37 results match your criteria: "Canada (P.J.D.); and the Population Health Research Institute[Affiliation]"
Colchicine in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
N Engl J Med
November 2024
From the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University (S.S.J., M.-A.E., S.F.L., R. Mian, J.T., S.R.M., P.J.D., J.E., T.S., D.C., S.T., S.Y.), and Hamilton Health Sciences (S.S.J., M.-A.E., S.F.L., R. Mian, S.R.M., P.J.D., J.E., T.S., D.C.), Hamilton, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (M.-A.E.), the University of British Columbia and Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver (J.A.C.), the Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (W.T.), and London Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London (S.L.) - all in Canada; the University Clinic of Cardiology, Medical Faculty, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, North Macedonia (S.K., B.Z.); Sorbonne University, ACTION Study Group, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris (G.M.); the Dutch Network for Cardiovascular Research, Utrecht, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, and Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar - all in the Netherlands (J.H.C.); the University Clinical Center of Serbia and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade (G.S.); the Cardiology Department, University Hospital La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid (R. Moreno); NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Sheffield - both in Sheffield, United Kingdom (R.F.S.); the Caril and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, Christ Hospital Health Network, Cincinnati (T.D.H.); the Cardiology Division, Heart Center, Luzerner Kantonsspital, and the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland (M.B.); University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic (P.K.); the Department of Cardiology, Peninsula Health, Frankston, VIC, and Peninsula Clinical School, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC - both in Australia (J.L.); the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and the Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York (B.S.); and B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal (S.K.S.).
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 7062 patients participated, and the results showed no significant difference in primary cardiovascular outcomes between the colchicine group (9.1%) and the placebo group (9.3%) over a 3-year follow-up period.
- * Colchicine did lower C-reactive protein levels, indicating some anti-inflammatory effect, but it also caused more diarrhea compared to placebo, though serious infections were similar in both groups.
Routine Spironolactone in Acute Myocardial Infarction.
N Engl J Med
November 2024
From the Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University (S.S.J., M.-A.E., S.F.L., R. Mian, J.T., S.R.M., P.J.D., J.E., M.K.N., J.D.S., D.C., S.T., S.Y.), and Hamilton Health Sciences (S.S.J., M.-A.E., S.F.L., R. Mian, S.R.M., P.J.D., J.E., M.K.N., J.D.S., D.C.), Hamilton, ON, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC (M.-A.E.), the University of British Columbia and Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation, Vancouver Coastal Health, Vancouver (J.A.C.), the Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Moose Jaw (W.T.), London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, London (S.L.), Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, University of Toronto, Toronto (W.J.C.), Quebec Heart-Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec, QC (O.F.B.), and St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, ON (A.P.) - all in Canada; the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.P.); the Medical Faculty, University Clinic of Cardiology, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, North Macedonia (S.K., B.Z.); Sorbonne University, ACTION Study Group, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris (G.M.); Dutch Network for Cardiovascular Research, Utrecht, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, and Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar - all in the Netherlands (J.H.C.); University Clinical Center of Serbia and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade (G.S.), and Institut za Kardiovaskularne Bolesti Dedinje-Belgrade (D.T.) - all in Belgrade; the Cardiology Department, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid (R. Moreno); NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield - both in the United Kingdom (R.F.S.); the Caril and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education, Christ Hospital Health Network, Cincinnati (T.D.H.); the Cardiology Division, Heart Center, Luzerner Kantonsspital, and the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland (M.B.); University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic (P.K.); the Department of Cardiology, Peninsula Health, Frankston, VIC, and Peninsula Clinical School, Central Clinical School. Monash University, Melbourne, VIC - both in Australia (R.B.); B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal (S.K.S.); and Clinical Hospital Tetovo, Tetovo, North Macedonia (V.A.).
Background: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists have been shown to reduce mortality in patients after myocardial infarction with congestive heart failure. Whether routine use of spironolactone is beneficial after myocardial infarction is uncertain.
Methods: In this multicenter trial with a 2-by-2 factorial design, we randomly assigned patients with myocardial infarction who had undergone percutaneous coronary intervention to receive either spironolactone or placebo and either colchicine or placebo.
Topical Versus Intravenous Tranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: The DEPOSITION Randomized Controlled Trial.
Circulation
October 2024
Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, ON, Canada (A.L., E.P.B-C., R.P.W., I.C., J.V., R.K., K.B., S.I.B., M.H.M., J.S., S.Y., P.J.D.).
Background: Although intravenous tranexamic acid is used in cardiac surgery to reduce bleeding and transfusion, topical tranexamic acid results in lower plasma concentrations compared with intravenous tranexamic acid, which may lower the risk of seizures. We aimed to determine whether topical tranexamic acid reduces the risk of in-hospital seizure without increasing the risk of transfusion among cardiac surgery patients.
Methods: We conducted a multicenter, double dummy, blinded, randomized controlled trial of patients recruited by convenience sampling in academic hospitals undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass.
Skin Antisepsis before Surgical Fixation of Extremity Fractures.
N Engl J Med
February 2024
From the Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Surgery (S.S., H.J., J.A.-A., J.L., D.P., S. Bzovsky, O.P.S., J.L.G., M.B.), and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (L.T., D.H.-A., G.G.), McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences Hospital, General Site (F.M.), and the Population Health Research Institute (P.J.D.), Hamilton, ON, and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (D.V., K.L.A.) - all in Canada; the Center for Orthopedic Injury Research and Innovation, Department of Orthopedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine (G.S., N.N.O.), and the Division of Infectious Diseases (M.J.) and the Division of Orthopedic Traumatology, Department of Orthopedics (G.S., M.J.G., R.V.O.), R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, the Trauma Survivors Network (J.L.W.) and Patient Representative (D.M., J.E.P., J.F.), University of Maryland Baltimore, the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (C.D.M.), the Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health (A.D.H., J.N.H., L.M.O.) and of Medicine (G.M.S.), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, and the Division of Orthopedic Traumatology, Department of Orthopedics, University of Maryland Capital Region Health, Largo (T.J., H.K.D.) - all in Maryland; the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, Denver (A.W.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Fairfax, VA (R.A.H., G.E.G.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem (H.T.P., E.A.C., S. Babcock, J.J.H.), the Division of Orthopedic Trauma, Atrium Health, Charlotte (K.D.P., L.B.K., M.K.), and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University, Durham (R.M.R.) - all in North Carolina; the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland (N.M.R., C.A.M.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (T.F.H., L.S.M.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson (P.F.B., J.M.); the Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Sanford Health USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD (R.E.V.D.); the Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Northwest Texas Healthcare System, Amarillo (G.D.P.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH (I.L.G., G.C.); the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin, Madison (C.M.D., G.R.K.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School (M.J.W., A.G.K.), Carl J. Shapiro Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (M.F.M.), and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School (A. Alnasser) - all in Boston; the Department of Orthopedics, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami (M.H.); the Division of Orthopedic Trauma, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (S.M., D.J.D.); the Division of Orthopedic Trauma, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis (R.M.N., J.S.); Bryan Health, Lincoln, NE (A.N.S., S.F.S.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Prisma Health-Upstate, Greenville, SC (K.J.J., S.L.T.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (M.T.M., A.M.), the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (C.A.L., C.N.M.), the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (J.T.P.), and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, UCLA (C.L.), Los Angeles, and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine (J.A.S., A. Amirhekmat) - all in California; the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center (J.T.F., J.C.R.), and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, San Antonio Military Medical Center (S.N.P.) - both in Fort Sam Houston, TX; the Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Sports Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati (M.J.B.); the Department of Orthopedics, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI (C.G.T.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia (G.J.D.R.); Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Orthopedics New Orleans, New Orleans (R.D.Z.); and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany (J.-C.G.D.).
Article Synopsis
- A study conducted at 25 hospitals compared the effectiveness of two antiseptic solutions (iodine povacrylex and chlorhexidine gluconate) in preventing surgical-site infections during extremity fracture surgeries.
- Results showed that iodine povacrylex led to a lower rate of infections in patients with closed fractures (2.4% vs. 3.3%) but did not show a significant difference for open fractures (6.5% vs. 7.3%).
- Ultimately, the study concluded that iodine povacrylex is a more effective skin antiseptic for closed extremity fractures, resulting in fewer infections compared to chlorhexidine, though both had similar outcomes for reoperations and adverse events.
Colchicine and Risk of Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Can J Cardiol
July 2024
Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence in Patients With Transient New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation Detected During Hospitalization for Noncardiac Surgery or Medical Illness : A Matched Cohort Study.
Ann Intern Med
October 2023
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University; Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University; and Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (W.F.M., S.J.C., D.C., J.A.W., P.J.D., J.S.H.).
Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is often detected for the first time in patients who are hospitalized for another reason. Long-term risks for AF recurrence in these patients are unclear.
Objective: To estimate risk for AF recurrence in patients with new-onset AF during a hospitalization for noncardiac surgery or medical illness compared with a matched population without AF.
Oral Anticoagulation Use and Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in LAAOS III.
Circulation
October 2023
Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada (S.J.C., J.S.H., E.P.B.-C., K. Balasubramanian, K. Brady, P.J.D., M.S., C.R., S.Y., R.P.W.).
Background: LAAOS III (Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Study III) showed that left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion reduces the risk of ischemic stroke or systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac surgery. This article examines the effect of LAA occlusion on stroke reduction according to variation in the use of oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy.
Methods: Information regarding OAC use was collected at every follow-up visit.
Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses of the Procedure-specific Risks of Thrombosis and Bleeding in General Abdominal, Colorectal, Upper Gastrointestinal, and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery.
Ann Surg
February 2024
Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Objective: To provide procedure-specific estimates of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) and major bleeding after abdominal surgery.
Background: The use of pharmacological thromboprophylaxis represents a trade-off that depends on VTE and bleeding risks that vary between procedures; their magnitude remains uncertain.
Methods: We identified observational studies reporting procedure-specific risks of symptomatic VTE or major bleeding after abdominal surgery, adjusted the reported estimates for thromboprophylaxis and length of follow-up, and estimated cumulative incidence at 4 weeks postsurgery, stratified by VTE risk groups, and rated evidence certainty.
Hypotension-Avoidance Versus Hypertension-Avoidance Strategies in Noncardiac Surgery : An International Randomized Controlled Trial.
Ann Intern Med
May 2023
Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (M.M., D.C., F.K.B., S.N.O., M.K.W., A.L., R.P.W., M.H.M., J.V., I.C., K.B., S.P., D.S., E.P.B., J.S., W.F.M., S.I.B., S.Y., P.J.D.).
Background: Among patients having noncardiac surgery, perioperative hemodynamic abnormalities are associated with vascular complications. Uncertainty remains about what intraoperative blood pressure to target and how to manage long-term antihypertensive medications perioperatively.
Objective: To compare the effects of a hypotension-avoidance and a hypertension-avoidance strategy on major vascular complications after noncardiac surgery.
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Cannabis and Cannabinoid-Based Medicines in the Management of Chronic Pain and Co-Occurring Conditions.
Cannabis Cannabinoid Res
April 2024
Chronic Viral Illness Service/Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada.
One in five individuals live with chronic pain globally, which often co-occurs with sleep problems, anxiety, depression, and substance use disorders. Although these conditions are commonly managed with cannabinoid-based medicines (CBM), health care providers report lack of information on the risks, benefits, and appropriate use of CBM for therapeutic purposes. We present these clinical practice guidelines to help clinicians and patients navigate appropriate CBM use in the management of chronic pain and co-occurring conditions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTranexamic Acid in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery.
N Engl J Med
May 2022
From the Population Health Research Institute (P.J.D., M.M., D.C., F.K.B., S.N.O., M.K.W., A.L., R.P.W., M.H.M., J.V., J.E., I.C., K. Balasubramanian, S.I.B., D. Stillo, T.C., P.S.R., E.P.B.-C., J.S., W.M., S.Y.), the Departments of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (P.J.D., M.M., D.C., F.K.B., S.N.O., M.K.W., A.X.G., S.I.B., J.S., G.G.), Medicine (P.J.D., M.M., D.C., F.K.B., M.K.W., A.P., V.T., J.E., P.L.G., E.P.B.-C., W.M., G.G., S.Y.), Surgery (A.L., R.P.W.), and Anesthesia (J.S., T.V.) and the School of Nursing (M.H.M.), McMaster University, Hamilton, the Departments of Medicine (A.X.G., P.S.R.) and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (A.X.G.), Western University, London, and the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Queen's University and Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston (J.L.P.), ON, the Department of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (E.D.), and the Department of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University (T.C.), Montreal, and the Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon (M.P.) - all in Canada; the Discipline of Acute Care Medicine, University of Adelaide (T.W.P.), and the Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Adelaide Hospital (T.W.P.), Adelaide, SA, and the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Monash University (T.R.), and the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Melbourne Medical School, University of Melbourne (K.L.), Melbourne, VIC - all in Australia; the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center (V.L.), and the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (V.L.) and the Department of Anesthesiology, V. Zelman Institute of Medicine and Psychology (S.V.A.), Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Saint Petersburg State University Hospital, Saint Petersburg (S.E.), and V. Negovsky Reanimatology Research Institute, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow (V.V.L.) - all in Russia; the Departments of Outcomes Research (D.I.S., K.R., A.T.) and General Anesthesia (K.R., A.T.) and the Anesthesiology Institute (D.I.S., K.R., A.T.), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland; Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China (M.T.V.C., W.K.K.W.); Iberoamerican Cochrane Center, Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology Service, Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (M.J.M.-Z.), the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (M.N.), and the Anesthesiology Department, Santa Creu i Sant Pau University Hospital (P.P.), Barcelona, and the Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid (H.J.A.) - all in Spain; the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (C.Y.W.); St. John's Medical College, Bangalore (D.X., M.R.), and the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Surat Institute of Digestive Sciences Hospital and Research Center, Surat (K. Bhatt) - both in India; the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan (G.L.); the Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Deventer Ziekenhuis, Deventer, the Netherlands (Y.V.K.); Jagiellonian University Medical College, Center for Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine, Krakow, Poland (W.S.); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels (D. Schmartz); the Department of Anesthesia, Auckland City Hospital, and the School of Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (T.G.S.); the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany (M.W.); the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Copenhagen University Hospital-Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, and the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (C.S.M.); Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan (M.A.); Departamento de Epidemiología y Estudios en Salud, Universidad de Los Andes, and Servicio de Anestesiología, Clínica Santa María, Santiago, Chile (D.T.); the Department of Anesthesia, General Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (E.F.); Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, National Institute for Health Technology Assessment, and Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil (C.A.P.); and the Department of Anesthesia, Hospital Paris Saint Joseph, University of Paris, Paris (P.A.).
Background: Perioperative bleeding is common in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Tranexamic acid is an antifibrinolytic drug that may safely decrease such bleeding.
Methods: We conducted a trial involving patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
High-Sensitivity Troponin I after Cardiac Surgery and 30-Day Mortality.
N Engl J Med
March 2022
From McMaster University (P.J.D., A.L., M.H.M., E.P.B.-C., N.D., D.C., P.A.K., M.J.M., J.S., Y.L.M., R.M., S.F.L., S.I.B., S.H., F.K.B., G.H.G., S.Y., R.P.W.), Hamilton Health Sciences (P.J.D., A.L., E.P.B.-C., N.D., D.C., P.A.K., Y.L.M., F.K.B., G.H.G., S.Y., R.P.W.), and the Population Health Research Institute (P.J.D., A.L., M.H.M., E.P.B.-C., D.C., M.J.M., K.B., J.S., Y.L.M., R.M., S.F.L., S.I.B., F.K.B., S.P., J.V., S.Y., R.P.W.), Hamilton, Queen's University, Kingston (R.V.A., J.L.P.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto, Toronto (S.C., S.F.) - all in Ontario, Canada; the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (M.T.V.C., M.J.U.), and the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi (H.Z.) - both in China; E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center (V.V.L., M.A.) and Novosibirsk State University (V.V.L.), Novosibirsk, and the Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo (D.S.) - all in Russia; IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute (G.L., E.F., F.M.) and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (G.L., F.M.), Milan, the University of Foggia, Foggia (D.P.), and Santa Maria Hospital GVM Care and Research, Bari (D.P., V.M.) - all in Italy; the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (C.Y.W.); Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (G.U., M.M.) and Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau-CIBERESP (G.U.) - both in Barcelona; Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo (L.A.H.), and Hospital Moinhos de Vento (C.A.P.), Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (C.A.P.), and Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul (R.S.), Porto Alegre - all in Brazil; Royal Perth Hospital and the University of Western Australia - both in Perth (G.S.H.); the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (N.L.M.), the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool (J.D.M.), and the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Wolverhampton (J.S.B.) - all in the United Kingdom; the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (E.M.); the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson (J.S.A.); and Auckland City Hospital and the University of Auckland - both in Auckland, New Zealand (H.D.W.).
Background: Consensus recommendations regarding the threshold levels of cardiac troponin elevations for the definition of perioperative myocardial infarction and clinically important periprocedural myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery range widely (from >10 times to ≥70 times the upper reference limit for the assay). Limited evidence is available to support these recommendations.
Methods: We undertook an international prospective cohort study involving patients 18 years of age or older who underwent cardiac surgery.
Normalized Subendocardial Myocardial Attenuation on Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Predicts Postoperative Adverse Cardiovascular Events: Coronary CTA VISION Substudy.
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging
January 2022
Division of Cardiology (J.W., S.M., P.J., M.S., O.C., L.G., A.S., I.R., K.G., K.J., A.M.C., B.J.W.C.), University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Background: Abnormalities in computed tomography myocardial perfusion has been associated with coronary artery disease and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). We sought to investigate if subendocardial attenuation using coronary computed tomography angiography predicts MACE 30 days postelective noncardiac surgery.
Methods: Using a 17-segment model, coronary computed tomography angiography images were analyzed for subendocardial and transmural attenuation and the corresponding blood pool.
Highly Elevated Prevalence of Spinobulbar Muscular Atrophy in Indigenous Communities in Canada Due to a Founder Effect.
Neurol Genet
August 2021
Hotchkiss Brain Institute (J.N.L., M.M.J., K.M., L.W.K., G.P.), Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta; Department of Medicine (A.K.), and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology (M.K.), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon; Alberta Child Health Research Institute (A.P.J.d.K., G.P.), Department of Medical Genetics, University of Calgary, Alberta; and Division of Neurology (K.L.S.), Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Objective: Spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an X-linked adult-onset neuromuscular disorder that causes progressive weakness and androgen insensitivity in hemizygous males. This condition is reported to be extremely rare, but has higher prevalence in certain populations due to multiple founder effects. Anecdotal observations of a higher prevalence of SBMA in patients of Indigenous descent in Saskatchewan led us to perform this study, to estimate the disease prevalence, and to attempt to identify a founder effect.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFManagement of Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries With Intact Ventricular Septum: Anatomic Repair or Palliative Treatment?
Circ Cardiovasc Interv
July 2021
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, MA (H.C., B.L.P., G.R.M., C.W.B., P.J.d.N., S.M.E.).
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeft Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke.
N Engl J Med
June 2021
From McMaster University (R.P.W., E.P.B.-C., J.S.H., M.S., P.J.D., J.N., K. Balasubramanian, A.L., S.Y., S.J.C.), Hamilton Health Sciences (R.P.W., E.P.B.-C., J.S.H., K. Brady, M.S., P.J.D., J.V., A.L., S.Y., S.J.C.), and the Population Health Research Institute (R.P.W., E.P.B.-C., J.S.H., K. Brady, M.S., P.J.D., J.N., K. Balasubramanian, J.V., A.L., S.Y., S.J.C.), Hamilton, ON, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON (K.H.T.T.), the University of Toronto and Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto (C.D.M.), and Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Quebec, QC (P.V.) - all in Canada; University of Foggia, Foggia (D.P.), Santa Maria Hospital, Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research, Bari (D.P.), and the University of Pisa, Pisa (A.C.) - all in Italy; Rhön-Klinikum Campus Bad Neustadt, Bad Neustadt (W.R.), and University Hospital Giessen, Giessen (A.B.) - both in Germany; the Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague (P.B.), and the Center of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantation, Brno (P.F.) - both in the Czech Republic; "G. Papanikolaou" Hospital (A.J.B.) and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (G.I.T.) - both in Thessaloniki, Greece; E. Meshalkin National Medical Research Center, Novosibirsk, Russia (A.B.-P.); the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY (M.S.S.); the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (A.G.R.); Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand (S.M.); Amphia Ziekenhuis, Breda (M.A.), and Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden (R.J.F.) - both in the Netherlands; the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London (P.P.P.); and the International Research Center, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo (Á.A.).
Background: Surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage has been hypothesized to prevent ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, but this has not been proved. The procedure can be performed during cardiac surgery undertaken for other reasons.
Methods: We conducted a multicenter, randomized trial involving participants with atrial fibrillation and a CHADS-VASc score of at least 2 (on a scale from 0 to 9, with higher scores indicating greater risk of stroke) who were scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery for another indication.
Web Exclusive. Annals for Hospitalists Inpatient Notes - Timely Hip Fracture Surgery.
Ann Intern Med
March 2021
Population Health Research Institute and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (F.K.B., P.J.D.).
Predicting Factors Associated with Hypoglycemia Reduction with Automated Predictive Insulin Suspension in Patients at High Risk of Severe Hypoglycemia: An Analysis from the SMILE Randomized Trial.
Diabetes Technol Ther
September 2020
Medtronic International Trading Sàrl, Tolochenaz, Switzerland.
This analysis from the SMILE randomized study was performed to identify predictive factors associated with the greatest reductions in hypoglycemia with the Medtronic MiniMed™ 640G Suspend before low feature in adults with type 1 diabetes at high risk of severe hypoglycemia. Clinical and treatment-related factors associated with decreased sensor hypoglycemia (SH) were identified in participants from the intervention arm by univariate and multivariate analyses. The reduction in SH events <54 mg/dL (<3.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtherogenic Lipoprotein(a) Increases Vascular Glycolysis, Thereby Facilitating Inflammation and Leukocyte Extravasation.
Circ Res
May 2020
From the Experimental Vascular Medicine (J.G.S., L.A., J.C.B., M.V., A.K.G., J.K.), Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Rationale: Patients with elevated levels of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] are hallmarked by increased metabolic activity in the arterial wall on positron emission tomography/computed tomography, indicative of a proinflammatory state.
Objective: We hypothesized that Lp(a) induces endothelial cell inflammation by rewiring endothelial metabolism.
Methods And Results: We evaluated the impact of Lp(a) on the endothelium and describe that Lp(a), through its oxidized phospholipid content, activates arterial endothelial cells, facilitating increased transendothelial migration of monocytes.
One-year Results of a Factorial Randomized Trial of Aspirin versus Placebo and Clonidine versus Placebo in Patients Having Noncardiac Surgery.
Anesthesiology
April 2020
From the Department of Outcomes Research, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (D.I.S., A.K., A.T.) Population Health Research Institute (D.I.S., D.C., S.Y., Y.L.M., A.L., K.B., S.P., P.J.D.) Department of Medicine (D.C., S.Y., G.G., P.J.D.) Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (D.C., S.Y., G.G., Y.L.M., A.L., P.J.D.) Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Anesthesia (Y.L.M.) Department of Surgery (R.W., A.L.), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Centre for Integrated Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (K.L.) Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology-Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre, Barcelona, Spain (E.P.) University of Alberta and Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (M.G.) Department of Research, Foundation for Pediatric Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology and Faculty of Health Sciences (Departamento de Investigaciones, Fundación Cardioinfantil-Instituto de Cardiología and Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud), Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, Colombia (J.C.V.) University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada (M.M.) Department of Clinical Research, Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited, Bangalore, India (A.S.) University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa (B.M.B.) Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (C.S.M.) Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Kingston Health Sciences Centre and Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (J.L.P., I.G.) St. John's Medical College and Research Institute, Bangalore, Karnataka, India (D.X.) Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (M.T.V.C.) University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hills, North Carolina (P.A.K.) NHS Grampian and the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom (P.F.) Knowledge and Evidence Unite (Unidad de Conocimiento y Evidencia), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru (G.M.) Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care, and Pain Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (E.F.) Shifa International Hospitals, Islamabad, Pakistan (M.A.) University of the Andes and Santa Maria Clinic (Universidad de Los Andes and Clinica Santa María), Santiago, Chile (D.T.) Department of Anesthesiology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (C.Y.W.) Biomedical Research Institute (IIB - Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain (P.P.) Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil (O.B.) Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (S.S.) Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita-Salute University, Milan, Italy (G.L.).
Background: The authors previously reported that perioperative aspirin and/or clonidine does not prevent a composite of death or myocardial infarction 30 days after noncardiac surgery. Moreover, aspirin increased the risk of major bleeding and clonidine caused hypotension and bradycardia. Whether these complications produce harm at 1 yr remains unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPreoperative Vitamin D Concentration and Cardiac, Renal, and Infectious Morbidity after Noncardiac Surgery.
Anesthesiology
January 2020
From the Department of Outcomes Research (A.T., A.S.A., C.H., P.S., K.M., A.K., K.R., D.I.S.) Department of General Anesthesiology (A.T., K.M., A.K., K.R.) Anesthesiology Institute, and the Department of Quantitative Health Sciences (A.S.A.), Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (P.J.D., E.D.) the Department of Medicine (A.P., M.T.), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada the Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada (P.J.D., E.D.) Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom (R.P.) the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (M.T.V.C., W.K.K.W.) the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada (S.S.) the Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Canada (A.X.G.) the Department of Cardiology, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom (R.S.).
Background: Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with cardiovascular, renal, and infectious risks. Postsurgical patients are susceptible to similar complications, but whether vitamin D deficiency contributes to postoperative complications remains unclear. We tested whether low preoperative vitamin D is associated with cardiovascular events within 30 days after noncardiac surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTotal Hip Arthroplasty or Hemiarthroplasty for Hip Fracture.
N Engl J Med
December 2019
The affiliations of the members of the writing committee are as follows: the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery (M.B., S.S., S.B.), the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (M.B., G.G., S.S., D.H.-A., L.T., S.D.W., P.J.D.), the Department of Medicine (G.G., P.J.D.), and the Population Health Research Institute (P.J.D.), McMaster University, Hamilton, and the Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London (E.H.S.) - all in Ontario, Canada; the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York (T.A.E.); the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans (R.D.Z.); the Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo (F.F.); the Department of Traumatology, Orthopedic Surgery, and Emergency, Hospital Vall d'Hebrón, Barcelona (E.G.-F.); the Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Deventer Ziekenhuis, Deventer (Y.V.K.), and the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, OLVG, Amsterdam (R.W.P.) - both in the Netherlands; and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, and the Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York - all in the United Kingdom (A.R.).
Background: Globally, hip fractures are among the top 10 causes of disability in adults. For displaced femoral neck fractures, there remains uncertainty regarding the effect of a total hip arthroplasty as compared with hemiarthroplasty.
Methods: We randomly assigned 1495 patients who were 50 years of age or older and had a displaced femoral neck fracture to undergo either total hip arthroplasty or hemiarthroplasty.
Relationship between Perioperative Hypotension and Perioperative Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Undergoing Major Noncardiac Surgery.
Anesthesiology
May 2019
From the Lilibeth Caberto London Kidney Clinical Research Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Canada (P.S.R.) the Department of Medicine (P.S.R., T.S., E.D., V.T., P.J.D.) Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (P.S.R., E.D., P.J.D.), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada the Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada (E.D., P.J.D.) the Division of General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada (A.B.) the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (M.T.V.C.) the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (C.B.) the Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada (B.J.W.C.) the Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada (B.J.W.C.) the Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada (J.S.K).
Background: Perioperative hypotension is associated with cardiovascular events in patients having noncardiac surgery. It is unknown if the severity of preexisting coronary artery disease determines susceptibility to the cardiovascular risks of perioperative hypotension.
Methods: In this retrospective exploratory analysis of a substudy of an international prospective blinded cohort study, 955 patients 45 yr of age or older with history or risk factors for coronary artery disease underwent coronary computed tomographic angiography before elective inpatient noncardiac surgery.
Genotype scores predict drug efficacy in subtypes of female sexual interest/arousal disorder: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled cross-over trial.
Womens Health (Lond)
January 2019
16 Department of Psychology, Centre for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Attempts to develop a drug treatment for female sexual interest/arousal disorder have so far been guided by the principle of 'one size fits all', and have failed to acknowledge the complexity of female sexuality. Guided by personalized medicine, we designed two on-demand drugs targeting two distinct hypothesized causal mechanisms for this sexual disorder. The objective of this study was to design and test a novel procedure, based on genotyping, that predicts which of the two on-demand drugs will yield a positive treatment response.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPatisiran, an RNAi Therapeutic, for Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis.
N Engl J Med
July 2018
From Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), National Reference Center for Familial Amyloidotic Polyneuropathy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Bicêtre, INSERM Unité 1195, Université Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (D.A.), the Department of Neuromuscular Disorders and ALS, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille (S.A.), and the Department of Neurology, Amyloid Network, CHU Henri Mondor-APHP, Créteil (V.P.-B.) - all in France; the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition-Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City (A.G.-D.); the Department of Clinical Research, eStudySite, San Diego, CA (W.D.O.); the Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital (C.-C.Y.), and the Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (K.-P.L.), Taipei, Taiwan; Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto (M.U.), and the Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto (Y.S.) - both in Japan; the Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg (A.V.K.), and Medizinische Klinik B für Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Münster (H.H.S.) - both in Germany; University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment, Sofia, Bulgaria (I.T.); Hospital de Santo António, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal (T.C.); the Amyloidosis Center, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center (J.L.B.), and Harvard Medical School (S.D.S.), Boston; the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Hospital of Messina, Messina, Italy (G.V.); the Departments of Neurology and Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada (M.M.M.); the Department of Nephrology, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona (J.M.C.), and the Balearic Islands Health Research Institute and Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca (J.B.) - all in Spain; the Department of Neurology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (T.H.B.); Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine (B.J.K.), and the the Department of Neurology, Konkuk University Medical Center (J.O.), Seoul, South Korea; the Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey (Y.P.); the Division of Medicine, University College London, London (P.N.H.); Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore (M.P.); the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (P.J.D.); Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA (P.J.G., S.G., J.C., A.L.S., S.V.N., M.T.S., P.P.G., A.K.V., J.A.G.); and the Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (O.B.S.).
Background: Patisiran, an investigational RNA interference therapeutic agent, specifically inhibits hepatic synthesis of transthyretin.
Methods: In this phase 3 trial, we randomly assigned patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy, in a 2:1 ratio, to receive intravenous patisiran (0.3 mg per kilogram of body weight) or placebo once every 3 weeks.