Search Results - "Eliasziw, M."

Endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis in relation to clinical subgroups and timing of surgery by Rothwell, PM, Eliasziw, M, Gutnikov, SA, Warlow, CP, Barnett, HJM

“…Carotid endarterectomy reduces the risk of stroke in patients with recently symptomatic stenosis. Benefit depends on the degree of stenosis, and we aimed to…”
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Reaction to at-home air purifiers installed to reduce traffic-related air pollution in near-highway residences by Singh-Smith, K, Sprague Martinez, L, Eliasziw, M, Lerman Ginzburg, S, Hudda, N, Betz, G M, Gurcan, A, Vazquez-Dodero, T, Mertl, A, Goldstein-Gelb, W, Zamore, W, Brugge, D

“…Traffic-related ultrafine particle pollution near highways is associated with adverse health. Reducing exposure by use of portable air purifiers in homes is…”
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Sample size and optimal designs for reliability studies by Walter, S. D., Eliasziw, M., Donner, A.

“…A method is developed to calculate the required number of subjects k in a reliability study, where reliability is measured using the intraclass correlation ρ…”
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Nutrient adequacy, dietary patterns and diet quality among children with and without intellectual disabilities by Bandini, L. G., Curtin, C., Phillips, S. M., Rogers, G. T., Eliasziw, M., Perelli, J., Jay, L., Maslin, M., Must, A.

“…Background Children with intellectual disabilities (ID) frequently have feeding problems, but there has been limited research on nutrient intake, dietary…”
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Analysis of pooled data from the randomised controlled trials of endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis by Rothwell, PM, Eliasziw, M, Gutnikov, SA, Fox, AJ, Taylor, DW, Mayberg, MR, Warlow, CP, Barnett, HJM

“…Endarterectomy reduces risk of stroke in certain patients with recently symptomatic internal carotid stenosis. However, investigators have made different…”
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Sex difference in the effect of time from symptoms to surgery on benefit from carotid endarterectomy for transient ischemic attack and nondisabling stroke by ROTHWELL, P. M, ELIASZIW, M, GUTNIKOV, S. A, WARLOW, C. P, BARNETT, H. J. M

“…Early studies showed that carotid endarterectomy (CEA) carried a high risk if performed within days after a large ischemic stroke. Therefore, many surgeons…”
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Imaging of the brain in acute ischaemic stroke: comparison of computed tomography and magnetic resonance diffusion-weighted imaging by Barber, P A, Hill, M D, Eliasziw, M, Demchuk, A M, Pexman, J H W, Hudon, M E, Tomanek, A, Frayne, R, Buchan, A M

“…Background and objectives: Controversy exists about the optimal imaging technique in acute stroke. It was hypothesised that CT is comparable with DWI, when…”
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Early risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack in patients with internal carotid artery disease by Eliasziw, Michael, Kennedy, James, Hill, Michael D, Buchan, Alastair M, Barnett, Henry J M

“…Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) often herald a stroke, but little is known about the acute natural history of TIAs. Our objective was to quantify the early…”
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[OP.7A.10] THE BLOOD PRESSURE LOWERING EFFECT OF THE MOBIUSHD DEVICE IS INDEPENDENT OF PULSE PRESSURE by Reuter, H, Bates, M.C, Devireddy, C.M, Foster, M.T, Ghali, M.G.H, Van Der Heyden, J, Kroon, A.A, Mendelsohn, F.O, Eliasziw, M, Spiering, W

“…OBJECTIVE:The Framingham Heart Study showed an increased risk of cardiovascular disease with increasing pulse pressure (PP). Elevated PP is frequently observed…”
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Clinically important change in quality of life in epilepsy by Wiebe, S, Matijevic, S, Eliasziw, M, Derry, P A

“…Background: Health related quality of life (HRQOL) is increasingly recognised as an important outcome in epilepsy. However, interpretation of HRQOL data is…”
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What Elementary Schoolchildren Bring from Home to Eat at School by Hubbard, K, Must, A, Eliasziw, M, Folta, S, Goldberg, J

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Effects of intermittent hypoxia on erythropoietin, soluble erythropoietin receptor and ventilation in humans by BRUGNIAUX, J. V, PIALOUX, V, FOSTER, G. E, DUGGAN, C. T. C, ELIASZIW, M, HANLY, P. J, POULIN, M. J

“…Erythropoietin (EPO) and soluble EPO receptors (sEPOR) have been proposed to play a central role in the ventilatory acclimatisation to continuous hypoxia in…”
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Collaborative evaluation of the healthy habits program: An effective community intervention to improve mobility and cognition of Chinese older adults living in the U.S by Hau, C., Reid, K. F., Wong, K. F., Chin, R. J., Botto, T. J., Eliasziw, M., Bermudez, O. I., Fielding, Roger A.

“…Objectives There is a growing demand to reduce ethnic health disparities. The Healthy Habits Program (HHP) was implemented to provide a community-based…”
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Acute ischemic lesions of varying ages predict risk of ischemic events in stroke/TIA patients by SYLAJA, P. N, COUTTS, S. B, SUBRAMANIAM, S, HILL, M. D, ELIASZIW, M, DEMCHUK, A. M

“…Multiple ischemic lesions identified by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) have been shown to predict high risk of future ischemic events. However, the…”
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Application and a proposed modification of the 2010 McDonald criteria for the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in a Canadian cohort of patients with clinically isolated syndromes by Kang, H, Metz, LM, Traboulsee, AL, Eliasziw, M, Zhao, GJ, Cheng, Y, Zhao, Y, Li, DKB, Traboulsee, A., Li, D., Riddehough, A., Cheng, Y., Lam, K., Lee, A., Zhao, GJ, Vorobeychik, G., Metz, L., Yeung, M., Yong, VW, Hill, M., Cerchiaro, G., Ma, C., Topor, T., Blevins, G., Marriott, J., Kremenchutzky, M., Freedman, M., Lee, L., Duquette, P., Antel, J., Grand’Maison, F., Thibault, M., Bhan, V., Eliasziw, M.

“…Background: The 2005 and 2010 McDonald criteria utilize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to provide evidence of disease dissemination in space (DIS) and time…”
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Carotid Endarterectomy Benefits Patients with CKD and Symptomatic High-Grade Stenosis by Mathew, A, Eliasziw, M, Dvereaux, P.J

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High Epstein-Barr virus-specific T-cell counts are associated with near-zero likelihood of acute myeloid leukemia relapse after hematopoietic cell transplantation by Hoegh-Petersen, M, Sy, S, Ugarte-Torres, A, Williamson, T S, Eliasziw, M, Mansoor, A, Liu, Y, Liu, S, Podgorny, P, Khan, F, Duggan, P R, Stewart, D A, Russell, J A, Storek, J

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Occurrence of hemispheric and retinal ischemia in atrial fibrillation compared with carotid stenosis by Anderson, D C, Kappelle, L J, Eliasziw, M, Babikian, V L, Pearce, L A, Barnett, H J M

“…The goal of this study was to examine the hypotheses that retinal ischemia is caused more often by carotid atherosclerosis than by atrial fibrillation and that…”
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Duration and distance of exposure are important predictors of transmission among community contacts of Ontario SARS cases by REA, E., LAFLÈCHE, J., STALKER, S., GUARDA, B. K., SHAPIRO, H., JOHNSON, I., BONDY, S. J., UPSHUR, R., RUSSELL, M. L., ELIASZIW, M.

“…We report attack rates and contact-related predictors among community contacts of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) cases from the 2003 Toronto-area…”
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Importance of intracranial atherosclerotic disease in patients with symptomatic stenosis of the internal carotid artery by KAPPELLE, L. J, ELIASZIW, M, FOX, A. J, SHARPE, B. L, BARNETT, H. J. M

“…Background and Purpose —The estimated prevalence of intracranial atherosclerotic disease (IAD) in patients with stenosis of the extracranial internal carotid…”
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