State of the science in women's cardiovascular disease: a Canadian perspective on the influence of sex and gender

CM Norris, CYY Yip, KA Nerenberg… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death for women in
Canada. 1 Although it has long been recognized that estrogen impacts vascular responses …

Postoperative complications associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery and their therapeutic interventions

A Pooria, A Pourya, A Gheini - Future Cardiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Coronary artery disease is one of the commonest surgery demanding cardiovascular
diseases. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery is practiced all over the world for the …

Leveraging machine learning to predict 30-day hospital readmission after cardiac surgery

E Sherman, D Alejo, Z Wood-Doughty… - The Annals of Thoracic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Hospital readmission within 30 days of discharge is a well-studied outcome.
Predicting readmission after cardiac surgery, however, is notoriously challenging; the best …

Patient and hospital factors associated with 30-day readmissions after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MSR Shawon, M Odutola, MO Falster… - Journal of Cardiothoracic …, 2021 - Springer
Background Readmission after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is associated
with adverse outcomes and significant healthcare costs, and 30-day readmission rate is …

Prediction models for hospital readmissions in patients with heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Van Grootven, P Jepma, C Rijpkema, L Verweij… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To describe the discrimination and calibration of clinical prediction models, identify
characteristics that contribute to better predictions and investigate predictors that are …

Derivation and validation of predictive indices for 30-day mortality after coronary and valvular surgery in Ontario, Canada

LY Sun, A Chu, DY Tam, X Wang, J Fang, PC Austin… - CMAJ, 2021 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and surgical aortic valve replacement
(AVR) are the 2 most common cardiac surgery procedures in North America. We derived …

Thirty-day hospital readmissions following cardiac surgery are associated with mortality and subsequent readmission

V Bianco, A Kilic, E Aranda-Michel, TG Gleason… - Seminars in thoracic and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The aim of the current study was to assess the impact of hospital readmissions within 30-
days of discharge, on long-term postoperative outcomes. All patients who underwent cardiac …

The association between cytokines and 365-day readmission or mortality in adult cardiac surgery

AD Everett, SS Alam, SL Owens… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ject.edpsciences.org
Cardiac surgery results in a multifactorial systemic inflammatory response with inflammatory
cytokines, such as interleukin-10 and 6 (IL-10 and IL-6), shown to have potential in the …

Outcomes following coronary artery bypass grafting with multiple arterial grafting by pump status in men and women

FD Rubens, SE Fremes, N Grubic, D Fergusson… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Multiple arterial grafting (MAG) and off-pump surgery are strategies proposed to
improve outcomes with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study was conducted to …

Developing a random forest algorithm to identify patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defects in Ontario administrative databases

L Oliva, E Horlick, B Wang, E Huszti, R Hall… - BMC Medical Informatics …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Routinely collected administrative data is widely used for population-based
research. However, although clinically very different, atrial septal defects (ASD) and patent …