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Rhythm Control versus Rate Control for Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure by Roy, Denis, Talajic, Mario, Nattel, Stanley, Wyse, D. George, Dorian, Paul, Lee, Kerry L, Bourassa, Martial G, Arnold, J. Malcolm O, Buxton, Alfred E, Camm, A. John, Connolly, Stuart J, Dubuc, Marc, Ducharme, Anique, Guerra, Peter G, Hohnloser, Stefan H, Lambert, Jean, Le Heuzey, Jean-Yves, O'Hara, Gilles, Pedersen, Ole Dyg, Rouleau, Jean-Lucien, Singh, Bramah N, Stevenson, William G, Stevenson, Lynne Warner, Thibault, Bernard, Waldo, Albert L

“…In this clinical trial involving patients with atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure, rhythm control (to maintain sinus rhythm) and rate control (to…”
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Five-year risk of cardiac mortality in relation to initial severity and one-year changes in Depression symptoms after myocardial infarction by LESPERANCE, Francois, FRASURE-SMITH, Nancy, TALAJIC, Mario, BOURASSA, Martial G

“…Although previous research demonstrated an independent link between depression symptoms and cardiac mortality after myocardial infarction (MI), depression was…”
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Symptomatic myocardial bridges: overview of ischemic mechanisms and current diagnostic and treatment strategies by Bourassa, Martial G, Butnaru, Ady, Lespérance, Jacques, Tardif, Jean-Claude

“…This review article focuses on the morphological and functional alterations that characterize patients with myocardial bridges (MB) as well as the currently…”
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Social support, depression, and mortality during the first year after myocardial infarction by FRASURE-SMITH, N, LESPERANCE, F, GRAVEL, G, MASSON, A, JUNEAU, M, TALAJIC, M, BOURASSA, M. G

“…We previously reported that depression after myocardial infarction (MI) increases the long-term risk of cardiac mortality. Other research suggests that social…”
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Effect of increasing metabolic syndrome score on atherosclerotic risk profile and coronary artery disease angiographic severity by Solymoss, B.Charles, Bourassa, Martial G, Campeau, Lucien, Sniderman, Allan, Marcil, Michel, Lespérance, Jacques, Lévesque, Sylvie, Varga, Susan

“…The metabolic syndrome (MS) is a frequent cause of coronary artery disease (CAD), and recently the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel…”
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Patients With Coronary Artery Disease Unsuitable for Revascularization: Definition, General Principles, and a Classification by Jolicoeur, E. Marc, MD, MSc, MHS, FACC, FCRPC, Cartier, Raymond, MD, Henry, Tim D., MD, Barsness, Greg W., MD, Bourassa, Martial G., MD, McGillion, Micheal, RN, PhD, L'Allier, Philippe L., MD, FRCPC

“…Abstract In the present report, we review the phenotypes of coronary artery disease (CAD) patients unsuitable for revascularization procedures. We then analyze…”
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Usefulness of Self-Reported Leisure-Time Physical Activity to Predict Long-Term Survival in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease by Apullan, Francisco Javier, MD, Bourassa, Martial G., MD, Tardif, Jean-Claude, MD, Fortier, Annik, MSc, Gayda, Mathieu, PhD, Nigam, Anil, MD

“…Self-reported leisure-time physical activity level correlates well with both cardiovascular (CV) and non-CV mortality in subjects without coronary heart…”
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Effects of AGI-1067 and probucol after percutaneous coronary interventions by TARDIF, Jean-Claude, GREGOIRE, Jean, LAMBERT, Jean, GUERTIN, Marie-Claude, SCHWARTZ, Leonard, TITLE, Lawrence, LARAMEE, Louise, REEVES, Francois, LESPERANCE, Jacques, BOURASSA, Martial G, L'ALLIER, Philippe L, GLASS, Mitchell

“…AGI-1067, a metabolically stable modification of probucol, is an equipotent antioxidant to probucol but is pharmacologically distinct. In a multicenter trial,…”
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Native coronary disease progression exceeds failed revascularization as cause of angina after five years in the bypass angioplasty revascularization investigation (BARI) by Alderman, Edwin L., Kip, Kevin E., Whitlow, Patrick L., Bashore, Thomas, Fortin, Donald, Bourassa, Martial G., Lesperance, Jacques, Schwartz, Leonard, Stadius, Michael

“…Coronary angiograms obtained five years following revascularization were examined to assess the extent of compromise in myocardial perfusion due to failure of…”
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Heart Rate Recovery After Exercise and Long-term Prognosis in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease by Gayda, Mathieu, PhD, Bourassa, Martial G., MD, Tardif, Jean-Claude, MD, Fortier, Annik, MSc, Juneau, Martin, MD, Nigam, Anil, MD

“…Abstract Background The long-term prognostic value of heart rate recovery (HRR) has been incompletely documented in patients with coronary artery disease…”
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Depression and health-care costs during the first year following myocardial infarction by Frasure-Smith, Nancy, Lespérance, François, Gravel, Ginette, Masson, Aline, Juneau, Martin, Talajic, Mario, Bourassa, Martial G

“…Objective: Depression in the hospital after myocardial infarction (MI) has been associated with a substantial increase in the long-term risk of cardiac…”
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Efficacy of ivabradine, a new selective If inhibitor, compared with atenolol in patients with chronic stable angina by Tardif, Jean-Claude, Ford, Ian, Tendera, Michal, Bourassa, Martial G., Fox, Kim

“…Aims Ivabradine, a new If inhibitor which acts specifically on the pacemaker activity of the sinoatrial node, is a pure heart rate lowering agent. Ivabradine…”
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In Memoriam – Lucien Campeau (1927–2010) by Bourassa, Martial G., MD

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Coronary heart disease in patients with diabetes. Part I Recent advances in prevention and noninvasive management by BERRY, Colin, TARDIF, Jean-Claude, BOURASSA, Martial G

“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a worldwide epidemic. Its prevalence is rapidly increasing in both developing and developed countries. Coronary heart disease (CHD)…”
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Long-term prognostic value of resting heart rate in patients with suspected or proven coronary artery disease by Diaz, Ariel, Bourassa, Martial G., Guertin, Marie-Claude, Tardif, Jean-Claude

“…Aims Heart rate reduction is the cornerstone of the treatment of angina. The purpose of this study was to explore the prognostic value of heart rate in…”
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Biocompatibility aspects of new stent technology by Bertrand, Olivier F, Sipehia, Rajender, Mongrain, Rosaire, Rodés, Josep, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Bilodeau, Luc, Côté, Gilles, Bourassa, Martial G

“…Stent implantation represents a major step forward since the introduction of coronary angioplasty. As indications continue to expand, better understanding of…”
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Coronary heart disease in patients with diabetes. Part II Recent advances in coronary revascularization by BERRY, Colin, TARDIF, Jean-Claude, BOURASSA, Martial G

“…Although diabetic patients represent approximately one-quarter of all those undergoing revascularization, their outcomes after revascularization are usually…”
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An early proof-of-concept of cardiac resynchronization therapy by Bourassa, Martial G, Khairy, Paul, Roy, Denis

“…Almost 50 years ago,we published detailed hemodynamic findings in a patient with heart failure and intermittent left bundle branch block.Delayed…”
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Enalapril decreases the incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients with left Ventricular Dysfunction: Insight from the Studies of left Ventricular Dysfunction (SOLVD) trials by VERMES, Emmanuelle, TARDIF, Jean-Claude, BOURASSA, Martial G, RACINE, Normand, LEVESQUE, Sylvie, WHITE, Michel, GUERRA, Peter G, DUCHARME, Anique

“…Atrial fibrillation (AF) is frequently encountered in patients with heart failure (HF) and is also a predictor of morbidity and mortality in this population…”
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Fasting but not postprandial (postmeal) glycemia predicts the risk of death in subjects with coronary artery disease by Nigam, Anil, MD MSc, Bourassa, Martial G., MD, Fortier, Annik, MSc, Guertin, Marie-Claude, PhD, Tardif, Jean-Claude, MD

“…Background Chronic hyperglycemia plays a role in the pathogenesis of coronary artery disease (CAD); however, the cut-off level beyond which glycemia becomes…”
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