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John-Michael Gamble; Jeffrey A Johnson; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Scot H Simpson; dean eurich
Evaluating the introduction of a computerized prior-authorization system on the completeness of drug exposure data.
Hude Quan; Mark Smith; Larry Svenson; Karen Tu; Robin L Walker; Andy Wielgosz; Gillian Bartlett; Debra A Butt; Norm R C Campbell; Guanmin Chen; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Michael D Hill; Helen Johansen; Nadia Khan; Lisa M Lix; Finlay A McAlister
Outcomes among 3.5 million newly diagnosed hypertensive canadians.
Finlay A McAlister; Deepa P Rao; Cynthia Robitaille; Keming Yuan; Sulan Dai; Cathleen Gillespie; Steven Grover; Michel R Joffres; Helen Johansen; Fleetwood Loustalot; Norm Campbell
The impact of cardiovascular risk-factor profiles on blood pressure control rates in adults from Canada and the United States.

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2013: John-Michael Gamble; Jeffrey A Johnson; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Scot H Simpson; dean eurich
Evaluating the introduction of a computerized prior-authorization system on the completeness of drug exposure data.
Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety 2013;22(5):551-5.
2013: Hude Quan; Mark Smith; Larry Svenson; Karen Tu; Robin L Walker; Andy Wielgosz; Gillian Bartlett; Debra A Butt; Norm R C Campbell; Guanmin Chen; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Michael D Hill; Helen Johansen; Nadia Khan; Lisa M Lix; Finlay A McAlister
Outcomes among 3.5 million newly diagnosed hypertensive canadians.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2013;29(5):592-7.
2013: Finlay A McAlister; Deepa P Rao; Cynthia Robitaille; Keming Yuan; Sulan Dai; Cathleen Gillespie; Steven Grover; Michel R Joffres; Helen Johansen; Fleetwood Loustalot; Norm Campbell
The impact of cardiovascular risk-factor profiles on blood pressure control rates in adults from Canada and the United States.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2013;29(5):598-605.
2013: Hude Quan; Karen Tu; Robin L Walker; Andy Wielgosz; Norm R C Campbell; Guanmin Chen; Sulan Dai; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Michael D Hill; Helen Johansen; Nadia Khan; Finlay A McAlister
Incidence, cardiovascular complications and mortality of hypertension by sex and ethnicity.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2013;99(10):715-21.
2013: Norm R C Campbell; Finlay A McAlister; Hude Quan
Monitoring and evaluating efforts to control hypertension in Canada: why, how, and what it tells us needs to be done about current care gaps.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2013;29(5):564-70.
2013: Mikael Hanninen; Finlay A McAlister; Sean van Diepen; Jeffrey Bakal; Justin A Ezekowitz
Neither diabetes nor glucose-lowering drugs are associated with mortality after noncardiac surgery in patients with coronary artery disease or heart failure.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2013;29(4):423-8.
2013: Padma Kaul; Merril L Knudtson; Becky K Leung; Paul W Armstrong; Justin A Ezekowitz; Hude Quan; Anamaria Savu; Robert C Welsh; Finlay A McAlister
Incidence of heart failure and mortality after acute coronary syndromes.
American heart journal 2013;165(3):379-85.e2.
2013: Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Brian H Rowe; Anthony S Russell; Kerry Siminoski; David A Hanley; Douglas A Lier; Jeffrey A Johnson
Cost-effectiveness of osteoporosis interventions for 'incidental' vertebral fractures.
The American journal of medicine 2013;126(2):169.e9-17.
2013: dean eurich; J K Sandhu-Minhas; A Senthilselvan; S Simpson; C V Asche; Finlay A McAlister
Comparative safety and effectiveness of sitagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes: retrospective population based cohort study.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2013;346():f2267.
2013: Finlay A McAlister; Hude Quan; Jeffrey Bakal; Robyn Blackadar; David Johnstone; Padma Kaul; Justin Ezekowitz
Changes in heart failure outcomes after a province-wide change in health service provision a natural experiment in Alberta, Canada.
Circulation. Heart failure 2013;6(1):76-82.
2012: Sherilyn K D Houle; Cynthia A Jackevicius; Finlay A McAlister; Anderson W Chuck; Ross T Tsuyuki
Does performance-based remuneration for individual health care practitioners affect patient care?: a systematic review.
Annals of internal medicine 2012;157(12):889-99.
2012: Alexander A Leung; Finlay A McAlister; Valeria Pazo; Selwyn O Rogers; Adam Wright; David W Bates
Preoperative hyponatremia and perioperative complications.
Archives of internal medicine 2012;172(19):1474-81.
2012: Anita G Au; Jeffrey Bakal; Justin A Ezekowitz; Padma Kaul; Finlay A McAlister; Carl van Walraven
Predicting the risk of unplanned readmission or death within 30 days of discharge after a heart failure hospitalization.
American heart journal 2012;164(3):365-72.
2012: Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Ibrahim Qazi; Debbie Bellerose; David A Hanley; Jeffrey A Johnson; Robert G Lambert; Douglas A Lier; Anthony S Russell; Kerry Siminoski; Brian H Rowe
Interventions to increase osteoporosis treatment in patients with 'incidentally' detected vertebral fractures.
The American journal of medicine 2012;125(9):929-36.
2012: Cecilia Linde; Kenneth Ellenbogen; Finlay A McAlister
Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT): clinical trials, guidelines, and target populations.
Heart rhythm : the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society 2012;9(8 Suppl):S3-S13.
2012: John-Michael Gamble; Jeffrey A Johnson; Finlay A McAlister; dean eurich
Restrictive drug coverage policies can induce substantial drug exposure misclassification in pharmacoepidemiologic studies.
Clinical therapeutics 2012;34(6):1379-1386.e3.
2012: Sherilyn K D Houle; Finlay A McAlister; Anderson W Chuck; Ross T Tsuyuki
Effect of a pharmacist-managed hypertension program on health system costs: an evaluation of the Study of Cardiovascular Risk Intervention by Pharmacists-Hypertension (SCRIP-HTN).
Pharmacotherapy 2012;32(6):527-37.
2012: Mustafa Toma; Samip Vasaiwala; Venkatesan Vidi; Finlay A McAlister; Paul W Armstrong; Jeffrey Bakal; Erin E Coglianese; Justin A Ezekowitz
Testosterone supplementation in heart failure: a meta-analysis.
Circulation. Heart failure 2012;5(3):315-21.
2012: Finlay A McAlister; Katrina K Poppe; Iain Squire; Luigi Tarantini; Gillian Whalley; Antoni Bayes-Genis; Robert N Doughty; Nikki Earle; Justin Ezekowitz; Israel Gotsman; Michel Komajda
Renal dysfunction in patients with heart failure with preserved versus reduced ejection fraction: impact of the new Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration Group formula.
Circulation. Heart failure 2012;5(3):309-14.
2012: Marianne E Gee; Michel R Joffres; Helen Johansen; Finlay A McAlister; Cynthia Robitaille; Mark S Tremblay; Asako Bienek; Norm R C Campbell
Factors associated with lack of awareness and uncontrolled high blood pressure among Canadian adults with hypertension.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2012;28(3):375-82.
2012: Marianne E Gee; Ian Janssen; Michel R Joffres; Helen Johansen; Finlay A McAlister; William Pickett; Christina M Bancej; Norman R C Campbell
Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among Canadian adults with diabetes, 2007 to 2009.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2012;28(3):367-74.
2012: Braden J Manns; Finlay A McAlister; Kevin McLaughlin; Ken Taub; Laurel Thorlacius; Marcello Tonelli; Rick Chin; Bruce Culleton; Peter Faris; Katherine Gooch; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Monica Kearns; Richard Krause
A cluster randomized trial of an enhanced eGFR prompt in chronic kidney disease.
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2012;7(4):565-72.
2012: Jagmeet P Singh; Nihar R Desai; Kenneth A Ellenbogen; Finlay A McAlister
ICDs, guidelines, and national registries: opportunities to enhance quality of patient care.
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE 2012;35(3):253-8.
2012: Neal A Chatterjee; Niteesh K Choudhry; Kenneth A Ellenbogen; Finlay A McAlister; Gaurav A Upadhyay; Jagmeet P Singh
Atrioventricular nodal ablation in atrial fibrillation: a meta-analysis and systematic review.
Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology 2012;5(1):68-76.
2012: Finlay A McAlister
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers are beneficial in normotensive atherosclerotic patients: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomized trials.
European heart journal 2012;33(4):505-14.
2012: John-Michael Gamble; Jeffrey A Johnson; Finlay A McAlister; dean eurich
Quantifying the impact of drug exposure misclassification due to restrictive drug coverage in administrative databases: a simulation cohort study.
Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2012;15(1):191-7.
2011: Roopinder K Sandhu; Jeffrey Bakal; Justin A Ezekowitz; Finlay A McAlister
Risk stratification schemes, anticoagulation use and outcomes: the risk--treatment paradox in patients with newly diagnosed non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2011;97(24):2046-50.
2011: Sally C Inglis; Finlay A McAlister; Simon Stewart; Robyn A Clark; John G F Cleland
Telemedicine and remote management of heart failure.
Lancet 2011;378(9806):e9; author reply e10.
2011: Gavin Y Oudit; Finlay A McAlister; Jeffrey Bakal; Justin A Ezekowitz
Use of oral proton pump inhibitors is not associated with harm in patients with chronic heart failure in an ambulatory setting.
European journal of heart failure 2011;13(11):1211-5.
2011: Finlay A McAlister
The end of the risk-treatment paradox? A rising tide lifts all boats.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2011;58(17):1766-7.
2011: Sally C Inglis; Finlay A McAlister; Simon Stewart; Robyn A Clark; John G F Cleland
Which components of heart failure programmes are effective? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the outcomes of structured telephone support or telemonitoring as the primary component of chronic heart failure management in 8323 patients: Abridged Cochrane Review.
European journal of heart failure 2011;13(9):1028-40.
2011: Sean van Diepen; Finlay A McAlister; Jeffrey Bakal; Justin A Ezekowitz
Mortality and readmission of patients with heart failure, atrial fibrillation, or coronary artery disease undergoing noncardiac surgery: an analysis of 38 047 patients.
Circulation 2011;124(3):289-96.
2011: Padma Kaul; Finlay A McAlister; Justin A Ezekowitz; Vaneeta Kaur Grover; Hude Quan
Ethnic differences in 1-year mortality among patients hospitalised with heart failure.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2011;97(13):1048-53.
2011: Finlay A McAlister; Mark S Tremblay; Robin Walker; Kathryn Wilkins; George Fodor; Marianne Gee; Michel Joffres; Helen Johansen; Frans H H Leenen; Norm Campbell
Changes in the rates of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Canada over the past two decades.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2011;183(9):1007-13.
2011: dean eurich; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki; Jeffrey A Johnson
Levels of evidence needed for changing indications, contraindications, and Food and Drug Administration labeling: the case of metformin.
Archives of internal medicine 2011;171(11):1042-3; author reply 1043.
2011: Sumit R Majumdar; Douglas A Lier; Brian H Rowe; Anthony S Russell; Finlay A McAlister; Walter P Maksymowych; David A Hanley; Donald W Morrish; Jeffrey Johnson
Cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted intervention to improve quality of osteoporosis care after wrist fracture.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA 2011;22(6):1799-808.
2011: Roopinder K Sandhu; Jeffrey Bakal; Justin A Ezekowitz; Finlay A McAlister
The epidemiology of atrial fibrillation in adults depends on locale of diagnosis.
American heart journal 2011;161(5):986-992.e1.
2011: John-Michael Gamble; dean eurich; Justin A Ezekowitz; Padma Kaul; Hude Quan; Finlay A McAlister
Patterns of care and outcomes differ for urban versus rural patients with newly diagnosed heart failure, even in a universal healthcare system.
Circulation. Heart failure 2011;4(3):317-23.
2011: Guanmin Chen; Finlay A McAlister; Robin L Walker; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Norman R C Campbell
Cardiovascular outcomes in framingham participants with diabetes: the importance of blood pressure.
Hypertension 2011;57(5):891-7.
2011: Finlay A McAlister; Jianguo Zhang; Marcello Tonelli; Scott Klarenbach; Braden J Manns; Brenda R Hemmelgarn
The safety of combining angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors with angiotensin-receptor blockers in elderly patients: a population-based longitudinal analysis.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2011;183(6):655-62.
2011: Nawaf S Al-Majed; Finlay A McAlister; Jeffrey Bakal; Justin A Ezekowitz
Meta-analysis: cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with less symptomatic heart failure.
Annals of internal medicine 2011;154(6):401-12.
2011: Finlay A McAlister; Fiona M E Lawson; A Heather Good; Paul W Armstrong
Evaluating research in cardiovascular medicine: citation counts are not sufficient.
Circulation 2011;123(9):1038-43.
2011: Antigone Oreopoulos; Gregg C Fonarow; Justin A Ezekowitz; Finlay A McAlister; Arya M Sharma; Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh; Colleen M Norris; Jeffery A Johnson; Raj Padwal
Do anthropometric indices accurately reflect directly measured body composition in men and women with chronic heart failure?
Congestive heart failure (Greenwich, Conn.) 2011;17(2):90-2.
2011: Padma Kaul; Finlay A McAlister; Justin A Ezekowitz; Jeffrey Bakal; Lesley H Curtis; Hude Quan; Merril L Knudtson; Paul W Armstrong
Resource use in the last 6 months of life among patients with heart failure in Canada.
Archives of internal medicine 2011;171(3):211-7.
2011: dean eurich; Finlay A McAlister
Wrongfully accused: metformin use in heart failure.
Expert review of cardiovascular therapy 2011;9(2):147-50.
2011: Justin A Ezekowitz; Padma Kaul; Jeffrey Bakal; Hude Quan; Finlay A McAlister
Trends in heart failure care: has the incident diagnosis of heart failure shifted from the hospital to the emergency department and outpatient clinics?
European journal of heart failure 2011;13(2):142-7.
2011: dean eurich; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki; Jeffrey A Johnson
Changes in labelling for metformin use in patients with type 2 diabetes and heart failure: documented safety outweighs theoretical risks.
Open medicine : a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal 2011;5(1):e33-4.
2011: Theresa L Charrois; Dale Cooney; Sherilyn Kd Houle; Michael R Kolber; Richard Lewanczuk; Finlay A McAlister; Meagen Rosenthal; Norman Rc Campbell; Ross T Tsuyuki
Improving hypertension management through pharmacist prescribing; the rural Alberta clinical trial in optimizing hypertension (Rural RxACTION): trial design and methods.
Implementation science : IS 2011;6():94.
2011: Sumit R Majumdar; Jeffrey Johnson; D Bellerose; Finlay A McAlister; Anthony S Russell; David A Hanley; S Garg; Douglas A Lier; Walter P Maksymowych; Donald W Morrish; Brian H Rowe
Nurse case-manager vs multifaceted intervention to improve quality of osteoporosis care after wrist fracture: randomized controlled pilot study.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA 2011;22(1):223-30.
2010: Antigone Oreopoulos; Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh; Finlay A McAlister; Justin A Ezekowitz; Gregg C Fonarow; Jeffrey Johnson; Colleen M Norris; Raj Padwal
Comparison of direct body composition assessment methods in patients with chronic heart failure.
Journal of cardiac failure 2010;16(11):867-72.
2010: Finlay A McAlister; Robert J Herman; Nadia A Khan; Simon W Rabkin; Norm Campbell
Putting ACCOMPLISH into context: management of hypertension in 2010.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2010;182(15):1600-1.
2010: Mustafa Toma; Yuling Fu; Justin A Ezekowitz; Finlay A McAlister; Cynthia M Westerhout; Christopher B Granger; Paul W Armstrong
Does silent myocardial infarction add prognostic value in ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients without a history of prior myocardial infarction? Insights from the Assessment of Pexelizumab in Acute Myocardial Infarction (APEX-AMI) Trial.
American heart journal 2010;160(4):671-7.
2010: Antigone Oreopoulos; Raj Padwal; Finlay A McAlister; Justin A Ezekowitz; Arya Sharma; Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh; Gregg C Fonarow; Colleen M Norris
Association between obesity and health-related quality of life in patients with coronary artery disease.
International journal of obesity (2005) 2010;34(9):1434-41.
2010: John A Cairns; Salim Yusuf; Richard J Cook; Jafna Cox; Gilles R Dagenais; P J Devereaux; Finlay A McAlister; Tara McCready
Canadian Network and Centre for Trials Internationally (CANNeCTIN): a national network for Canadian-led trials in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2010;26(7):353-8.
2010: Antigone Oreopoulos; Justin A Ezekowitz; Finlay A McAlister; Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh; Gregg C Fonarow; Colleen M Norris; Jeffrey Johnson; Raj Padwal
Association between direct measures of body composition and prognostic factors in chronic heart failure.
Mayo Clinic proceedings. Mayo Clinic 2010;85(7):609-17.
2010: Anita Y M Chan; Finlay A McAlister; Colleen M Norris; David Johnstone; Jeffrey Bakal; David B Ross
Effect of beta-blocker use on outcomes after discharge in patients who underwent cardiac surgery.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2010;140(1):182-7, 187.e1.
2010: Alexander M Clark; Mark J Haykowsky; Jennifer Kryworuchko; Todd MacClure; Jess Scott; Marie DesMeules; Wei Luo; Yuanyuan Liang; Finlay A McAlister
A meta-analysis of randomized control trials of home-based secondary prevention programs for coronary artery disease.
European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology 2010;17(3):261-70.
2010: Michael R MacDonald; dean eurich; Sumit R Majumdar; James D Lewsey; Sai Bhagra; Pardeep S Jhund; Mark C Petrie; John J V McMurray; John R Petrie; Finlay A McAlister
Treatment of type 2 diabetes and outcomes in patients with heart failure: a nested case-control study from the U.K. General Practice Research Database.
Diabetes care 2010;33(6):1213-8.
2010: Scott Klarenbach; Finlay A McAlister; Helen Johansen; Karen Tu; Maureen Hazel; Robin Walker; Kelly B Zarnke; Norman R C Campbell
Identification of factors driving differences in cost effectiveness of first-line pharmacological therapy for uncomplicated hypertension.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2010;26(5):e158-63.
2010: Norman R C Campbell; Janusz Kaczorowski; Richard Z Lewanczuk; Ross Feldman; Luc Poirier; Margaret Moy Kwong; Marcel Lebel; Finlay A McAlister; Sheldon W Tobe
2010 Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) recommendations: the scientific summary - an update of the 2010 theme and the science behind new CHEP recommendations.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2010;26(5):236-40.
2010: Maria-Jose Santana; David Feeny; Jeffrey Johnson; Finlay A McAlister; Daniel Kim; Justin Weinkauf; Dale Lien
Assessing the use of health-related quality of life measures in the routine clinical care of lung-transplant patients.
Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation 2010;19(3):371-9.
2010: Nicole Freydberg; Laurel Strain; Ross T Tsuyuki; Finlay A McAlister; Alexander M Clark
"If he gives in, he will be gone...": the influence of work and place on experiences, reactions and self-care of heart failure in rural Canada.
Social science & medicine (1982) 2010;70(7):1077-83.
2010: Kathryn Wilkins; Norman R C Campbell; Michel R Joffres; Finlay A McAlister; Marianne Nichol; Susan Quach; Helen Johansen; Mark S Tremblay
Blood pressure in Canadian adults.
Health reports / Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Health Information = Rapports sur la santé / Statistique Canada, Centre canadien d'information sur la santé 2010;21(1):37-46.
2010: Oded Friedman; Finlay A McAlister; Lingsong Yun; Norman R C Campbell; Karen Tu
Antihypertensive drug persistence and compliance among newly treated elderly hypertensives in ontario.
The American journal of medicine 2010;123(2):173-81.
2010: dean eurich; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki; Yutaka Yasui; Jeffrey A Johnson
Analyzing composite outcomes in cardiovascular studies: traditional Cox proportional hazards versus quality-of-life-adjusted survival approaches.
Open medicine : a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal 2010;4(1):e40-8.
2010: Sally C Inglis; Robyn A Clark; Finlay A McAlister; Jocasta Ball; Christian Lewinter; Damien Cullington; Simon Stewart; John Gf Cleland
Structured telephone support or telemonitoring programmes for patients with chronic heart failure.
Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online) 2010;(8):CD007228.
2010: Donald A Redelmeier; Finlay A McAlister; Christopher E Kandel; Hong Lu; Nick Daneman
Postoperative pneumonia in elderly patients receiving acid suppressants: a retrospective cohort analysis.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2010;340():c2608.
2010: Sean M Bagshaw; R T Noel Gibney; Finlay A McAlister; Rinaldo Bellomo
The SPARK Study: a phase II randomized blinded controlled trial of the effect of furosemide in critically ill patients with early acute kidney injury.
Trials 2010;11():50.
2010: Rinaldo Bellomo; Paul M Palevsky; Sean M Bagshaw; Noel Gibney; Finlay A McAlister; Patrick M Honore; Olivier Joannes-Boyau; John Prowle; Michael Haase; Dinna Cruz; Claudio Ronco
Recent trials in critical care nephrology.
Contributions to nephrology 2010;165():299-309.
2010: Finlay A McAlister; Sumit R Majumdar; Raj Padwal; Miriam Fradette; Ann Thompson; Ross T Tsuyuki; Steven A Grover; Naeem Dean; Ashfaq Shuaib
The preventing recurrent vascular events and neurological worsening through intensive organized case-management (PREVENTION) trial protocol [clinicaltrials.gov identifier: NCT00931788].
Implementation science : IS 2010;5():27.
2009: Finlay A McAlister; Miriam Fradette; Sumit R Majumdar; Randall Williams; Michelle Graham; James McMeekin; William A Ghali; Ross T Tsuyuki; Merril L Knudtson; Jeremy Grimshaw
The Enhancing Secondary Prevention in Coronary Artery Disease trial.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2009;181(12):897-904.
2009: Hude Quan; Nadia Khan; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Karen Tu; Guanmin Chen; Norm Campbell; Michael D Hill; William A Ghali; Finlay A McAlister
Validation of a case definition to define hypertension using administrative data.
Hypertension 2009;54(6):1423-8.
2009: Finlay A McAlister
ACP Journal Club: Review: Low BP targets do not reduce mortality or CV events in hypertension.
Annals of internal medicine 2009;151(10):JC5-6-7.
2009: Antigone Oreopoulos; Finlay A McAlister; Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh; Raj Padwal; Justin A Ezekowitz; Arya M Sharma; Csaba P Kovesdy; Gregg C Fonarow; Colleen M Norris
The relationship between body mass index, treatment, and mortality in patients with established coronary artery disease: a report from APPROACH.
European heart journal 2009;30(21):2584-92.
2009: Finlay A McAlister
Clinical practice guidelines and scientific evidence.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2009;302(2):142-3; author reply 145-6.
2009: Finlay A McAlister; Natasha Wiebe; Justin A Ezekowitz; Alexander A Leung; Paul W Armstrong
Meta-analysis: beta-blocker dose, heart rate reduction, and death in patients with heart failure.
Annals of internal medicine 2009;150(11):784-94.
2009: Finlay A McAlister; Ross D Feldman; Katherine Wyard; Rollin Brant; Norman R C Campbell
The impact of the Canadian Hypertension Education Programme in its first decade.
European heart journal 2009;30(12):1434-9.
2009: Alexander M Clark; C Nicole Freydberg; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki; Paul W Armstrong; Laurel A Strain
Patient and informal caregivers' knowledge of heart failure: necessary but insufficient for effective self-care.
European journal of heart failure 2009;11(6):617-21.
2009: Darcy A Lamb; dean eurich; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki; William M Semchuk; Thomas W Wilson; David F Blackburn
Changes in adherence to evidence-based medications in the first year after initial hospitalization for heart failure: observational cohort study from 1994 to 2003.
Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes 2009;2(3):228-35.
2009: Norman R C Campbell; Nadia A Khan; Michael D Hill; Guy Tremblay; Marcel Lebel; Janusz Kaczorowski; Finlay A McAlister; Richard Z Lewanczuk; Sheldon Tobe
2009 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations: the scientific summary--an annual update.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2009;25(5):271-7.
2009: Finlay A McAlister
ACP Journal Club. Review: Statins are effective for prevention of cardiovascular events in patients without coronary heart disease.
Annals of internal medicine 2009;150(8):JC4-5.
2009: Rachid Mohamed; Finlay A McAlister; Victor Pretorius; Anmol S Kapoor; Sumit R Majumdar; David B Ross; Colleen M Norris
Preoperative statin use and infection after cardiac surgery: a cohort study.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2009;48(7):e66-72.
2009: Ross D Feldman; Finlay A McAlister
Postgame wrap of the ultimate blood pressure megatrial: did it score an ALLHAT trick or was it "three strikes and you're out?".
Hypertension 2009;53(4):595-7.
2009: Alexander A Leung; dean eurich; Darcy A Lamb; Sumit R Majumdar; Jeffrey Johnson; David F Blackburn; Finlay A McAlister
Risk of heart failure in patients with recent-onset type 2 diabetes: population-based cohort study.
Journal of cardiac failure 2009;15(2):152-7.
2009: Norman R C Campbell; Rollin Brant; Helen Johansen; Robin L Walker; Andreas Wielgosz; Jay Onysko; Ru-Nie Gao; Christie Sambell; Stephen Phillips; Finlay A McAlister
Increases in antihypertensive prescriptions and reductions in cardiovascular events in Canada.
Hypertension 2009;53(2):128-34.
2009: Justin A Ezekowitz; Finlay A McAlister
Aldosterone blockade and left ventricular dysfunction: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials.
European heart journal 2009;30(4):469-77.
2009: Justin A Ezekowitz; Padma Kaul; Jeffrey Bakal; Paul W Armstrong; Robert C Welsh; Finlay A McAlister
Declining in-hospital mortality and increasing heart failure incidence in elderly patients with first myocardial infarction.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2009;53(1):13-20.
2009: dean eurich; Ross T Tsuyuki; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Richard Z Lewanczuk; Marcelo C Shibata; Jeffrey Johnson
Metformin treatment in diabetes and heart failure: when academic equipoise meets clinical reality.
Trials 2009;10():12.
2009: Vida Stankus; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Norman R C Campbell; Guanmin Chen; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki
Reducing costs and improving hypertension management.
The Canadian journal of clinical pharmacology = Journal canadien de pharmacologie clinique 2009;16(1):e151-5.
2008: Ross T Tsuyuki; Donna L McLean; Finlay A McAlister
Management of hypertension in elderly long-term care residents.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2008;24(12):912-4.
2008: Donna L McLean; Finlay A McAlister; Jeffrey Johnson; Kathryn M King; Mark J Makowsky; Charlotte A Jones; Ross T Tsuyuki
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).
Archives of internal medicine 2008;168(21):2355-61.
2008: Sean van Diepen; Sumit R Majumdar; Jeffrey Bakal; Finlay A McAlister; Justin A Ezekowitz
Heart failure is a risk factor for orthopedic fracture: a population-based analysis of 16,294 patients.
Circulation 2008;118(19):1946-52.
2008: Finlay A McAlister
The "number needed to treat" turns 20--and continues to be used and misused.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2008;179(6):549-53.
2008: Finlay A McAlister
Cardiac resynchronization therapy for heart failure: a hammer in search of nails.
Circulation 2008;118(9):901-3.
2008: Bruce W Fisher; Gillian Ramsay; Sumit R Majumdar; Chantelle T Hrazdil; Barry A Finegan; Rajdeep S Padwal; Finlay A McAlister
The ankle-to-arm blood pressure index predicts risk of cardiac complications after noncardiac surgery.
Anesthesia and analgesia 2008;107(1):149-54.
2008: Antigone Oreopoulos; Raj Padwal; Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh; Gregg C Fonarow; Colleen M Norris; Finlay A McAlister
Body mass index and mortality in heart failure: a meta-analysis.
American heart journal 2008;156(1):13-22.
2008: Justin A Ezekowitz; Douglas S Lee; Jack V Tu; Alice M Newman; Finlay A McAlister
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%.
The American journal of cardiology 2008;102(1):79-83.
2008: Finlay A McAlister; Hude Quan; Andrew Fong; Yan Jin; Bibiana Cujec; David Johnson
Effect of invasive coronary revascularization in acute myocardial infarction on subsequent death rate and frequency of chronic heart failure.
The American journal of cardiology 2008;102(1):1-5.
2008: Finlay A McAlister; dean eurich; Sumit R Majumdar; Jeffrey Johnson
The risk of heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with oral agent monotherapy.
European journal of heart failure 2008;10(7):703-8.
2008: Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Guanmin Chen; Robin Walker; Finlay A McAlister; Hude Quan; Karen Tu; Nadia Khan; Norm Campbell
Trends in antihypertensive drug prescriptions and physician visits in Canada between 1996 and 2006.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2008;24(6):507-12.
2008: Raj J Padwal; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Nadia A Khan; Steven Grover; Finlay A McAlister; Donald W McKay; Thomas Wilson; Brian Penner; Ellen Burgess; Peter Bolli; Michael D Hill; Jeffrey L Mahon; Martin G Myers; Carl Abbott; Ernesto L Schiffrin; George Honos; Karen Mann; Guy Tremblay; Alain Milot; Lyne Cloutier; Arun Chockalingam; Simon W Rabkin; Martin Dawes Dawes; Rhian M Touyz; Chaim Bell; Kevin D Burns; Marcel Ruzicka; Norman R C Campbell; Marcel Lebel; Sheldon W Tobe
The 2008 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part 1 - blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2008;24(6):455-63.
2008: Sheri L Koshman; Theresa L Charrois; Scot H Simpson; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki
Pharmacist care of patients with heart failure: a systematic review of randomized trials.
Archives of internal medicine 2008;168(7):687-94.
2008: Kiranbir Josan; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister
The efficacy and safety of intensive statin therapy: a meta-analysis of randomized trials.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2008;178(5):576-84.
2008: Sumit R Majumdar; Jeffrey Johnson; Finlay A McAlister; Debbie Bellerose; Anthony S Russell; David A Hanley; Donald W Morrish; Walter P Maksymowych; Brian H Rowe
Multifaceted intervention to improve diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in patients with recent wrist fracture: a randomized controlled trial.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2008;178(5):569-75.
2008: Mark J Makowsky; Finlay A McAlister; P Diane Galbraith; Danielle A Southern; William A Ghali; Merril L Knudtson; Ross T Tsuyuki
Lower extremity peripheral arterial disease in individuals with coronary artery disease: prognostic importance, care gaps, and impact of therapy.
American heart journal 2008;155(2):348-55.
2007: Finlay A McAlister
Device therapy in heart failure.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2007;335(7626):895-6.
2007: dean eurich; Finlay A McAlister; David F Blackburn; Sumit R Majumdar; Ross T Tsuyuki; Janice Varney; Jeffrey Johnson
Benefits and harms of antidiabetic agents in patients with diabetes and heart failure: systematic review.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2007;335(7618):497.
2007: Justin A Ezekowitz; Brian H Rowe; Donna M Dryden; Nicola Hooton; Ben Vandermeer; Carol Spooner; Finlay A McAlister
Systematic review: implantable cardioverter defibrillators for adults with left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
Annals of internal medicine 2007;147(4):251-62.
2007: Norman R C Campbell; Finlay A McAlister; Minh Duong-Hua; Karen Tu
Polytherapy with two or more antihypertensive drugs to lower blood pressure in elderly Ontarians. Room for improvement.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2007;23(10):783-7.
2007: Finlay A McAlister; Sean van Diepen; Raj Padwal; Jeffrey Johnson; Sumit R Majumdar
How evidence-based are the recommendations in evidence-based guidelines?
PLoS medicine 2007;4(8):e250.
2007: Alexander M Clark; Lisa Hartling; Ben Vandermeer; Sue L Lissel; Finlay A McAlister
Secondary prevention programmes for coronary heart disease: a meta-regression showing the merits of shorter, generalist, primary care-based interventions.
European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology 2007;14(4):538-46.
2007: Finlay A McAlister
Can a network meta-analysis be used to determine the effect of antihypertensive drugs on the risk of incident diabetes?
Nature clinical practice. Endocrinology & metabolism 2007;3(7):516-7.
2007: Mark J Haykowsky; Yuanyuan Liang; David Pechter; Lee W Jones; Finlay A McAlister; Alexander M Clark
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.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2007;49(24):2329-36.
2007: Finlay A McAlister; Justin A Ezekowitz; Nicola Hooton; Ben Vandermeer; Carol Spooner; Donna M Dryden; Richard L Page; Mark A Hlatky; Brian H Rowe
Cardiac resynchronization therapy for patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a systematic review.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2007;297(22):2502-14.
2007: Finlay A McAlister; Antigone Oreopoulos; Colleen M Norris; Michelle M Graham; Ross T Tsuyuki; Merril Knudtson; William A Ghali
Exploring the treatment-risk paradox in coronary disease.
Archives of internal medicine 2007;167(10):1019-25.
2007: Raj Padwal; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Finlay A McAlister; Donald W McKay; Steven Grover; Thomas Wilson; Brian Penner; Ellen Burgess; Peter Bolli; Michael Hill; Jeffrey L Mahon; Martin G Myers; Carl Abbott; Ernest L Schiffrin; George Honos; Karen Mann; Guy Tremblay; Alain Milot; Lyne Cloutier; Arun Chockalingam; Nadia A Khan; Simon W Rabkin; Martin Dawes; Rhian M Touyz; Sheldon W Tobe
The 2007 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: part 1- blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2007;23(7):529-38.
2007: Robyn A Clark; Sally C Inglis; Finlay A McAlister; John G F Cleland; Simon Stewart
Telemonitoring or structured telephone support programmes for patients with chronic heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2007;334(7600):942.
2007: Nadia Khan; Finlay A McAlister
Rebuttal: Do beta-blockers have a role in treating hypertension? Yes.
Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien 2007;53(5):800-3.
2007: Nadia Khan; Finlay A McAlister
Do beta-blockers have a role in treating hypertension? Yes.
Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien 2007;53(4):614-21.
2007: K Tu; Norman R C Campbell; Z Chen; Finlay A McAlister
Use of beta-blockers for uncomplicated hypertension in the elderly: a cause for concern.
Journal of human hypertension 2007;21(4):271-5.
2007: Joel G Ray; Colleen M Norris; Jacob A Udell; Ross T Tsuyuki; Finlay A McAlister; Merril L Knudtson; William A Ghali
Lipid-lowering therapy and outcomes in heart failure.
Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics 2007;12(1):27-35.
2007: Finlay A McAlister; Sumit R Majumdar; dean eurich; Jeffrey Johnson
The effect of specialist care within the first year on subsequent outcomes in 24,232 adults with new-onset diabetes mellitus: population-based cohort study.
Quality & safety in health care 2007;16(1):6-11.
2007: Finlay A McAlister; Rachid Mohamed
The evolution of evidence: cautionary notes for the clinician and the meta-analyst.
American heart journal 2007;153(2):156-8.
2007: Karen Tu; Norman Rc Campbell; Zhong-Liang Chen; Karen J Cauch-Dudek; Finlay A McAlister
Accuracy of administrative databases in identifying patients with hypertension.
Open medicine : a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal 2007;1(1):e18-26.
2007: Kiranbir Josan; Finlay A McAlister
Cholesterol lowering for secondary prevention: what statin dose should we use?
Vascular health and risk management 2007;3(5):615-27.
2007: Sumit R Majumdar; Ross T Tsuyuki; Finlay A McAlister
Impact of opinion leader-endorsed evidence summaries on the quality of prescribing for patients with cardiovascular disease: a randomized controlled trial.
American heart journal 2007;153(1):22.e1-8.
2006: Anmol S Kapoor; Hussein Kanji; Jeanette Buckingham; P J Devereaux; Finlay A McAlister
Strength of evidence for perioperative use of statins to reduce cardiovascular risk: systematic review of controlled studies.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2006;333(7579):1149.
2006: Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; dean eurich; Raj Padwal; Thomas J Marrie
Statins and outcomes in patients admitted to hospital with community acquired pneumonia: population based prospective cohort study.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2006;333(7576):999.
2006: Donna L McLean; Scot H Simpson; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki
Treatment and blood pressure control in 47,964 people with diabetes and hypertension: a systematic review of observational studies.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2006;22(10):855-60.
2006: Niamh F Murphy; Colin R Simpson; Kate MacIntyre; Finlay A McAlister; Jim Chalmers; john mcmurray
Prevalence, incidence, primary care burden and medical treatment of angina in Scotland: age, sex and socioeconomic disparities: a population-based study.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2006;92(8):1047-54.
2006: Nadia Khan; Finlay A McAlister
Re-examining the efficacy of beta-blockers for the treatment of hypertension: a meta-analysis.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2006;174(12):1737-42.
2006: Finlay A McAlister; William A Ghali; Yanyan Gong; Jiming Fang; Paul W Armstrong; Jack V Tu
Aspirin use and outcomes in a community-based cohort of 7352 patients discharged after first hospitalization for heart failure.
Circulation 2006;113(22):2572-8.
2006: Karen Tu; Norman R C Campbell; Zhongliang Chen; Finlay A McAlister
Thiazide diuretics for hypertension: prescribing practices and predictors of use in 194,761 elderly patients with hypertension.
The American journal of geriatric pharmacotherapy 2006;4(2):161-7.
2006: Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Finlay A McAlister; Steven Grover; Martin G Myers; Donald W McKay; Peter Bolli; Carl Abbott; Ernesto L Schiffrin; George Honos; Ellen Burgess; Karen Mann; Thomas Wilson; Brian Penner; Guy Tremblay; Alain Milot; Arun Chockalingam; Rhian M Touyz; Sheldon W Tobe
The 2006 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part I--Blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2006;22(7):573-81.
2006: Finlay A McAlister
The Canadian Hypertension Education Program--a unique Canadian initiative.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2006;22(7):559-64.
2006: Finlay A McAlister; Norman R C Campbell; Minh Duong-Hua; Zhongliang Chen; Karen Tu
Antihypertensive medication prescribing in 27,822 elderly Canadians with diabetes over the past decade.
Diabetes care 2006;29(4):836-41.
2006: Mustafa Toma; Finlay A McAlister; Liza Bialy; Denise Adams; Ben Vandermeer; Paul W Armstrong
Transition from meeting abstract to full-length journal article for randomized controlled trials.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2006;295(11):1281-7.
2006: Mustafa Toma; Finlay A McAlister; Justin A Ezekowitz; Shane Kimber; Sajad Gulamhusein; Alfredo Pantano; Soori Sivakumaran; Bibiana Cujec; Ian Paterson; Paul W Armstrong
Proportion of patients followed in a specialized heart failure clinic needing an implantable cardioverter defibrillator as determined by applying different trial eligibility criteria.
The American journal of cardiology 2006;97(6):882-5.
2006: Norm Campbell; Finlay A McAlister
Not all guidelines are created equal.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2006;174(6):814-5; discussion 815.
2006: Finlay A McAlister; Jack V Tu; Alice Newman; Douglas S Lee; Shane Kimber; Bibiana Cujec; Paul W Armstrong
How many patients with heart failure are eligible for cardiac resynchronization? Insights from two prospective cohorts.
European heart journal 2006;27(3):323-9.
2006: Sean M Bagshaw; Finlay A McAlister; Braden J Manns; William A Ghali
Acetylcysteine in the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: a case study of the pitfalls in the evolution of evidence.
Archives of internal medicine 2006;166(2):161-6.
2006: Nadia Khan; Finlay A McAlister
Beta blockers for the treatment of primary hypertension.
Lancet 2006;367(9506):208; author reply 210.
2006: Finlay A McAlister; Miriam Fradette; Michelle Graham; Sumit R Majumdar; William A Ghali; Randall Williams; Ross T Tsuyuki; James McMeekin; Jeremy Grimshaw; Merril L Knudtson
A randomized trial to assess the impact of opinion leader endorsed evidence summaries on the use of secondary prevention strategies in patients with coronary artery disease: the ESP-CAD trial protocol [NCT00175240].
Implementation science : IS 2006;1():11.
2006: Norman R C Campbell; Karen Tu; Rollin Brant; Minh Duong-Hua; Finlay A McAlister
The impact of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program on antihypertensive prescribing trends.
Hypertension 2006;47(1):22-8.
2005: Sheldon Tobe; Finlay A McAlister; Lawrence Leiter
Applying the 2005 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations: 5. Therapy for patients with hypertension and diabetes mellitus.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2005;173(10):1154-7.
2005: Alexander M Clark; Lisa Hartling; Ben Vandermeer; Finlay A McAlister
Meta-analysis: secondary prevention programs for patients with coronary artery disease.
Annals of internal medicine 2005;143(9):659-72.
2005: Martin G Myers; Sheldon W Tobe; Donald W McKay; Peter Bolli; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Finlay A McAlister
New algorithm for the diagnosis of hypertension.
American journal of hypertension 2005;18(10):1369-74.
2005: dean eurich; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki; Jeffrey Johnson
Improved clinical outcomes associated with metformin in patients with diabetes and heart failure.
Diabetes care 2005;28(10):2345-51.
2005: Finlay A McAlister; Eric Wooltorton; Norman R C Campbell
The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) recommendations: launching a new series.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2005;173(5):508-9.
2005: Finlay A McAlister; Malcolm Man-Son-Hing; Sharon E Straus; William A Ghali; David Anderson; Sumit R Majumdar; Paul Gibson; Jafna L Cox; Miriam Fradette
Impact of a patient decision aid on care among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a cluster randomized trial.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2005;173(5):496-501.
2005: Lisa Hartling; Finlay A McAlister; Brian H Rowe; Justin A Ezekowitz; Carol Friesen; Terry P Klassen
Challenges in systematic reviews of therapeutic devices and procedures.
Annals of internal medicine 2005;142(12 Pt 2):1100-11.
2005: Simon Stewart; Finlay A McAlister; john mcmurray
Heart failure management programs reduce readmissions and prolong survival.
Archives of internal medicine 2005;165(11):1311; author reply 1311-2.
2005: Barry A Finegan; Saifudin Rashiq; Finlay A McAlister; Paul O'Connor
Selective ordering of preoperative investigations by anesthesiologists reduces the number and cost of tests.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie 2005;52(6):575-80.
2005: Karen Tu; Norman R C Campbell; Minh Duong-Hua; Finlay A McAlister
Hypertension management in the elderly has improved: Ontario prescribing trends, 1994 to 2002.
Hypertension 2005;45(6):1113-8.
2005: sharon straus; Chris Ball; Nick Balcombe; Jonathon Sheldon; Finlay A McAlister
Teaching evidence-based medicine skills can change practice in a community hospital.
Journal of general internal medicine 2005;20(4):340-3.
2005: Finlay A McAlister; Sumit R Majumdar; Sandra Blitz; Brian H Rowe; Jacques S Romney; Thomas J Marrie
The relation between hyperglycemia and outcomes in 2,471 patients admitted to the hospital with community-acquired pneumonia.
Diabetes care 2005;28(4):810-5.
2005: Raj Padwal; Sumit R Majumdar; Jeffrey Johnson; Janice Varney; Finlay A McAlister
A systematic review of drug therapy to delay or prevent type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes care 2005;28(3):736-44.
2005: Finlay A McAlister; Kimberly Bertsch; Jeremy Man; John Bradley; Michael J Jacka
Incidence of and risk factors for pulmonary complications after nonthoracic surgery.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2005;171(5):514-7.
2005: Justin A Ezekowitz; Finlay A McAlister; Paul W Armstrong
The interaction among sex, hemoglobin and outcomes in a specialty heart failure clinic.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2005;21(2):165-71.
2005: Justin A Ezekowitz; Carl van Walraven; Finlay A McAlister; Paul W Armstrong; Padma Kaul
Impact of specialist follow-up in outpatients with congestive heart failure.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2005;172(2):189-94.
2005: Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki
A cluster randomized trial to assess the impact of opinion leader endorsed evidence summaries on improving quality of prescribing for patients with chronic cardiovascular disease: rationale and design [ISRCTN26365328].
BMC cardiovascular disorders 2005;5(1):17.
2004: Lauren C Brown; Jeffrey Johnson; Sumit R Majumdar; Ross T Tsuyuki; Finlay A McAlister
Evidence of suboptimal management of cardiovascular risk in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and symptomatic atherosclerosis.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2004;171(10):1189-92.
2004: Justin A Ezekowitz; Finlay A McAlister; Karin H Humphries; Colleen M Norris; Marcello Tonelli; William A Ghali; Merril L Knudtson
The association among renal insufficiency, pharmacotherapy, and outcomes in 6,427 patients with heart failure and coronary artery disease.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2004;44(8):1587-92.
2004: Niamh F Murphy; Colin R Simpson; Finlay A McAlister; Simon Stewart; Kate MacIntyre; M Kirkpatrick; Jim Chalmers; AD Redpath; Simon Capewell; john mcmurray
National survey of the prevalence, incidence, primary care burden, and treatment of heart failure in Scotland.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2004;90(10):1129-36.
2004: Finlay A McAlister; Justin A Ezekowitz; Natasha Wiebe; Brian Rowe; Carol Spooner; Ellen Crumley; Lisa Hartling; Terry Klassen; William Abraham
Systematic review: cardiac resynchronization in patients with symptomatic heart failure.
Annals of internal medicine 2004;141(5):381-90.
2004: A Yee; Sumit R Majumdar; Scot H Simpson; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki; Jeffrey Johnson
Statin use in Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with a delay in starting insulin.
Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association 2004;21(9):962-7.
2004: Finlay A McAlister; Simon Stewart; Stefania Ferrua; John J J V McMurray
Multidisciplinary strategies for the management of heart failure patients at high risk for admission: a systematic review of randomized trials.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2004;44(4):810-9.
2004: Wendy Sligl; Finlay A McAlister; Justin Ezekowitz; Paul W Armstrong
Usefulness of spironolactone in a specialized heart failure clinic.
The American journal of cardiology 2004;94(4):443-7.
2004: Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Curt D Furberg
From knowledge to practice in chronic cardiovascular disease: a long and winding road.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2004;43(10):1738-42.
2004: Finlay A McAlister; Niamh F Murphy; Colin R Simpson; Simon Stewart; Kate MacIntyre; M Kirkpatrick; Jim Chalmers; AD Redpath; Simon Capewell; john mcmurray
Influence of socioeconomic deprivation on the primary care burden and treatment of patients with a diagnosis of heart failure in general practice in Scotland: population based study.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2004;328(7448):1110.
2004: Finlay A McAlister; Malcolm Man-Son-Hing; Sharon E Straus; William A Ghali; Paul Gibson; David Anderson; Jafna Cox; Miriam Fradette
A randomized trial to assess the impact of an antithrombotic decision aid in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: the DAAFI trial protocol [ISRCTN14429643].
BMC cardiovascular disorders 2004;4():5.
2004: Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Marilyn Cree; Wei-Ching Chang; Milton Packer; Paul W Armstrong
Do evidence-based treatments provide incremental benefits to patients with congestive heart failure already receiving angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors? A secondary analysis of one-year outcomes from the Assessment of Treatment with Lisinopril and Survival (ATLAS) study.
Clinical therapeutics 2004;26(5):694-703.
2004: Finlay A McAlister
Review: commonly used antihypertensive therapies and targeted blood pressure-lowering regimens reduce cardiovascular events.
ACP journal club 2004;140(3):72.
2004: Puneeta Tandon; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki; Marilou Hervas-Malo; Ruth Dupuit; Justin A Ezekowitz; Bibiana Cujec; Paul W Armstrong
The use of beta-blockers in a tertiary care heart failure clinic: dosing, tolerance, and outcomes.
Archives of internal medicine 2004;164(7):769-74.
2004: Finlay A McAlister; Justin A Ezekowitz; Marcello Tonelli; Paul W Armstrong
Renal insufficiency and heart failure: prognostic and therapeutic implications from a prospective cohort study.
Circulation 2004;109(8):1004-9.
2004: Nadia A Khan; Taha Taher; Finlay A McAlister; Andre Ferland; Norman R C Campbell; William A Ghali
Development of a perioperative medicine research agenda: a cross sectional survey.
BMC surgery 2004;4():11.
2004: Nadia A Khan; Finlay A McAlister; Norman R C Campbell; Ross D Feldman; Simon Rabkin; Jeffrey L Mahon; Richard Z Lewanczuk; Kelly B Zarnke; Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Marcel Lebel; Mitchell Levine; Carol Herbert
The 2004 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part II--Therapy.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2004;20(1):41-54.
2004: Brenda R Hemmelgarn; Kelly B Zarnke; Norman R C Campbell; Ross D Feldman; Donald W McKay; Finlay A McAlister; Nadia Khan; Ernesto L Schiffrin; Martin G Myers; Peter Bolli; George Honos; Marcel Lebel; Mitchell Levine; Raj Padwal
The 2004 Canadian Hypertension Education Program recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part I--Blood pressure measurement, diagnosis and assessment of risk.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2004;20(1):31-40.
2003: Justin A Ezekowitz; Sharon E Straus; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister
Stroke: strategies for primary prevention.
American family physician 2003;68(12):2379-86.
2003: S F Paul Man; Finlay A McAlister; Nick R Anthonisen; Don D Sin
Contemporary management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: clinical applications.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2003;290(17):2313-6.
2003: Don D Sin; Finlay A McAlister; S F Paul Man; Nick R Anthonisen
Contemporary management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: scientific review.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2003;290(17):2301-12.
2003: Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister; Stephen B Soumerai
Synergy between publication and promotion: comparing adoption of new evidence in Canada and the United States.
The American journal of medicine 2003;115(6):467-72.
2003: Norman R C Campbell; Finlay A McAlister; Rollin Brant; Mitch Levine; Denis Drouin; Ross Feldman; Robert Herman; Kelly B Zarnke
Temporal trends in antihypertensive drug prescriptions in Canada before and after introduction of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program.
Journal of hypertension 2003;21(8):1591-7.
2003: Lana Bistritz; Hani Amad; Puneeta Tandon; Jeremy Man; John C Mullen; Finlay A McAlister
Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with diabetes mellitus.
The American journal of cardiology 2003;92(1):77-9.
2003: Finlay A McAlister
Applying evidence to patient care: from black and white to shades of grey.
Annals of internal medicine 2003;138(11):938-9.
2003: Finlay A McAlister; Sharon E Straus; David L Sackett; Douglas Altman
Analysis and reporting of factorial trials: a systematic review.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2003;289(19):2545-53.
2003: Finlay A McAlister; Jeremy Man; Lana Bistritz; Hani Amad; Puneeta Tandon
Diabetes and coronary artery bypass surgery: an examination of perioperative glycemic control and outcomes.
Diabetes care 2003;26(5):1518-24.
2003: Justin A Ezekowitz; Paul W Armstrong; Finlay A McAlister
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators in primary and secondary prevention: a systematic review of randomized, controlled trials.
Annals of internal medicine 2003;138(6):445-52.
2003: Tammy J Bungard; William A Ghali; Finlay A McAlister; Alastair M Buchan; Andrew Cave; Peter G Hamilton; L Brent Mitchell; Ashfaq Shuaib; Koon K Teo; Ross T Tsuyuki
The relative importance of barriers to the prescription of warfarin for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2003;19(3):280-4.
2003: Finlay A McAlister; Nadia A Khan; Sharon E Straus; Miltiadis Papaioakim; Bruce W Fisher; Sumit R Majumdar; ognjen gajic; Malcolm Daniel; George Tomlinson
Accuracy of the preoperative assessment in predicting pulmonary risk after nonthoracic surgery.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2003;167(5):741-4.
2003: Justin A Ezekowitz; Finlay A McAlister; Paul W Armstrong
Anemia is common in heart failure and is associated with poor outcomes: insights from a cohort of 12 065 patients with new-onset heart failure.
Circulation 2003;107(2):223-5.
2002: Don D Sin; Finlay A McAlister
The effects of beta-blockers on morbidity and mortality in a population-based cohort of 11,942 elderly patients with heart failure.
The American journal of medicine 2002;113(8):650-6.
2002: Taha Taher; Nadia A Khan; P J Devereaux; Bruce W Fisher; William A Ghali; Finlay A McAlister
Assessment and reporting of perioperative cardiac risk by Canadian general internists: art or science?
Journal of general internal medicine 2002;17(12):933-6.
2002: Paul Armstrong; Neil R Cashman; Deborah J Cook; David Feeny; William A Ghali; Frank R de Gruijl; Judith G Hall; Carol P Herbert; Neill Iscoe; Alejandro R Jadad; Jerome P Kassirer; Finlay A McAlister; Allison McGeer; Harriet L MacMillan; David Moher; Susan Phillips; Donald A Redelmeier; Martin T Schechter; Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten; Salim Yusuf
A letter from CMAJ's editorial board to the CMA.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2002;167(11):1230; author reply 1230-1.
2002: Sharon E Straus; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister
New evidence for stroke prevention: clinical applications.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2002;288(11):1396-8.
2002: Sharon E Straus; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister
New evidence for stroke prevention: scientific review.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 2002;288(11):1388-95.
2002: Sharon E Straus; Finlay A McAlister; David L Sackett; Jonathan J Deeks
Accuracy of history, wheezing, and forced expiratory time in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Journal of general internal medicine 2002;17(9):684-8.
2002: John Bradley; Finlay A McAlister
Best evidence in anesthetic practice: clinical prediction guide: a 14-item index predicts 30-day risk of postoperative pneumonia after non-cardiac surgery.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie 2002;49(7):655-7.
2002: Abdullah Alsaeedi; Don D Sin; Finlay A McAlister
The effects of inhaled corticosteroids in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review of randomized placebo-controlled trials.
The American journal of medicine 2002;113(1):59-65.
2002: Finlay A McAlister; Kelly B Zarnke; Norman R C Campbell; Ross D Feldman; Mitchell Levine; Jeffrey L Mahon; Steven A Grover; Richard Z Lewanczuk; Frans Leenen; Sheldon Tobe; Marcel Lebel; James Stone; Ernesto L Schiffrin; Simon W Rabkin; Richard I Ogilvie; Pierre Larochelle; Charlotte Jones; George Honos; George Fodor; Ellen Burgess; Pavel Hamet; Robert Herman; Jane Irvine; Bruce Culleton; James M Wright
The 2001 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part two--Therapy.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2002;18(6):625-41.
2002: Kelly B Zarnke; Finlay A McAlister; Norman R C Campbell; Mitchell Levine; Ernesto L Schiffrin; Steven Grover; Donald W McKay; Martin G Myers; Thomas W Wilson; Simon W Rabkin; Ross D Feldman; Ellen Burgess; Peter Bolli; George Honos; Marcel Lebel; Karen Mann; Carl Abbott; Sheldon Tobe; Robert Petrella; Rhian M Touyz
The 2001 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part one--Assessment for diagnosis, cardiovascular risk, causes and lifestyle modification.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2002;18(6):604-24.
2002: William A Ghali; Jacques Cornuz; Finlay A McAlister; Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen; P J Devereaux; C David Naylor
Accelerated publication versus usual publication in 2 leading medical journals.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2002;166(9):1137-43.
2002: Bruce W Fisher; Sumit R Majumdar; Finlay A McAlister
Predicting pulmonary complications after nonthoracic surgery: a systematic review of blinded studies.
The American journal of medicine 2002;112(3):219-25.
2002: Finlay A McAlister
Commentary: relative treatment effects are consistent across the spectrum of underlying risks...usually.
International journal of epidemiology 2002;31(1):76-7.
2002: Finlay A McAlister
Atrial fibrillation, shared decision making, and the prevention of stroke.
Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation 2002;33(1):243-4.
2001: Kelly B Zarnke; Mitchell Levine; Finlay A McAlister; Norman R C Campbell; Martin G Myers; Donald W McKay; Peter Bolli; George Honos; Marcel Lebel; Karen Mann; Thomas W Wilson; Carl Abbott; Sheldon Tobe; Ellen Burgess; Simon Rabkin
The 2000 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: part two--diagnosis and assessment of people with high blood pressure.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2001;17(12):1249-63.
2001: Finlay A McAlister; D L Sackett
Active-control equivalence trials and antihypertensive agents.
The American journal of medicine 2001;111(7):553-8.
2001: Finlay A McAlister; FM Lawson; KK Teo; Paul W Armstrong
Randomised trials of secondary prevention programmes in coronary heart disease: systematic review.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2001;323(7319):957-62.
2001: Tammy J Bungard; William A Ghali; Finlay A McAlister; Alastair M Buchan; Andrew Cave; Peter G Hamilton; L Brent Mitchell; Ashfaq Shuaib; Koon K Teo; Ross T Tsuyuki
Physicians' perceptions of the benefits and risks of warfarin for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2001;165(3):301-2.
2001: Finlay A McAlister; Mitchell Levine; Kelly B Zarnke; Norman Campbell; Richard Z Lewanczuk; Frans Leenen; Simon Rabkin; J M Wright; J Stone; Ross D Feldman; Marcel Lebel; George Honos; George Fodor; Ellen Burgess; Sheldon Tobe; Pavel Hamet; R Herman; J Irvine; Bruce Culleton; R Petrella; Rhian M Touyz
The 2000 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part one--therapy.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2001;17(5):543-59.
2001: Raj Padwal; Sharon E Straus; Finlay A McAlister
Evidence based management of hypertension. Cardiovascular risk factors and their effects on the decision to treat hypertension: evidence based review.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2001;322(7292):977-80.
2001: Finlay A McAlister; Sharon E Straus
Evidence based treatment of hypertension. Measurement of blood pressure: an evidence based review.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2001;322(7291):908-11.
2001: Finlay A McAlister; FM Lawson; KK Teo; Paul W Armstrong
A systematic review of randomized trials of disease management programs in heart failure.
The American journal of medicine 2001;110(5):378-84.
2001: Finlay A McAlister; Norman R C Campbell; Kelly B Zarnke; M Levine; I D Graham
The management of hypertension in Canada: a review of current guidelines, their shortcomings and implications for the future.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2001;164(4):517-22.
2001: Tammy J Bungard; Finlay A McAlister; Jeffrey Johnson; Ross T Tsuyuki
Underutilisation of ACE inhibitors in patients with congestive heart failure.
Drugs 2001;61(14):2021-33.
2000: Kelly B Zarnke; Norman R C Campbell; Finlay A McAlister; Mitchell Levine
A novel process for updating recommendations for managing hypertension: rationale and methods.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 2000;16(9):1094-102.
2000: Finlay A McAlister; A M O'Connor; G Wells; Steven A Grover; Andreas Laupacis
When should hypertension be treated? The different perspectives of Canadian family physicians and patients.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2000;163(4):403-8.
2000: Tammy J Bungard; William A Ghali; Koon K Teo; Finlay A McAlister; Ross T Tsuyuki
Why do patients with atrial fibrillation not receive warfarin?
Archives of internal medicine 2000;160(1):41-6.
1999: Finlay A McAlister; S E Straus; D L Sackett
Why we need large, simple studies of the clinical examination: the problem and a proposed solution. CARE-COAD1 group. Clinical Assessment of the Reliability of the Examination-Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease Group.
Lancet 1999;354(9191):1721-4.
1999: Finlay A McAlister; L Taylor; Koon K Teo; Ross T Tsuyuki; Margaret L Ackman; R Yim; Terrence J Montague
The treatment and prevention of coronary heart disease in Canada: do older patients receive efficacious therapies? The Clinical Quality Improvement Network (CQIN) Investigators.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1999;47(7):811-8.
1999: Finlay A McAlister; Koon K Teo; M Taher; Terrence J Montague; Dennis P Humen; L Cheung; M Kiaii; R Yim; Paul W Armstrong
Insights into the contemporary epidemiology and outpatient management of congestive heart failure.
American heart journal 1999;138(1 Pt 1):87-94.
1999: Finlay A McAlister; Margaret L Ackman; Ross T Tsuyuki; S Kimber; Koon K Teo
Contemporary utilization of digoxin in patients with atrial fibrillation. Clinical Quality Improvement Network Investigators.
The Annals of pharmacotherapy 1999;33(3):289-93.
1998: Finlay A McAlister; Koon K Teo
Recent advances in the drug treatment of heart failure.
Postgraduate medical journal 1998;74(877):658-61.
1998: Finlay A McAlister; Richard Z Lewanczuk
Primary hyperaldosteronism and adrenal incidentaloma: an argument for physiologic testing before adrenalectomy.
Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie 1998;41(4):299-305.
1998: Finlay A McAlister; Heather D Clark; P S Wells; Andreas Laupacis
Perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion does not cause adverse sequelae in patients with cancer: a meta-analysis of unconfounded studies.
The British journal of surgery 1998;85(2):171-8.
1998: Finlay A McAlister; Andreas Laupacis
Towards a better yardstick: the choice of treatment thresholds in hypertension.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 1998;14(1):47-51.
1997: Finlay A McAlister; Koon K Teo; Andreas Laupacis
A survey of management practices for isolated systolic hypertension.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1997;45(10):1219-22.
1997: Finlay A McAlister; Koon K Teo
Antiarrhythmic therapies for the prevention of sudden cardiac death.
Drugs 1997;54(2):235-52.
1997: Finlay A McAlister; A Laupacis; Koon K Teo; Peter G Hamilton; Terrence J Montague
A survey of clinician attitudes and management practices in hypertension.
Journal of human hypertension 1997;11(7):413-9.
1997: Finlay A McAlister; Koon K Teo; Richard Z Lewanczuk; G Wells; Terrence J Montague
Contemporary practice patterns in the management of newly diagnosed hypertension.
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 1997;157(1):23-30.
1997: Finlay A McAlister; K K Teo
The management of congestive heart failure.
Postgraduate medical journal 1997;73(858):194-200.
1997: Finlay A McAlister; B W Fisher; S C Houston
The timing of computed tomography in acute stroke: a practice audit.
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes 1997;48(2):123-9.
1996: Finlay A McAlister; Richard Z Lewanczuk; Koon K Teo
Resistant hypertension: an overview.
The Canadian journal of cardiology 1996;12(9):822-8.
1996: F Lawson; Finlay A McAlister; Margaret L Ackman; R Ikuta; Terrence J Montague
The utilization of antithrombotic prophylaxis for atrial fibrillation in a geriatric rehabilitation hospital.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1996;44(6):708-11.
1996: Koon K Teo; Finlay A McAlister; Terrence J Montague
Results of randomized clinical trials of magnesium--can a consensus be reached?
Coronary artery disease 1996;7(5):341-7.
1995: Finlay A McAlister; K McClean; P G Hamilton; S Houston
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and porphyria cutanea tarda: coexistence of risk factors or causative association?
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1995;20(2):348-51.