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Dedication to Community Engagement: A Higher Education Conundrum? by Nicotera, Nicole, Cutforth, Nick, Fretz, Eric, Thompson, Sheila

“…Universities and colleges are increasingly providing internal grants to encourage faculty and staff involvement in community-based research and…”
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TCT-444 The prognostic significance of complete revascularization across all indications for percutaneous coronary intervention: an analysis of 28,632 patients with multivessel disease from the British Columbia Cardiac Registry by Moore, Peter, Chandra, Navin, Nadra, Imad, Robinson, Simon, Eric Fretz, Ding, Lilian, Hardiman, Sean, Fung, Anthony, Aymong, Eve, Chan, Albert, Hodge, Steven, Wood, David, Della Siega, Anthony, Iqbal, Bilal

“…MVD is associated with worse clinical outcomes for stable angina, non ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) and ST-elevation ACS (STEACS). Conclusion…”
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Red blood cell storage duration and mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention by Robinson, Simon D., MBChB, MD, Janssen, Christian, PhD, Fretz, Eric B., MD, Berry, Brian, MD, Chase, Alex J., MBChB, PhD, Siega, Anthony Della, MD, Carere, Ronald G., MD, Fung, Anthony, MBBS, Simkus, Gerald, MD, Klinke, W. Peter, MD, Hilton, J. David, MD

“…Background Blood transfusion has been associated with an increased mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Although the…”
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Body Mass Index, Periprocedural Bleeding, and Outcome Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (from the British Columbia Cardiac Registry) by Byrne, Jonathan, MBChB, Spence, Mark S., MBBS, Fretz, Eric, MD, Mildenberger, Richard, MD, Chase, Alex, MBChB, Berry, Brian, BSc, Pi, David, BSc, Janssen, Christian, PhD, Klinke, Peter, MD, Hilton, David, MD

“…The incidence of obesity is increasing throughout the industrialized world and is a major public health concern. Some studies have shown a paradoxical…”
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Day procedure intervention is safe and complication free in higher risk patients undergoing transradial angioplasty and stenting. The discharge study by Small, Andrew, Klinke, Peter, Della Siega, Anthony, Fretz, Eric, Kinloch, David, Mildenberger, Richard, Williams, Malcolm, Hilton, David

“…Objectives: To assess the timeframe of postprocedural complications following transradial percutaneous intervention in selected nonlow‐risk risk patients as a…”
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Vascular communications of the hand in patients being considered for transradial coronary angiography: is the Allen's test accurate? by Greenwood, Michael J, Della-Siega, Anthony J, Fretz, Eric B, Kinloch, David, Klinke, Peter, Mildenberger, Richard, Williams, Malcolm B, Hilton, David

“…The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of the Allen's test (AT) in predicting hand ischemia in patients undergoing transradial coronary…”
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Radial artery pseudoaneurysms after transradial cardiac catheterisation by Din, Jehangir N, Murphy, Aengus, Chu, Karen, Forman, Patty, Mildenberger, Richard D, Fretz, Eric B, Nadra, Imad J, Della Siega, Anthony, Robinson, Simon D

“…Although uncommon, radial artery access site complications are likely to become more frequent with the increased adoption of transradial cardiac…”
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Novel use of a high-energy excimer laser catheter for calcified and complex coronary artery lesions by Bilodeau, Luc, Fretz, Eric B., Taeymans, Yves, Koolen, Jacques, Taylor, Kevin, Hilton, David J.

“…This study was designed to evaluate safety and effectiveness of the 0.9 mm excimer laser coronary catheter with increased laser parameters. We report a…”
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Isolated Congenital Absence of the Pericardium by Spence, Mark S., Byrne, Jonathan, Fretz, Eric B.

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Safety of Same Day Discharge Radial PCI in Patients Under and Over 75 Years of Age by Ziakas, Antonios, Klinke, Peter, Mildenberger, Richard, Fretz, Eric, Williams, Malcolm, Siega, Antony Della, Kinloch, David, Hilton, David

“…To check the safety of same day discharge radial PCI in patients under or over 75 years of age. A total of 943 patients who had same day discharge radial PCI…”
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An investigation of software scaffolds supporting modeling practices by Fretz, Eric B, Wu, Hsin-Kai, Zhang, BaoHui, Davis, Elizabeth A, Krajcik, Joseph S, Soloway, Elliot

“…Modeling of complex systems and phenomena is of value in science learning and is increasingly emphasised as an important component of science teaching and…”
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Non-red blood cell transfusion as a risk factor for mortality following percutaneous coronary intervention by Robinson, Simon D, Janssen, Christian, Fretz, Eric B, Chase, Alex J, Siega, Anthony Della, Carere, Ronald G, Fung, Anthony, Simkus, Gerald, Hilton, J. David, Berry, Brian, Klinke, W. Peter

“…Abstract Background Bleeding following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is common and may lead to transfusion and death. Although previous work has…”
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The prognostic impact of revascularization strategy in acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock: Insights from the British Columbia Cardiac Registry by McNeice, Andrew, Nadra, Imad J., Robinson, Simon D., Fretz, Eric, Ding, Lillian, Fung, Anthony, Aymong, Eve, Chan, Albert W., Hodge, Steven, Webb, John, Sheth, Tej, Jolly, Sanjit S., Mehta, Shamir R., Della Siega, Anthony, Wood, David A., Iqbal, M. Bilal

“…Background In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and cardiogenic shock (CS), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the culprit vessel is…”
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Complete revascularization in stable multivessel coronary artery disease: A real world analysis from the British Columbia Cardiac Registry by Iqbal, M. Bilal, Moore, Peter T., Nadra, Imad J., Robinson, Simon D., Fretz, Eric, Ding, Lillian, Fung, Anthony, Aymong, Eve, Chan, Albert W., Hodge, Steven, Webb, John, Sheth, Tej, Jolly, Sanjit S., Mehta, Shamir R., Sathananthan, Janarthanan, Wood, David A., Della Siega, Anthony

“…Background More than half of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have multivessel disease (MVD). The prognostic significance of PCI in…”
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A Scaffolding Design Framework for Software to Support Science Inquiry by Quintana, Chris, Reiser, Brian J., Davis, Elizabeth A., Krajcik, Joseph, Fretz, Eric, Duncan, Ravit Golan, Kyza, Eleni, Edelson, Daniel, Soloway, Elliot

“…The notion of scaffolding learners to help them succeed in solving problems otherwise too difficult for them is an important idea that has extended into the…”
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Coronary Angiography and Revascularization Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in British Columbia: Incidence, Predictors and Longer-term Outcomes by Moore, Peter T., Janssen, Christian, Murphy, Aengus, Fretz, Eric, Nadra, Imad J., Della Siega, Anthony, Robinson, Simon D.

“…Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is established treatment for subsets of coronary artery disease (CAD). Observational data have characterised significant…”
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TCT-6 The optimal timing for staged non-culprit vessel intervention following primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction and multivessel disease: insights from the British Columbia Cardiac Registry using decision analytical methods by Moore, Peter, Chandra, Navin, Nadra, Imad, Robinson, Simon, Fretz, Eric, Ding, Lilian, Hardiman, Sean, Fung, Anthony, Aymong, Eve, Chan, Albert, Hodge, Steven, Wood, David, Della Siega, Anthony, Iqbal, Bilal

“…Whether this is performed as an inpatient (IP) or outpatient (OP) requires balancing of the risks of PCI in the vulnerable peri-infarct period versus ischemic…”
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Chronic kidney injury in patients after cardiac catheterisation or percutaneous coronary intervention: a comparison of radial and femoral approaches (from the British Columbia Cardiac and Renal Registries) by Vuurmans, Tycho, Byrne, Jonathan, Fretz, Eric, Janssen, Christian, Hilton, J David, Klinke, W Peter, Djurdjev, Ognjenka, Levin, Adeera

“…Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a well-recognised complication of cardiac catheterisation and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, the incidence of…”
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Magnesium sulphate during transradial cardiac catheterization: a new use for an old drug? by Byrne, Jonathan, Spence, Mark, Haegeli, Laurent, Fretz, Eric, Della Siega, Anthony, Williams, Malcolm, Kinloch, David, Mildenberger, Richard, Klinke, Peter, Hilton, David

“…To assess the effect of intra-arterial magnesium on the radial artery during transradial cardiac catheterization. Transradial coronary angiography has become…”
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Comparison of the radial and the femoral approaches in percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction by Ziakas, Antonios, Klinke, Peter, Mildenberger, Richard, Fretz, Eric, Williams, Malcolm, Della Siega, Antony, Kinloch, David, Hilton, David

“…We studied 167 patients who had primary or rescue percutaneous coronary intervention through the radial or femoral approach to compare their efficacy and…”
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