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A Canadian multicenter experience describing outcomes after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair stent graft explantation by Dubois, Luc, Harlock, John, Gill, Heather L., Chen, Jerry C., Rheaume, Pascal, Jetty, Prasad, Boyd, April J., Roche-Nagle, Graham, Hill, Andrew, Kopriva, David, Lee, Min, Nutley, Mark, Gowing, Rob, Kapila, Varun

“…Most studies describing the outcomes after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) explantation have been from single, high-volume, centers. We…”
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Feasibility and Cost Analysis of Ambulatory Endovascular Aneurysm Repair by Naiem, Ahmed A., Doonan, R.J., Guigui, Andre, Obrand, Daniel I., Bayne, Jason P., MacKenzie, Kent S., Steinmetz, Oren K., Girsowicz, Elie, Gill, Heather L.

“…Purpose: We sought to compare the costs of ambulatory endovascular aneurysm repair (a-EVAR) and inpatient EVAR (i-EVAR) at up to 1-year of follow-up. Materials…”
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Preoperative Exercise Rehabilitation in Cardiac and Vascular Interventions by Drudi, Laura M., Tat, Jimmy, Ades, Matthew, Mata, Juan, Landry, Tara, MacKenzie, Kent S., Steinmetz, Oren K., Gill, Heather L.

“…Exercise-based interventions have become part of the standard of care in rehabilitation programs for cardiovascular risk reduction and the promotion of a…”
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Comparative safety of endovascular and open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in low-risk male patients by Siracuse, Jeffrey J., MD, Gill, Heather L., MD, Graham, Ashley R., MD, Schneider, Darren B., MD, Connolly, Peter H., MD, Sedrakyan, Art, MD, PhD, Meltzer, Andrew J., MD

“…Objective The prevalence of significant comorbidities among patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) has contributed to widespread enthusiasm for…”
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Assessing the Perioperative Safety of Common Femoral Endarterectomy in the Endovascular Era by Siracuse, Jeffrey J., Gill, Heather L., Schneider, Darren B., Graham, Ashley R., Connolly, Peter H., Jones, Douglas W., Meltzer, Andrew J.

“…Introduction: Common femoral endarterectomy (CFE) has historically been the preferred treatment for atherosclerotic lesions involving the common femoral…”
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Outcomes and risk factors of cardiac arrest after vascular surgery procedures by Siracuse, Jeffrey J., MD, Meltzer, Ellen C., MD, Gill, Heather L., MD, Graham, Ashley R, Schneider, Darren B., MD, Connolly, Peter H., MD, Meltzer, Andrew J., MD

“…Background Despite increased awareness of the value of discussing patients' goals of care, advance directives, and code status as part of the surgical informed…”
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Multimodal Prehabilitation to Improve Quality of Life and Functional Capacity in Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Case Series by Coca-Martinez, Miquel, Carli, Francesco, Gill, Heather L.

“…To assess feasibility and effect of multimodal prehabilitation in patients with severe life-limiting intermittent claudication and complex infrainguinal…”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of endovascular juxtarenal aortic aneurysm repair demonstrates lower perioperative mortality compared with open repair by Doonan, Robert J., Girsowicz, Elie, Dubois, Luc, Gill, Heather L.

“…The objectives of the present study were to summarize and pool the available data from studies that had directly compared endovascular and open repair of…”
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Endovascular treatment of lesions in the below-knee popliteal artery by Siracuse, Jeffrey J., MD, Gill, Heather L., MD, Cassidy, Stephen P., BA, Messina, Mark D., BS, Catz, Diana, PhD, Egorova, Natalia, PhD, Parrack, Inkyong, MD, McKinsey, James F., MD

“…Background Endovascular interventions are increasing; however, there are little data regarding outcomes of complex interventions involving the below-knee…”
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Predictive value of negative initial postoperative imaging after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair by Gill, Heather L., MD, Ladowski, Stephanie, MD, Sudarshan, Monisha, MD, Mackenzie, Kent S., MD, Corriveau, Marc M., MD, Abraham, Cherrie Z., MD, Obrand, Daniel I., MD, Steinmetz, Oren K., MD

“…Objective The risk of endoleak and reintervention after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair necessitates lifelong surveillance, which has associated…”
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Infraclavicular first rib resection for the treatment of acute venous thoracic outlet syndrome by Siracuse, Jeffrey J., MD, Johnston, Paul C., MD, Jones, Douglas W., MD, Gill, Heather L., MD, Connolly, Peter H., MD, Meltzer, Andrew J., MD, Schneider, Darren B., MD

“…Objective Venous thoracic outlet syndrome (VTOS) is most commonly treated by transaxillary, supraclavicular, or paraclavicular approaches, based on surgeon…”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the impact of obesity on outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment by Naiem, Ahmed A., Kim, Angela Y., Mahmoud, Ibtisam, Gill, Heather L.

“…We sought to evaluate the impact of obesity on perioperative mortality and complication rates in patients undergoing endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) and open…”
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Scoping review of frailty in vascular surgery by Drudi, Laura M., Ades, Matthew, Landry, Tara, Gill, Heather L., Grenon, S. Marlene, Steinmetz, Oren K., Afilalo, Jonathan

“…This review sought to describe the current state of knowledge of the impact of frailty on perioperative clinical outcomes in patients undergoing vascular…”
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Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2022 Guidelines for Peripheral Arterial Disease by Abramson, Beth L., Al-Omran, Mohammed, Anand, Sonia S., Albalawi, Zaina, Coutinho, Thais, de Mestral, Charles, Dubois, Luc, Gill, Heather L., Greco, Elisa, Guzman, Randolph, Herman, Christine, Hussain, Mohamad A., Huckell, Victor F., Jetty, Prasad, Kaplovitch, Eric, Karlstedt, Erin, Kayssi, Ahmed, Lindsay, Thomas, Mancini, G.B John, McClure, Graham, McMurtry, M. Sean, Mir, Hassan, Nagpal, Sudhir, Nault, Patrice, Nguyen, Thang, Petrasek, Paul, Rannelli, Luke, Roberts, Derek J., Roussin, Andre, Saw, Jacqueline, Srivaratharajah, Kajenny, Stone, James, Szalay, David, Wan, Darryl, Cox, Heather, Verma, Subodh, Virani, Sean

“…Patients with widespread atherosclerosis such as peripheral artery disease (PAD) have a high risk of cardiovascular and limb symptoms and complications, which…”
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Combined Exercise and Nutrition Optimization for Peripheral Arterial Disease: A Systematic Review by Coca-Martinez, Miquel, Kinio, Anna, Hales, Lindsay, Carli, Francesco, Gill, Heather L.

“…Patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who suffer from claudication have a low exercise capacity, poor quality of life, and often severe disability…”
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Severe inframalleolar disease is an independent predictor of adverse limb outcomes after endovascular revascularization in chronic limb-threatening ischemia by Naiem, Ahmed A., Bergeron, Ariane, MacKenzie, Kent S., Obrand, Daniel I., Steinmetz, Oren K., Bayne, Jason P., Gill, Heather L., Girsowicz, Elie

“…In the present study, we evaluated the effects of inframalleolar (IM) disease on the occurrence of major adverse limb events (MALE) in patients undergoing…”
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Efficacy of Strategies Intended to Prevent Surgical Site Infection After Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Kirkham, Aidan M., Candeliere, Jasmine, McIsaac, Daniel I., Stelfox, Henry T., Dubois, Luc, Gill, Heather L., Brandys, Timothy, Nagpal, Sudhir K., Roberts, Derek J.

“…The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of strategies intended to prevent surgical site infection (SSI) after lower limb revascularization…”
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Perioperative Glycemic Surveillance and Control—Current Practices, Efficacy and Impact on Postoperative Outcomes following Infrainguinal Vascular Intervention by Kinio, Anna E., Gold, Morgan, Doonan, Robert James, Steinmetz, Oren, Mackenzie, Kent, Obrand, Daniel, Girsowicz, Elie, Bayne, Jason, Gill, Heather L.

“…Perioperative glycemic control plays a pivotal role in improving postsurgical outcomes. Hyperglycemia occurs frequently in surgical patients and has been…”
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Long-term survival after endovascular and open repair in patients with anatomy outside instructions for use criteria for endovascular aneurysm repair by Charbonneau, Philippe, Hongku, Kiattisak, Herman, Christine R., Habib, Mohammed, Girsowicz, Elie, Doonan, Robert J., Dubois, Luc, Hossain, Sajjid, Gill, Heather L., Mackenzie, Kent S., Bayne, Jason P., Obrand, Daniel, Steinmetz, Oren K.

“…Randomized controlled trials of long-term survival for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms have compared open surgical repair (OSR) with endovascular…”
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Mortality and Major Adverse Events Improve With Increased Institutional Experience for Fenestrated and Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair by Doonan, Robert-James, Bin-Ayeed, Saad, Charbonneau, Philippe, Hongku, Kiattisak, Mackenzie, Kent, Steinmetz, Oren, Bayne, Jason, Abraham, Cherrie, Obrand, Daniel, Girsowicz, Elie, Gill, Heather L.

“…Objective: Our objective was to evaluate temporal trends in outcomes at our institution in the context a more heterogenous application of fenestrated/branched…”
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