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The Enhancing Secondary Prevention in Coronary Artery Disease trial.

McAlister FA, Fradette M, Majumdar SR, Williams R, Graham M, McMeekin J, Ghali WA, Tsuyuki RT, Grimshaw J.

CMAJ. 2009 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19933787 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Physician wellness: a missing quality indicator.

Wallace JE, Lemaire JB, Ghali WA.

Lancet. 2009 Nov 14;374(9702):1714-21.PMID: 19914516 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Comparison of distance measures in spatial analytical modeling for health service planning.

Shahid R, Bertazzon S, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Nov 6;9:200.PMID: 19895692 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Validation of a case definition to define hypertension using administrative data.

Quan H, Khan N, Hemmelgarn BR, Tu K, Chen G, Campbell N, Hill MD, Ghali WA, McAlister FA; Hypertension Outcome and Surveillance Team of the Canadian Hypertension Education Programs.

Hypertension. 2009 Dec;54(6):1423-8. Epub 2009 Oct 26.PMID: 19858407 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Drug-eluting stents: a study of international practice.

Austin D, Oldroyd KG, Holmes DR Jr, Rihal CS, Galbraith PD, Ghali WA, Legrand V, Taeymans Y, McConnachie A, Pell JP; APPROACH Investigators; Belgian Working Group on Invasive Cardiology; Mayo Clinic PCI Registry; Scottish Coronary Revascularisation Registry.

Am Heart J. 2009 Oct;158(4):576-84.PMID: 19781417 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Risk-taking attitudes and their association with process and outcomes of cardiac care: a cohort study.

King KM, Norris CM, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA.

BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2009 Aug 6;9:36.PMID: 19660137 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Rapid evaluation after high-risk TIA is associated with lower stroke risk.

Wu CM, Manns BJ, Hill MD, Ghali WA, Donaldson C, Buchan AM.

Can J Neurol Sci. 2009 Jul;36(4):450-5.PMID: 19650355 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lay media reporting of rosiglitazone risk: extent, messaging and quality of reporting.

Rabi DM, Lewin AM, Brown GE, Edwards AL, Johnson JA, Ghali WA.

Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2009 Jul 24;8:40. Review.PMID: 19630978 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Explicit risk in acute coronary syndrome management.

Knudtson ML, Norris CM, Galbraith PD, Hubacek J, Ghali WA.

Can J Cardiol. 2009 Jun;25 Suppl A:29A-36A. Review.PMID: 19521571 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring and reporting on quality in health care: a framework and road map for improving care.

Brien SE, Dixon E, Ghali WA.

J Surg Oncol. 2009 Jun 15;99(8):462-6. Review.PMID: 19466720 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Recurrent cerebral ischemia in medically treated patent foramen ovale: a meta-analysis.

Almekhlafi MA, Wilton SB, Rabi DM, Ghali WA, Lorenzetti DL, Hill MD.

Neurology. 2009 Jul 14;73(2):89-97. Epub 2009 May 13. Review.PMID: 19439720 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Application of patient safety indicators internationally: a pilot study among seven countries.

Drösler SE, Klazinga NS, Romano PS, Tancredi DJ, Gogorcena Aoiz MA, Hewitt MC, Scobie S, Soop M, Wen E, Quan H, Ghali WA, Mattke S, Kelley E.

Int J Qual Health Care. 2009 Aug;21(4):272-8. Epub 2009 Apr 24.PMID: 19395469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

HDL cholesterol and cardiovascular risk.

Ghali WA, Rodondi N.

BMJ. 2009 Feb 16;338:a3065. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a3065. No abstract available. PMID: 19221138 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Audit of the consultation process on general internal medicine services.

Conley J, Jordan M, Ghali WA.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2009 Feb;18(1):59-62.PMID: 19204134 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Elevated body mass index and use of coronary revascularization after cardiac catheterization.

King KM, Southern DA, Cornuz J, Maitland A, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA.

Am J Med. 2009 Mar;122(3):273-80. Epub 2009 Jan 23.PMID: 19167691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Long-term outcomes of patients receiving drug-eluting stents.

Philpott AC, Southern DA, Clement FM, Galbraith PD, Traboulsi M, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA; APPROACH Investigators.

CMAJ. 2009 Jan 20;180(2):167-74. Epub 2008 Dec 18.PMID: 19095719 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Access to health care among status Aboriginal people with chronic kidney disease.

Gao S, Manns BJ, Culleton BF, Tonelli M, Quan H, Crowshoe L, Ghali WA, Svenson LW, Ahmed S, Hemmelgarn BR; Alberta Kidney Disease Network.

CMAJ. 2008 Nov 4;179(10):1007-12.PMID: 18981441 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Consultation patterns and clinical correlates of consultation in a tertiary care setting.

Jordan MR, Conley J, Ghali WA.

BMC Res Notes. 2008 Oct 28;1:96.PMID: 18957100 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Predicting patient complaints in hospital settings.

Kline TJ, Willness C, Ghali WA.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2008 Oct;17(5):346-50.PMID: 18842973 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patient sex does not modify ejection fraction as a predictor of death in heart failure: insights from the APPROACH cohort.

Schmaltz HN, Southern DA, Maxwell CJ, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA; APPROACH Investigators.

J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Dec;23(12):1940-6. Epub 2008 Oct 2.PMID: 18830763 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Recent trends of hepatic resection in Canada: 1995-2004.

McColl RJ, You X, Ghali WA, Kaplan G, Myers R, Dixon E.

J Gastrointest Surg. 2008 Nov;12(11):1839-46; discussion 1846. Epub 2008 Sep 11.PMID: 18784968 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Assessing validity of ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 administrative data in recording clinical conditions in a unique dually coded database.

Quan H, Li B, Saunders LD, Parsons GA, Nilsson CI, Alibhai A, Ghali WA; IMECCHI Investigators.

Health Serv Res. 2008 Aug;43(4):1424-41.PMID: 18756617 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sampling 'hard-to-reach' populations in health research: yield from a study targeting Americans living in Canada.

Southern DA, Lewis S, Maxwell CJ, Dunn JR, Noseworthy TW, Corbett G, Thomas K, Ghali WA.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008 Aug 18;8:57.PMID: 18710574 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

CIHI's hospital standardized mortality ratio: friend or foe?

Brien SE, Ghali WA.

Healthc Pap. 2008;8(4):57-61; discussion 69-75.PMID: 18667873 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Should all patients with asymptomatic but significant (>50%) left main coronary artery stenosis undergo surgical revascularization?

Gyenes GT, Ghali WA.

Circulation. 2008 Jul 22;118(4):422-5. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 18645068 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The impact of using different costing methods on the results of an economic evaluation of cardiac care: microcosting vs gross-costing approaches.

Clement Nee Shrive FM, Ghali WA, Donaldson C, Manns BJ.

Health Econ. 2009 Apr;18(4):377-88.PMID: 18615835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Efficacy of in-hospital multidimensional interventions of secondary prevention after acute coronary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Auer R, Gaume J, Rodondi N, Cornuz J, Ghali WA.

Circulation. 2008 Jun 17;117(24):3109-17. Epub 2008 Jun 9. Review.PMID: 18541742 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effectiveness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-management programs: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Peytremann-Bridevaux I, Staeger P, Bridevaux PO, Ghali WA, Burnand B.

Am J Med. 2008 May;121(5):433-443.e4. Review.PMID: 18456040 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does surgeon fatigue influence outcomes after anterior resection for rectal cancer?

Schieman C, MacLean AR, Buie WD, Rudmik LR, Ghali WA, Dixon E.

Am J Surg. 2008 May;195(5):684-7; discussion 687-8.PMID: 18424289 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The efficacy of pharmacotherapy for decreasing the expansion rate of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Guessous I, Periard D, Lorenzetti D, Cornuz J, Ghali WA.

PLoS One. 2008 Mar 26;3(3):e1895. Review.PMID: 18365027 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Outcomes of revascularization strategies for two-vessel coronary artery disease involving the proximal left anterior descending artery in an era of improved pharmacotherapy and stenting.

Hubacek J, Kalla S, Galbraith PD, Graham MM, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA.

Can J Cardiol. 2008 Feb;24(2):121-6.PMID: 18273485 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Feasibility of determining myocardial infarction type from medical record review.

Woo KS, Ghali WA, Southern DA, Tu JV, Parsons G, Graham MM.

Can J Cardiol. 2008 Feb;24(2):115-7.PMID: 18273483 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Determinants of adverse events in hospitals--the potential role of patient safety culture.

Kline TJ, Willness C, Ghali WA.

J Healthc Qual. 2008 Jan-Feb;30(1):11-7.PMID: 18257452 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lower extremity peripheral arterial disease in individuals with coronary artery disease: prognostic importance, care gaps, and impact of therapy.

Makowsky MJ, McAlister FA, Galbraith PD, Southern DA, Ghali WA, Knudtson ML, Tsuyuki RT; Alberta Provincial Program for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) Investigators.

Am Heart J. 2008 Feb;155(2):348-55. Epub 2007 Oct 25.PMID: 18215607 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An administrative data merging solution for dealing with missing data in a clinical registry: adaptation from ICD-9 to ICD-10.

Southern DA, Norris CM, Quan H, Shrive FM, Galbraith PD, Humphries K, Gao M, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA; APPROACH Investigators.

BMC Med Res Methodol. 2008 Jan 23;8:1.PMID: 18215293 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Active smoking and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Willi C, Bodenmann P, Ghali WA, Faris PD, Cornuz J.

JAMA. 2007 Dec 12;298(22):2654-64. Review.PMID: 18073361 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Early risk of stroke after transient ischemic attack: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Wu CM, McLaughlin K, Lorenzetti DL, Hill MD, Manns BJ, Ghali WA.

Arch Intern Med. 2007 Dec 10;167(22):2417-22. Review.PMID: 18071162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Coronary dominance and prognosis of patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Goldberg A, Southern DA, Galbraith PD, Traboulsi M, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA; Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) Investigators.

Am Heart J. 2007 Dec;154(6):1116-22. Epub 2007 Oct 24.PMID: 18035084 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cross-national comparative performance of three versions of the ICD-10 Charlson index.

Sundararajan V, Quan H, Halfon P, Fushimi K, Luthi JC, Burnand B, Ghali WA; International Methodology Consortium for Coded Health Information (IMECCHI).

Med Care. 2007 Dec;45(12):1210-5.PMID: 18007172 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and survival among aboriginal people.

Gao S, Manns BJ, Culleton BF, Tonelli M, Quan H, Crowshoe L, Ghali WA, Svenson LW, Hemmelgarn BR; Alberta Kidney Disease Network.

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Nov;18(11):2953-9. Epub 2007 Oct 17.PMID: 17942955 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Determining geographic areas and populations with timely access to cardiac catheterization facilities for acute myocardial infarction care in Alberta, Canada.

Patel AB, Waters NM, Ghali WA.

Int J Health Geogr. 2007 Oct 16;6:47.PMID: 17939870 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Real-world replication of randomized controlled trial results for carotid endarterectomy.

Feasby TE, Kennedy J, Quan H, Girard L, Ghali WA.

Arch Neurol. 2007 Oct;64(10):1496-500.PMID: 17923633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Patient satisfaction: evaluating the success of hospital ward redesign.

Kline TJ, Baylis BW, Chatur F, Morrison SA, White DE, Flin RH, Ghali WA.

J Healthc Qual. 2007 May-Jun;29(3):44-9.PMID: 17708333 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Mitral insufficiency and morbidity and mortality in left ventricular dysfunction.

Baskett RJ, Exner DV, Hirsch GM, Ghali WA.

Can J Cardiol. 2007 Aug;23(10):797-800.PMID: 17703258 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinical in-stent restenosis with bare metal stents: is it truly a benign phenomenon?

Bainey KR, Norris CM, Graham MM, Ghali WA, Knudtson ML, Welsh RC; APPROACH investigators.

Int J Cardiol. 2008 Aug 29;128(3):378-82. Epub 2007 Aug 8.PMID: 17689711 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Opinions on chelation therapy in patients undergoing coronary angiography: cross-sectional survey.

Quan H, Galbraith PD, Norris CM, Southern DA, King K, Verhoef MJ, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA.

Can J Cardiol. 2007 Jun;23(8):635-40.PMID: 17593988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Exploring the treatment-risk paradox in coronary disease.

McAlister FA, Oreopoulos A, Norris CM, Graham MM, Tsuyuki RT, Knudtson M, Ghali WA; Alberta Provincial Project for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease (APPROACH) Investigators.

Arch Intern Med. 2007 May 28;167(10):1019-25.PMID: 17533204 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Injury mortality rates in Native and non-Native children: a population-based study.

Harrop AR, Brant RF, Ghali WA, Macarthur C.

Public Health Rep. 2007 May-Jun;122(3):339-46.PMID: 17518305 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Lipid-lowering therapy and outcomes in heart failure.

Ray JG, Norris CM, Udell JA, Tsuyuki RT, McAlister FA, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA.

J Cardiovasc Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Mar;12(1):27-35.PMID: 17495255 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Glycemic control and use of the insulin sliding scale in hospitalized patients with diabetes.

Freedman RJ, Samson SL, Edwards AL, Schaefer JP, Southern DA, Quan H, Ghali WA.

J Healthc Qual. 2007 Mar-Apr;29(2):31-7.PMID: 17465168 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles