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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; for the Hypertension Outcome and Surveillance Team of the Canadian Hypertension Education Programs.

Hypertension. 2009 Dec;54(6):1423-1428. Epub 2009 Oct 26.PMID: 19858407 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

The relationship between body mass index, treatment, and mortality in patients with established coronary artery disease: a report from APPROACH.

Oreopoulos A, McAlister FA, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Padwal R, Ezekowitz JA, Sharma AM, Kovesdy CP, Fonarow GC, Norris CM.

Eur Heart J. 2009 Nov;30(21):2584-92. Epub 2009 Jul 16.PMID: 19617221 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Clinical practice guidelines and scientific evidence.

McAlister FA.

JAMA. 2009 Jul 8;302(2):142-3; author reply 145-6. No abstract available. PMID: 19584333 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Meta-analysis: beta-blocker dose, heart rate reduction, and death in patients with heart failure.

McAlister FA, Wiebe N, Ezekowitz JA, Leung AA, Armstrong PW.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jun 2;150(11):784-94.PMID: 19487713 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The impact of the Canadian Hypertension Education Programme in its first decade.

McAlister FA, Feldman RD, Wyard K, Brant R, Campbell NR; CHEP Outcomes Research Task Force.

Eur Heart J. 2009 Jun;30(12):1434-9. Epub 2009 May 19. No abstract available. PMID: 19454575 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

ACP Journal Club. Irbesartan did not reduce all-cause death or CV hospitalization in heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.

Ezekowitz JA, McAlister FA.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 May 19;150(10):JC5-10. No abstract available. PMID: 19451566 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

The 2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1--blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk.

Padwal RS, Hemmelgarn BR, Khan NA, Grover S, McKay DW, Wilson T, Penner B, Burgess E, McAlister FA, Bolli P, Hill MD, Mahon J, Myers MG, Abbott C, Schiffrin EL, Honos G, Mann K, Tremblay G, Milot A, Cloutier L, Chockalingam A, Rabkin SW, Dawes M, Touyz RM, Bell C, Burns KD, Ruzicka M, Campbell NR, Vallée M, Prasad R, Lebel M, Tobe SW; Canadian Hypertension Education Program.

Can J Cardiol. 2009 May;25(5):279-86. Review.PMID: 19417858 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations: the scientific summary--an annual update.

Campbell NR, Khan NA, Hill MD, Tremblay G, Lebel M, Kaczorowski J, McAlister FA, Lewanczuk RZ, Tobe S; Canadian Hypertension Education Program.

Can J Cardiol. 2009 May;25(5):271-7. Review.PMID: 19417857 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Patient and informal caregivers' knowledge of heart failure: necessary but insufficient for effective self-care.

Clark AM, Freydberg CN, McAlister FA, Tsuyuki RT, Armstrong PW, Strain LA.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2009 Jun;11(6):617-21. Epub 2009 May 4.PMID: 19414477 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

ACP Journal Club. Review: Statins are effective for prevention of cardiovascular events in patients without coronary heart disease.

McAlister FA.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Apr 21;150(8):JC4-5. No abstract available. PMID: 19391211 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

Risk of heart failure in patients with recent-onset type 2 diabetes: population-based cohort study.

Leung AA, Eurich DT, Lamb DA, Majumdar SR, Johnson JA, Blackburn DF, McAlister FA.

J Card Fail. 2009 Mar;15(2):152-7. Epub 2008 Nov 28.PMID: 19254675 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Preoperative statin use and infection after cardiac surgery: a cohort study.

Mohamed R, McAlister FA, Pretorius V, Kapoor AS, Majumdar SR, Ross DB, Norris CM; Alberta Provincial Program for Outcome Assessment in Coronary Heart Disease Investigators.

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Apr 1;48(7):e66-72.PMID: 19228110 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Postgame wrap of the ultimate blood pressure megatrial: did it score an ALLHAT trick or was it "three strikes and you're out?".

Feldman RD, McAlister FA.

Hypertension. 2009 Apr;53(4):595-7. Epub 2009 Feb 16. No abstract available. PMID: 19221209 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Metformin treatment in diabetes and heart failure: when academic equipoise meets clinical reality.

Eurich DT, Tsuyuki RT, Majumdar SR, McAlister FA, Lewanczuk R, Shibata MC, Johnson JA.

Trials. 2009 Feb 9;10:12.PMID: 19203392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Reducing costs and improving hypertension management.

Stankus V, Hemmelgarn B, Campbell NR, Chen G, McAlister FA, Tsuyuki RT.

Can J Clin Pharmacol. 2009 Winter;16(1):e151-5. Epub 2009 Feb 4.PMID: 19193969 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Declining in-hospital mortality and increasing heart failure incidence in elderly patients with first myocardial infarction.

Ezekowitz JA, Kaul P, Bakal JA, Armstrong PW, Welsh RC, McAlister FA.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Jan 6;53(1):13-20.PMID: 19118718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Increases in antihypertensive prescriptions and reductions in cardiovascular events in Canada.

Campbell NR, Brant R, Johansen H, Walker RL, Wielgosz A, Onysko J, Gao RN, Sambell C, Phillips S, McAlister FA; Canadian Hypertension Education Program Outcomes Research Task Force.

Hypertension. 2009 Feb;53(2):128-34. Epub 2008 Dec 29.PMID: 19114646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Aldosterone blockade and left ventricular dysfunction: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials.

Ezekowitz JA, McAlister FA.

Eur Heart J. 2009 Feb;30(4):469-77. Epub 2008 Dec 9. Review.PMID: 19066207 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Management of hypertension in elderly long-term care residents.

Tsuyuki RT, McLean DL, McAlister FA.

Can J Cardiol. 2008 Dec;24(12):912-4.PMID: 19052671 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A randomized trial of the effect of community pharmacist and nurse care on improving blood pressure management in patients with diabetes mellitus: study of cardiovascular risk intervention by pharmacists-hypertension (SCRIP-HTN).

McLean DL, McAlister FA, Johnson JA, King KM, Makowsky MJ, Jones CA, Tsuyuki RT; SCRIP-HTN Investigators.

Arch Intern Med. 2008 Nov 24;168(21):2355-61.PMID: 19029501 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Heart failure is a risk factor for orthopedic fracture: a population-based analysis of 16,294 patients.

van Diepen S, Majumdar SR, Bakal JA, McAlister FA, Ezekowitz JA.

Circulation. 2008 Nov 4;118(19):1946-52. Epub 2008 Oct 20.PMID: 18936331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The "number needed to treat" turns 20--and continues to be used and misused.

McAlister FA.

CMAJ. 2008 Sep 9;179(6):549-53. No abstract available. PMID: 18779528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure: a hammer in search of nails.

McAlister FA.

Circulation. 2008 Aug 26;118(9):901-3. No abstract available. PMID: 18725501 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The ankle-to-arm blood pressure index predicts risk of cardiac complications after noncardiac surgery.

Fisher BW, Ramsay G, Majumdar SR, Hrazdil CT, Finegan BA, Padwal RS, McAlister FA.

Anesth Analg. 2008 Jul;107(1):149-54.PMID: 18635481 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Body mass index and mortality in heart failure: a meta-analysis.

Oreopoulos A, Padwal R, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Fonarow GC, Norris CM, McAlister FA.

Am Heart J. 2008 Jul;156(1):13-22. Review.PMID: 18585492 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comparison of one-year outcome (death and rehospitalization) in hospitalized heart failure patients with left ventricular ejection fraction >50% versus those with ejection fraction <50%.

Ezekowitz JA, Lee DS, Tu JV, Newman AM, McAlister FA.

Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jul 1;102(1):79-83. Epub 2008 May 9.PMID: 18572040 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of invasive coronary revascularization in acute myocardial infarction on subsequent death rate and frequency of chronic heart failure.

McAlister FA, Quan H, Fong A, Jin Y, Cujec B, Johnson D.

Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jul 1;102(1):1-5. Epub 2008 Apr 16.PMID: 18572027 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with oral agent monotherapy.

McAlister FA, Eurich DT, Majumdar SR, Johnson JA.

Eur J Heart Fail. 2008 Jul;10(7):703-8. Epub 2008 Jun 19.PMID: 18571471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trends in antihypertensive drug prescriptions and physician visits in Canada between 1996 and 2006.

Hemmelgarn BR, Chen G, Walker R, McAlister FA, Quan H, Tu K, Khan N, Campbell N.

Can J Cardiol. 2008 Jun;24(6):507-12.PMID: 18548150 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 2 - therapy.

Khan NA, Hemmelgarn B, Herman RJ, Rabkin SW, McAlister FA, Bell CM, Touyz RM, Padwal R, Leiter LA, Mahon JL, Hill MD, Larochelle P, Feldman RD, Schiffrin EL, Campbell NR, Arnold MO, Moe G, Campbell TS, Milot A, Stone JA, Jones C, Ogilvie RI, Hamet P, Fodor G, Carruthers G, Burns KD, Ruzicka M, dechamplain J, Pylypchuk G, Petrella R, Boulanger JM, Trudeau L, Hegele RA, Woo V, McFarlane P, Vallée M, Howlett J, Katzmarzyk P, Tobe S, Lewanczuk RZ; Canadian Hypertension Education Program.

Can J Cardiol. 2008 Jun;24(6):465-75. Review.PMID: 18548143 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1 - blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk.

Padwal RJ, Hemmelgarn BR, Khan NA, Grover S, McAlister FA, McKay DW, Wilson T, Penner B, Burgess E, Bolli P, Hill MD, Mahon J, Myers MG, Abbott C, Schiffrin EL, Honos G, Mann K, Tremblay G, Milot A, Cloutier L, Chockalingam A, Rabkin SW, Dawes MD, Touyz RM, Bell C, Burns KD, Ruzicka M, Campbell NR, Lebel M, Tobe SW; Canadian Hypertension Education Program.

Can J Cardiol. 2008 Jun;24(6):455-63. Review.PMID: 18548142 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pharmacist care of patients with heart failure: a systematic review of randomized trials.

Koshman SL, Charrois TL, Simpson SH, McAlister FA, Tsuyuki RT.

Arch Intern Med. 2008 Apr 14;168(7):687-94. Review.PMID: 18413550 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The efficacy and safety of intensive statin therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Josan K, Majumdar SR, McAlister FA.

CMAJ. 2008 Feb 26;178(5):576-84.PMID: 18299547 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Multifaceted intervention to improve diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in patients with recent wrist fracture: a randomized controlled trial.

Majumdar SR, Johnson JA, McAlister FA, Bellerose D, Russell AS, Hanley DA, Morrish DW, Maksymowych WP, Rowe BH.

CMAJ. 2008 Feb 26;178(5):569-75.PMID: 18299546 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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

Cholesterol lowering for secondary prevention: what statin dose should we use?

Josan K, McAlister FA.

Vasc Health Risk Manag. 2007;3(5):615-27. Review.PMID: 18078013 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Device therapy in heart failure.

McAlister FA.

BMJ. 2007 Nov 3;335(7626):895-6. Epub 2007 Oct 11. No abstract available. PMID: 17932159 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rebuttal: Do beta-blockers have a role in treating hypertension? Yes.

Khan N, McAlister FA.

Can Fam Physician. 2007 May;53(5):800-3. Review. English, French. No abstract available. PMID: 17872734 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Do beta-blockers have a role in treating hypertension? Yes.

Khan N, McAlister FA.

Can Fam Physician. 2007 Apr;53(4):614-21. Review. English, French. No abstract available. PMID: 17872702 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cardiac resynchronization therapy and implantable cardiac defibrillators in left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

McAlister FA, Ezekowitz J, Dryden DM, Hooton N, Vandermeer B, Friesen C, Spooner C, Rowe BH.

Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep). 2007 Jun;(152):1-199. Review.PMID: 17764218 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Benefits and harms of antidiabetic agents in patients with diabetes and heart failure: systematic review.

Eurich DT, McAlister FA, Blackburn DF, Majumdar SR, Tsuyuki RT, Varney J, Johnson JA.

BMJ. 2007 Sep 8;335(7618):497. Epub 2007 Aug 30. Review.PMID: 17761999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Systematic review: implantable cardioverter defibrillators for adults with left ventricular systolic dysfunction.

Ezekowitz JA, Rowe BH, Dryden DM, Hooton N, Vandermeer B, Spooner C, McAlister FA.

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Aug 21;147(4):251-62. Review.PMID: 17709759 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Polytherapy with two or more antihypertensive drugs to lower blood pressure in elderly Ontarians. Room for improvement.

Campbell NR, McAlister FA, Duong-Hua M, Tu K.

Can J Cardiol. 2007 Aug;23(10):783-7.PMID: 17703255 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

How evidence-based are the recommendations in evidence-based guidelines?

McAlister FA, van Diepen S, Padwal RS, Johnson JA, Majumdar SR.

PLoS Med. 2007 Aug;4(8):e250.PMID: 17683197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Secondary prevention programmes for coronary heart disease: a meta-regression showing the merits of shorter, generalist, primary care-based interventions.

Clark AM, Hartling L, Vandermeer B, Lissel SL, McAlister FA.

Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007 Aug;14(4):538-46.PMID: 17667645 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A meta-analysis of the effect of exercise training on left ventricular remodeling in heart failure patients: the benefit depends on the type of training performed.

Haykowsky MJ, Liang Y, Pechter D, Jones LW, McAlister FA, Clark AM.

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Jun 19;49(24):2329-36. Epub 2007 Jun 4.PMID: 17572248 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a systematic review.

McAlister FA, Ezekowitz J, Hooton N, Vandermeer B, Spooner C, Dryden DM, Page RL, Hlatky MA, Rowe BH.

JAMA. 2007 Jun 13;297(22):2502-14. Review.PMID: 17565085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 2 - therapy.

Khan NA, Hemmelgarn B, Padwal R, Larochelle P, Mahon JL, Lewanczuk RZ, McAlister FA, Rabkin SW, Hill MD, Feldman RD, Schiffrin EL, Campbell NR, Logan AG, Arnold M, Moe G, Campbell TS, Milot A, Stone JA, Jones C, Leiter LA, Ogilvie RI, Herman RJ, Hamet P, Fodor G, Carruthers G, Culleton B, Burns KD, Ruzicka M, deChamplain J, Pylypchuk G, Gledhill N, Petrella R, Boulanger JM, Trudeau L, Hegele RA, Woo V, McFarlane P, Touyz RM, Tobe SW; Canadian Hypertension Education Program.

Can J Cardiol. 2007 May 15;23(7):539-50.PMID: 17534460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 1- blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk.

Padwal RS, Hemmelgarn BR, McAlister FA, McKay DW, Grover S, Wilson T, Penner B, Burgess E, Bolli P, Hill M, Mahon J, Myers MG, Abbott C, Schiffrin EL, Honos G, Mann K, Tremblay G, Milot A, Cloutier L, Chockalingam A, Khan NA, Rabkin SW, Dawes M, Touyz RM, Tobe SW; Canadian Hypertension Education Program.

Can J Cardiol. 2007 May 15;23(7):529-38.PMID: 17534459 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Can a network meta-analysis be used to determine the effect of antihypertensive drugs on the risk of incident diabetes?

McAlister FA.

Nat Clin Pract Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jul;3(7):516-7. Epub 2007 May 29. No abstract available. PMID: 17534271 [PubMed]Related articles