Published in Am Heart J on January 01, 2008
Outcome of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in a population-based study. N Engl J Med (2006) 10.58
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
The metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol (2010) 5.54
Effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on the risk of fracture. Arch Intern Med (2007) 4.68
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
Gait speed as an incremental predictor of mortality and major morbidity in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery. J Am Coll Cardiol (2010) 4.53
Comparison of coding of heart failure and comorbidities in administrative and clinical data for use in outcomes research. Med Care (2005) 4.30
Effects of home-based pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2008) 4.12
Head-to-head comparison of accuracy of a rapid point-of-care HIV test with oral versus whole-blood specimens: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis (2012) 3.92
Warfarin use and the risk for stroke and bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing dialysis. Circulation (2014) 3.78
Patient knowledge of coronary risk profile improves the effectiveness of dyslipidemia therapy: the CHECK-UP study: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med (2007) 3.69
Pharmacotherapies for smoking cessation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. CMAJ (2008) 3.63
Mortality rates in elderly patients who take different angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors after acute myocardial infarction: a class effect? Ann Intern Med (2004) 3.62
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 hierarchical Bayesian meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials of drug-eluting stents. Lancet (2004) 3.52
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
Percutaneous transarterial aortic valve replacement in selected high-risk patients with aortic stenosis. Circulation (2007) 3.44
Effect of socioeconomic status on treatment and mortality after stroke. Stroke (2002) 3.44
Statins for secondary prevention in elderly patients: a hierarchical bayesian meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 3.43
Timing of total joint replacement affects clinical outcomes among patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. Arthritis Rheum (2002) 3.29
Potentially preventable strokes in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation who are not adequately anticoagulated. Stroke (2008) 3.14
Prognosis and determinants of survival in patients newly hospitalized for heart failure: a population-based study. Arch Intern Med (2002) 3.09
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
Cost-effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy in South Africa. PLoS Med (2005) 3.01
Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography: a meta-analysis of test performance in suspected biliary disease. Ann Intern Med (2003) 2.99
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
Evidence for use of coronary stents. A hierarchical bayesian meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2003) 2.79
Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of primary nonadherence after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation (2008) 2.76
Meta-analysis of efficacy and safety of new oral anticoagulants (dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban) versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol (2012) 2.76
Cardiac medical therapy in patients after undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a review of randomized controlled trials. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 2.75
Supervised and unsupervised self-testing for HIV in high- and low-risk populations: a systematic review. PLoS Med (2013) 2.69
Automated variable selection methods for logistic regression produced unstable models for predicting acute myocardial infarction mortality. J Clin Epidemiol (2004) 2.69
ACCF/ACG/AHA 2008 expert consensus document on reducing the gastrointestinal risks of antiplatelet therapy and NSAID use: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Clinical Expert Consensus Documents. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 2.67
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
Derivation and validation of cystatin C-based prediction equations for GFR in children. Am J Kidney Dis (2006) 2.55
Administrative Data Feedback for Effective Cardiac Treatment: AFFECT, a cluster randomized trial. JAMA (2005) 2.54
Safety and efficacy of drug-eluting and bare metal stents: comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized trials and observational studies. Circulation (2009) 2.40
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
The use of the propensity score for estimating treatment effects: administrative versus clinical data. Stat Med (2005) 2.31
Improved outcomes with early collaborative care of ambulatory heart failure patients discharged from the emergency department. Circulation (2010) 2.29
Effectiveness of renal denervation therapy for resistant hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 2.29
IScore: a risk score to predict death early after hospitalization for an acute ischemic stroke. Circulation (2011) 2.29
Sex differences in carotid endarterectomy outcomes: results from the Ontario Carotid Endarterectomy Registry. Stroke (2003) 2.28
Adjunctive thrombectomy for acute myocardial infarction: A bayesian meta-analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Interv (2010) 2.27
Comparison of provincial prescription drug plans and the impact on patients' annual drug expenditures. CMAJ (2008) 2.23
The potential economic impact of restricted access to angiotensin-receptor blockers. CMAJ (2011) 2.22
Role of frailty in patients with cardiovascular disease. Am J Cardiol (2009) 2.19
Preoperative anxiety as a predictor of mortality and major morbidity in patients aged >70 years undergoing cardiac surgery. Am J Cardiol (2013) 2.18
Trends in risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Canada: temporal, socio-demographic and geographic factors. CMAJ (2009) 2.16
The cardiovascular effects of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonists. Am J Med (2012) 2.15
Effect of cardiac and noncardiac conditions on survival after defibrillator implantation. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 2.15
Bundle branch block patterns and long-term outcomes in heart failure. Int J Cardiol (2010) 2.07
Alternative smoking cessation aids: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am J Med (2012) 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
Cardiovascular complications and mortality after diabetes diagnosis for South Asian and Chinese patients: a population-based cohort study. Diabetes Care (2013) 2.04
Prevalence and extent of obstructive coronary artery disease among patients undergoing elective coronary catheterization in New York State and Ontario. JAMA (2013) 2.03
Use of niacin in the United States and Canada. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 2.02
Long-term trends in use of and expenditures for cardiovascular medications in Canada. CMAJ (2009) 2.02
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: impact on clinical and valve-related outcomes. Circulation (2009) 2.00
Universal health insurance coverage does not eliminate inequities in access to cardiac procedures after acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J (2003) 2.00
Prevention and management of transcatheter balloon-expandable aortic valve malposition. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv (2008) 1.98
Off-pump vs. on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery: an updated meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized trials. Eur Heart J (2011) 1.96
Coronary artery disease in the developing world. Am Heart J (2004) 1.95
The striking effect of the Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) on ramipril prescribing in Ontario. CMAJ (2003) 1.94
Comparative effectiveness of rhythm control vs rate control drug treatment effect on mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation. Arch Intern Med (2012) 1.94
Validation of child serum creatinine-based prediction equations for glomerular filtration rate. Pediatr Nephrol (2006) 1.94
Life expectancy after an index hospitalization for patients with heart failure: a population-based study. Am Heart J (2008) 1.92
Lifetime analysis of hospitalizations and survival of patients newly admitted with heart failure. Circ Heart Fail (2012) 1.92
Bleeding complications associated with combinations of aspirin, thienopyridine derivatives, and warfarin in elderly patients following acute myocardial infarction. Arch Intern Med (2005) 1.91
Meta-analysis of ten trials on the effectiveness of the radial versus the femoral approach in primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Am J Cardiol (2011) 1.91
Accuracy of rapid and point-of-care screening tests for hepatitis C: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med (2012) 1.90
Comparison of cardiovascular risk profiles among ethnic groups using population health surveys between 1996 and 2007. CMAJ (2010) 1.85
Use of ezetimibe in the United States and Canada. N Engl J Med (2008) 1.85
Agricultural subsidies and the American obesity epidemic. Am J Prev Med (2013) 1.83
Early deaths in patients with heart failure discharged from the emergency department: a population-based analysis. Circ Heart Fail (2010) 1.83
Temporal trends in the use of percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass surgery in New York State and Ontario. Circulation (2010) 1.82
Efficacy of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation post-myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Am Heart J (2011) 1.82
Role of echocardiography in percutaneous aortic valve implantation. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2008) 1.82
A comparison of brand-name drug prices between Canadian-based Internet pharmacies and major U.S. drug chain pharmacies. Ann Intern Med (2005) 1.80