
Initiation patterns of statin therapy among adult patients undergoing intermediate to high-risk non-cardiac surgery. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf (2015) 0.75
Minimizing cardiac risk in perioperative practice - interdisciplinary pharmacological approaches. Wien Klin Wochenschr (2011) 0.75
Coding algorithms for defining comorbidities in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data. Med Care (2005) 30.41
The Canadian Adverse Events Study: the incidence of adverse events among hospital patients in Canada. CMAJ (2004) 21.24
Increasing incidence and prevalence of the inflammatory bowel diseases with time, based on systematic review. Gastroenterology (2011) 12.09
Active smoking and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2007) 7.79
New ICD-10 version of the Charlson comorbidity index predicted in-hospital mortality. J Clin Epidemiol (2004) 7.20
Glial and neuronal control of brain blood flow. Nature (2010) 6.61
D-dimer for the exclusion of acute venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med (2004) 6.15
Association of alcohol consumption with selected cardiovascular disease outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2011) 6.11
Validity of information on comorbidity derived rom ICD-9-CCM administrative data. Med Care (2002) 5.92
Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator. Lancet (2009) 5.50
A modification of the Elixhauser comorbidity measures into a point system for hospital death using administrative data. Med Care (2009) 5.13
Comparison of the Elixhauser and Charlson/Deyo methods of comorbidity measurement in administrative data. Med Care (2004) 5.12
Acetylcysteine in the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: a case study of the pitfalls in the evolution of evidence. Arch Intern Med (2006) 4.90
Assessing validity of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data in recording clinical conditions in a unique dually coded database. Health Serv Res (2008) 4.25
Validity of procedure codes in International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, clinical modification administrative data. Med Care (2004) 4.15
Fast assessment of stroke and transient ischaemic attack to prevent early recurrence (FASTER): a randomised controlled pilot trial. Lancet Neurol (2007) 3.72
The reporting of methodological factors in randomized controlled trials and the association with a journal policy to promote adherence to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist. Control Clin Trials (2002) 3.62
Adapting the Charlson Comorbidity Index for use in patients with ESRD. Am J Kidney Dis (2003) 3.60
The exact science of stroke thrombolysis and the quiet art of patient selection. Brain (2013) 3.33
Survival after coronary revascularization in the elderly. Circulation (2002) 3.17
Cost analysis of ongoing care of patients with end-stage renal disease: the impact of dialysis modality and dialysis access. Am J Kidney Dis (2002) 3.06
Early risk of stroke after transient ischemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med (2007) 3.06
Development of an online tool to determine appropriateness for an epilepsy surgery evaluation. Neurology (2012) 2.97
Dealing with missing data in a multi-question depression scale: a comparison of imputation methods. BMC Med Res Methodol (2006) 2.81
From a national, centrally planned health system to a system based on the market: lessons from China. Health Aff (Millwood) (2008) 2.79
Validation of a case definition to define hypertension using administrative data. Hypertension (2009) 2.74
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with acute myocardial infarction and angiographically normal coronary arteries. Am J Cardiol (2005) 2.69
An observational study found that authors of randomized controlled trials frequently use concealment of randomization and blinding, despite the failure to report these methods. J Clin Epidemiol (2004) 2.58
Overuse of magnetic resonance imaging. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 2.46
Thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke: results of the Canadian Alteplase for Stroke Effectiveness Study. CMAJ (2005) 2.36
The association among renal insufficiency, pharmacotherapy, and outcomes in 6,427 patients with heart failure and coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol (2004) 2.32
Cardiac rehabilitation attendance and outcomes in coronary artery disease patients. Circulation (2012) 2.30
Hospital and surgeon determinants of carotid endarterectomy outcomes. Arch Neurol (2002) 2.30
Reliability of assessing percentage of diffusion-perfusion mismatch. Stroke (2003) 2.22
Effectiveness of interventions targeting frequent users of emergency departments: a systematic review. Ann Emerg Med (2011) 2.19
Development of a frailty index for patients with coronary artery disease. J Am Geriatr Soc (2010) 2.18
CKD and risk of hospitalization and death with pneumonia. Am J Kidney Dis (2009) 2.17
Cross-national comparative performance of three versions of the ICD-10 Charlson index. Med Care (2007) 2.14
Mechanisms of hemorrhagic transformation after tissue plasminogen activator reperfusion therapy for ischemic stroke. Stroke (2004) 2.13
Risk adjustment performance of Charlson and Elixhauser comorbidities in ICD-9 and ICD-10 administrative databases. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 2.12
Selection of acute ischemic stroke patients for intra-arterial thrombolysis with pro-urokinase by using ASPECTS. Stroke (2003) 2.12
Outcomes after aortic and mitral valve replacement surgery in Canada: 1994/95 to 1999/2000. Can J Cardiol (2004) 2.11
Defining the optimal treatment of locally advanced esophageal cancer: a systematic review and decision analysis. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 2.06
Aspirin use and outcomes in a community-based cohort of 7352 patients discharged after first hospitalization for heart failure. Circulation (2006) 2.05
Asymptomatic hemorrhage after thrombolysis may not be benign: prognosis by hemorrhage type in the Canadian alteplase for stroke effectiveness study registry. Stroke (2006) 2.04
Rural and urban disparity in health services utilization in China. Med Care (2007) 1.98
Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke in young adult patients. Can J Neurol Sci (2009) 1.95
Overview of a formal scoping review on health system report cards. Implement Sci (2010) 1.95
The impact of the electronic medical record on structure, process, and outcomes within primary care: a systematic review of the evidence. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2011) 1.94
Access to health care among status Aboriginal people with chronic kidney disease. CMAJ (2008) 1.91
Is intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) safe for use in patients over 80 years old with acute ischaemic stroke? - The Calgary experience. Age Ageing (2004) 1.90
Tsc1 (hamartin) confers neuroprotection against ischemia by inducing autophagy. Nat Med (2013) 1.89
Sex-based differences in the effect of intra-arterial treatment of stroke: analysis of the PROACT-2 study. Stroke (2006) 1.86
Associations between acute kidney injury and cardiovascular and renal outcomes after coronary angiography. Circulation (2011) 1.85
Association of socio-economic status with diabetes prevalence and utilization of diabetes care services. BMC Health Serv Res (2006) 1.80
The neurotoxicity of tissue plasminogen activator? J Cereb Blood Flow Metab (2004) 1.80
Sex differences in outcomes after cardiac catheterization: effect modification by treatment strategy and time. JAMA (2004) 1.79
Assessing research impact in academic clinical medicine: a study using Research Excellence Framework pilot impact indicators. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 1.76
Effectiveness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-management programs: systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Med (2008) 1.76
Thrombolysis at 3-4.5 hours after acute ischemic stroke onset--evidence from the Canadian Alteplase for Stroke Effectiveness Study (CASES) registry. Cerebrovasc Dis (2010) 1.74
The gender effect in stroke thrombolysis: of CASES, controls, and treatment-effect modification. Neurology (2008) 1.73
Development and validation of a surname list to define Chinese ethnicity. Med Care (2006) 1.71
Organizational models of emerging academic health science centers in England. Acad Med (2010) 1.67
Triaging transient ischemic attack and minor stroke patients using acute magnetic resonance imaging. Ann Neurol (2005) 1.67
Quality of life after coronary revascularization in the elderly. Eur Heart J (2006) 1.66
Multiple imputation versus data enhancement for dealing with missing data in observational health care outcome analyses. J Clin Epidemiol (2002) 1.65
Variation in health services utilization among ethnic populations. CMAJ (2006) 1.64
Population rates of cardiac catheterization and yield of high-risk coronary artery disease. CMAJ (2005) 1.64
Measuring agreement of administrative data with chart data using prevalence unadjusted and adjusted kappa. BMC Med Res Methodol (2009) 1.62
Diagnosed hypertension in Canada: incidence, prevalence and associated mortality. CMAJ (2011) 1.62
Assessing accuracy of diagnosis-type indicators for flagging complications in administrative data. J Clin Epidemiol (2004) 1.62
Validating ICD coding algorithms for diabetes mellitus from administrative data. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2010) 1.60
Kaplan-Meier methods yielded misleading results in competing risk scenarios. J Clin Epidemiol (2006) 1.58
The Enhancing Secondary Prevention in Coronary Artery Disease trial. CMAJ (2009) 1.57
Beta-blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/receptor blockers prescriptions after hospital discharge for heart failure are associated with decreased mortality in Alberta, Canada. J Am Coll Cardiol (2003) 1.56
Systematic review and meta-analysis: anti-tumor necrosis factor α therapy and cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) (2011) 1.55
How accurate is ICD coding for epilepsy? Epilepsia (2009) 1.54
Women with coronary artery disease report worse health-related quality of life outcomes compared to men. Health Qual Life Outcomes (2004) 1.53
Thrombolysis in patients older than 80 years with acute ischaemic stroke: Canadian Alteplase for Stroke Effectiveness Study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry (2006) 1.52
Accuracy of city postal code coordinates as a proxy for location of residence. Int J Health Geogr (2004) 1.52
Venous thromboembolic disease: comparison of the diagnostic process in blacks and whites. Arch Intern Med (2003) 1.51
Recommendations for optimal ICD codes to study neurologic conditions: a systematic review. Neurology (2012) 1.51
Follow-through after calling a nurse telephone advice line: a population-based study. Fam Pract (2010) 1.50
Public versus private institutional performance reporting: what is mandatory for quality improvement? Am Heart J (2006) 1.50
Acute kidney injury following coronary angiography is associated with a long-term decline in kidney function. Kidney Int (2010) 1.50
Outcomes of cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with versus those without atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart Rhythm (2011) 1.48
Relation of T-axis abnormalities to coronary artery disease and survival after cardiac catheterization. Am J Cardiol (2005) 1.48