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Canadian Cardiovascular Society Quality Indicators for Heart Failure by McKelvie, Robert S., MD, PhD, FRCPC, Heckman, George A., MD, MSc, FRCPC, Blais, Claudia, PhD, Cox, Jafna L., BA, MD, FRCPC, FACC, Ezekowitz, Justin A., MB, BCh, MSc, FRCPC, Gong, Yanyan, MSc, Harkness, Karen, RN, PhD, Moe, Gordon, MD, FRCPC, Dai, Sulan, MD, PhD, Dorian, Paul, MD FRCPC, Johnstone, David E., MD, FRCPC, FACC (retired), McGeachie, Erin C., BAH, Tu, Jack V., MD, PhD, Lambert, Laurie J., PhD

“…Abstract A working group was convened by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) in 2010 to identify quality indicators (QIs) for heart failure (HF). Using…”
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Pan-Canadian Cardiovascular Data Definitions and Quality Indicators: A Status Update by Johnstone, David E., MD, FRCPC, FACC, Buller, Christopher E., MD, FRCPC, FACC

“…Abstract After the 2009 publication of Building a Heart Healthy Canada , the Canadian Cardiovascular Society was commissioned to address a long-standing…”
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Obesity-induced lysine acetylation increases cardiac fatty acid oxidation and impairs insulin signalling by Alrob, Osama Abo, Sankaralingam, Sowndramalingam, Ma, Cary, Wagg, Cory S, Fillmore, Natasha, Jaswal, Jagdip S, Sack, Michael N, Lehner, Richard, Gupta, Mahesh P, Michelakis, Evangelos D, Padwal, Raj S, Johnstone, David E, Sharma, Arya M, Lopaschuk, Gary D

“…Lysine acetylation is a novel post-translational pathway that regulates the activities of enzymes involved in both fatty acid and glucose metabolism. We…”
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Heart failure clinics are associated with clinical benefit in both tertiary and community care settings: Data from the Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes in Nova Scotia (ICONS) registry by Howlett, Jonathan G., MD FRCPC FACC FSCAI, Elizabeth Mann, O., MD FRCPC, Baillie, Robert, MD FRCPC, Hatheway, Ronald, MD FRCPC, Svendsen, Anna, BN MSN, Benoit, Rosalind, BN MSN, Ferguson, Carol, RN BHScN, Wheatley, Marlene, RN BHScN, Johnstone, David E., MD FRCPC FACC, Cox, Jafna L., MD FRCPC FACC

“…Background Heart failure (HF) clinics are known to improve outcomes of patients with HF. Studies have been limited to single, usually tertiary centres whose…”
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Weight loss enhances cardiac energy metabolism and function in heart failure associated with obesity by Karwi, Qutuba G., Zhang, Liyan, Altamimi, Tariq R., Wagg, Cory S., Patel, Vaibhav, Uddin, Golam M., Joerg, Alice R., Padwal, Raj S., Johnstone, David E., Sharma, Arya, Oudit, Gavin Y., Lopaschuk, Gary D.

“…Aims Obesity is associated with high rates of cardiac fatty acid oxidation, low rates of glucose oxidation, cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Whether…”
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Something Old Holds Potential to Be Something New in Heart Failure: Allopurinol Revisited by Jaswal, Jagdip S., PhD, Ussher, John R., PhD, Lopaschuk, Gary D., PhD, FRSC, Johnstone, David E., MD, FRCPC, FACC

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Lowering body weight in obese mice with diastolic heart failure improves cardiac insulin sensitivity and function: implications for the obesity paradox by Sankaralingam, Sowndramalingam, Abo Alrob, Osama, Zhang, Liyan, Jaswal, Jagdip S, Wagg, Cory S, Fukushima, Arata, Padwal, Raj S, Johnstone, David E, Sharma, Arya M, Lopaschuk, Gary D

“…Recent studies suggest improved outcomes and survival in obese heart failure patients (i.e., the obesity paradox), although obesity and heart failure…”
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The Effect of Spironolactone Use on Heart Failure Mortality: A Population-Based Study by Ouzounian, Maral, MD, Hassan, Ansar, MD, Cox, Jafna L., MD, FRCPC, FACC, Johnstone, David E., MD, FRCPC, FACC, Howlett, Jonathan, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FSCAI

“…Abstract Background Spironolactone use for heart failure (HF) has increased dramatically after the publication of the Randomized Aldactone Evaluation Study…”
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Relationship of the Glu298Asp polymorphism of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene and early-onset coronary artery disease by Nassar, Bassam A., Bevin, Lisa D., Johnstone, David E., O'Neill, Blair J., Bata, Iqbal R., Kirkland, Susan A., Title, Lawrence M.

“…Background The Glu298Asp polymorphism of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) gene has been associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in some but not…”
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Canadian Cardiovascular Society consensus conference recommendations on heart failure 2006: Diagnosis and management by Arnold, J. Malcolm O., Liu, Peter, Demers, Catherine, Dorian, Paul, Giannetti, Nadia, Haddad, Haissam, Heckman, George A., Howlett, Jonathan G., Ignaszewski, Andrew, Johnstone, David E., Jong, Philip, McKelvie, Robert S., Moe, Gordon W., Parker, John D., Rao, Vivek, Ross, Heather J., Sequeira, Errol J., Svendsen, Anna M., Teo, Koon, Tsuyuki, Ross T., White, Michel

“…Heart failure remains a common diagnosis, especially in older individuals. It continues to be associated with significant morbidity and mortality, but major…”
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Use of complementary and alternative medical therapies in patients with cardiovascular disease by Wood, Malissa J, Stewart, Robert L, Merry, Heather, Johnstone, David E, Cox, Jafna L

“…Complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies are becoming increasingly popular, yet little information is available about the prevalence and patterns…”
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Prognostic significance of plasma norepinephrine in patients with asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction by BENEDICT, C. R, SHELTON, B, JOHNSTONE, D. E, FRANCIS, G, GREENBERG, B, KONSTAM, M, PROBSTFIELD, J. L, YUSUF, S

“…Background Elevated plasma neurohormonal levels are associated with increased mortality rates in patients with symptomatic heart failure. A previous Studies of…”
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Relation of genetic polymorphisms of apolipoprotein E, angiotensin converting enzyme, apolipoprotein B-100, and glycoprotein IIIa and early-onset coronary heart disease by Nassar, Bassam A, Dunn, Jeremy, Title, Lawrence M, O’Neill, Blair J, Kirkland, Susan A, Zayed, Ekram, Bata, Iqbal R, Cantrill, Richard C, Johnstone, Jenny, Dempsey, Gale I, Tan, Meng-Hee, Breckenridge, W.Carl, Johnstone, David E

“…Objective: Apolipoprotein E (APOE) E4, apolipoprotein B-100 ( APOB) Q3611 allele, the angiotensin converting enzyme ( ACE) deletion (D) allele and glycoprotein…”
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Relation of a Common Mutation in Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase to Plasma Homocysteine and Early Onset Coronary Artery Disease by Dunn, Jeremy, Title, Lawrence M, Bata, Iqbal, Johnstone, David E, Kirkland, Susan A, O’Neill, Blair J, Zayed, Ekram, MacDonald, Michael C, Dempsey, Gale I, Nassar, Bassam A

“…Objective: In the presence of low serum folate, mutant 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR+ [A223V/C677T]) in the homozygous state (+/+), may…”
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Undocumented patient information: an impediment to quality of care by Cox, Jafna L, Zitner, David, Courtney, Krista D, MacDonald, Dara Lee, Paterson, Grace, Cochrane, Bonnie, Mathers, Jim, Merry, Heather, Flowerdew, Gordon, Johnstone, David E

“…Poor documentation in medical records might reduce the quality of care and undermine analyses based on retrospective chart reviews. We assessed the…”
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Natural history and patterns of current practice in heart failure by Bourassa, Martial G., Gurné, Olivier, Bangdiwala, Shrikant I., Ghali, Jalal K., Young, James B., Rousseau, Michel, Johnstone, David E., Yusuf, Salim

“…A total of 6,273 consecutive relatively unselected patients with heart failure or left ventricular dysfunction, or both (mean age 62 ± 12 years, mean ejection…”
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Waiting for cardiac surgery: results of a risk-stratified queuing process by Ray, A A, Buth, K J, Sullivan, J A, Johnstone, D E, Hirsch, G M

“…The Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre uses a weekly peer-review conference of cardiovascular experts to prioritize each surgical case to 1 of 4 queues…”
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Relation of neurohumoral activation to clinical variables and degree of ventricular dysfunction: A report from the registry of studies of left ventricular dysfunction by Benedict, Claude R., Johnstone, David E., Weiner, Debra H., Bourassa, Martial G., Bittner, Vera, Kay, Richard, Kirlin, Philip, Greenberg, Barry, Kohn, Robert M., Nicklas, John M., McIntyre, Kevin, Quinones, Miguel A., Yusuf, Salim

“…Objectives. This study examined the relation between neurohumoral activation and severity of left ventricular dysfunction and congestive heart failure in a…”
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Effect of long-term enalapril therapy on neurohormones in patients with left ventricular dysfunction by Benedict, Claude R., Francis, Gary S., Shelton, Brent, Johnstone, David E., Kubo, Spencer H., Kirlin, Phillip, Nicklas, John, Liang, Chang-Seng, Konstam, Marvin A., Greenberg, Barry, Yusuf, Salim, The SOLVD Investigators

“…The aim of this study was to compare the long-term effects of treatment with enalapril or placebo on plasma neurohormones in patients with left ventricular…”
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Trends in event rate and case fatality of patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction between 1984 and 2001 by Cox, Jafna L, Bata, Iqbal R, Gregor, Ronald D, Johnstone, David E, Wolf, Hermann K

“…Between 1984 and 1993, prevalence and case fatality of hospitalized acute myocardial infarction (AMI) had declined in the population of Halifax County. We…”
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