Published in Am Heart J on September 01, 2006
Hospital mortality: when failure is not a good measure of success. CMAJ (2008) 1.98
Functionality and feedback: a protocol for a realist synthesis of the collation, interpretation and utilisation of PROMs data to improve patient care. BMJ Open (2014) 0.90
Publicly reported provider outcomes: the concerns of cardiac surgeons in a single-payer system. Can J Cardiol (2009) 0.86
The impact of Public Reporting on clinical outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Health Serv Res (2016) 0.75
Reporting for provider performance: should we punish the bad, or try to make them all good? Am Heart J (2006) 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
Rates of hyperkalemia after publication of the Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study. N Engl J Med (2004) 11.44
Outcome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in a population-based study. N Engl J Med (2006) 10.58
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
Relation between age and cardiovascular disease in men and women with diabetes compared with non-diabetic people: a population-based retrospective cohort study. Lancet (2006) 6.64
Predicting mortality among patients hospitalized for heart failure: derivation and validation of a clinical model. JAMA (2003) 6.39
Adherence with statin therapy in elderly patients with and without acute coronary syndromes. JAMA (2002) 6.30
A population-based study of the drug interaction between proton pump inhibitors and clopidogrel. CMAJ (2009) 6.21
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
Bisphosphonate use and the risk of subtrochanteric or femoral shaft fractures in older women. JAMA (2011) 5.33
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
Metformin use and all-cause and prostate cancer-specific mortality among men with diabetes. J Clin Oncol (2013) 4.75
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and breast cancer mortality in women receiving tamoxifen: a population based cohort study. BMJ (2010) 4.73
A multicenter study of the coding accuracy of hospital discharge administrative data for patients admitted to cardiac care units in Ontario. Am Heart J (2002) 4.65
Adverse cardiovascular events during treatment with pioglitazone and rosiglitazone: population based cohort study. BMJ (2009) 4.44
Proportion of hospital readmissions deemed avoidable: a systematic review. CMAJ (2011) 4.37
Comparison of coding of heart failure and comorbidities in administrative and clinical data for use in outcomes research. Med Care (2005) 4.30
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
A randomized comparison of radial-artery and saphenous-vein coronary bypass grafts. N Engl J Med (2004) 4.07
Reader's guide to critical appraisal of cohort studies: 2. Assessing potential for confounding. BMJ (2005) 3.94
Effect of age on stroke prevention therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: the atrial fibrillation investigators. Stroke (2009) 3.89
Warfarin use and the risk for stroke and bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing dialysis. Circulation (2014) 3.78
Propensity score methods gave similar results to traditional regression modeling in observational studies: a systematic review. J Clin Epidemiol (2005) 3.76
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
Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community. CMAJ (2010) 3.60
Adapting the Charlson Comorbidity Index for use in patients with ESRD. Am J Kidney Dis (2003) 3.60
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. Circulation (2009) 3.55
A multinational cohort study of in-center daily hemodialysis and patient survival. Kidney Int (2012) 3.47
Assessing the association of appropriateness of coronary revascularization and clinical outcomes for patients with stable coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol (2012) 3.45
Effect of socioeconomic status on treatment and mortality after stroke. Stroke (2002) 3.44
Epidural anaesthesia and survival after intermediate-to-high risk non-cardiac surgery: a population-based cohort study. Lancet (2008) 3.22
Effect of discharge summary availability during post-discharge visits on hospital readmission. J Gen Intern Med (2002) 3.21
Survival after coronary revascularization in the elderly. Circulation (2002) 3.17
Potentially preventable strokes in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation who are not adequately anticoagulated. Stroke (2008) 3.14
Acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: focus on modifiable risk factors. Circulation (2009) 3.10
The risk of hip fracture after initiating antihypertensive drugs in the elderly. Arch Intern Med (2012) 3.10
Prognosis and determinants of survival in patients newly hospitalized for heart failure: a population-based study. Arch Intern Med (2002) 3.09
Effectiveness of public report cards for improving the quality of cardiac care: the EFFECT study: a randomized trial. JAMA (2009) 3.08
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
Risk-treatment mismatch in the pharmacotherapy of heart failure. JAMA (2005) 3.05
Socioeconomic status and mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Ann Intern Med (2006) 3.02
Levothyroxine dose and risk of fractures in older adults: nested case-control study. BMJ (2011) 2.97
Rhythm versus rate control therapy and subsequent stroke or transient ischemic attack in patients with atrial fibrillation. Circulation (2012) 2.96
Comparing hierarchical modeling with traditional logistic regression analysis among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction: should we be analyzing cardiovascular outcomes data differently? Am Heart J (2003) 2.88
Deriving ethnic-specific BMI cutoff points for assessing diabetes risk. Diabetes Care (2011) 2.87
Impact of hospital nursing care on 30-day mortality for acute medical patients. J Adv Nurs (2007) 2.85
Use of fibrates in the United States and Canada. JAMA (2011) 2.82
Dealing with missing data in a multi-question depression scale: a comparison of imputation methods. BMC Med Res Methodol (2006) 2.81
Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of primary nonadherence after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation (2008) 2.76
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
Automated variable selection methods for logistic regression produced unstable models for predicting acute myocardial infarction mortality. J Clin Epidemiol (2004) 2.69
Association of temporal trends in risk factors and treatment uptake with coronary heart disease mortality, 1994-2005. JAMA (2010) 2.61
Care and outcomes of patients newly hospitalized for heart failure in the community treated by cardiologists compared with other specialists. Circulation (2003) 2.61
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
Administrative Data Feedback for Effective Cardiac Treatment: AFFECT, a cluster randomized trial. JAMA (2005) 2.54
Effectiveness and safety of drug-eluting stents in Ontario. N Engl J Med (2007) 2.50
Statins are associated with better outcomes after carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients. Stroke (2005) 2.50
Late outcomes in patients with uncorrected mild to moderate mitral regurgitation at the time of isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 2.47
Safety and efficacy of drug-eluting and bare metal stents: comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized trials and observational studies. Circulation (2009) 2.40
Impact of patient and target-vessel characteristics on arterial and venous bypass graft patency: insight from a randomized trial. Circulation (2007) 2.39
A randomized comparison of intraoperative indocyanine green angiography and transit-time flow measurement to detect technical errors in coronary bypass grafts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2006) 2.35
Outcomes and processes of care related to preoperative medical consultation. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.34
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
Troponin after cardiac surgery: a predictor or a phenomenon? Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 2.32
The use of the propensity score for estimating treatment effects: administrative versus clinical data. Stat Med (2005) 2.31
Effects of contemporary troponin assay sensitivity on the utility of the early markers myoglobin and CKMB isoforms in evaluating patients with possible acute myocardial infarction. Clin Chim Acta (2007) 2.31
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
Are stentless valves hemodynamically superior to stented valves? A prospective randomized trial. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 2.30
Improved outcomes with early collaborative care of ambulatory heart failure patients discharged from the emergency department. Circulation (2010) 2.29
IScore: a risk score to predict death early after hospitalization for an acute ischemic stroke. Circulation (2011) 2.29