Abstracts

Scientific Sessions 2007 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Hubacek J, Brownell B, Galbraith PD, Ghali WA, Knudtson ML, Love MP. Does Revascularization Strategy Influence Survival in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes and Multi-vessel Coronary Artery Disease? Can J Cardiol 2007 Oct 23 (Suppl C):77C.  

Dorsch MF, Ranjbar K, Tyrrell B, Galbraith PD, Cheung P, Leung R, Chan M, Brass N, Hui WK. Two Stent Strategies for Bifurcation Lesions Increase the Need for Target Lesion Revascularization at 1 Year. Can J Cardiol 2007 Oct 23 (Suppl C):79C.  

Deyell MW, Zhang J, Ross DB, Ghali WA, Hemmelgarn B. Timing of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Following Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome and Short-Term Mortality. Can J Cardiol 2007 Oct 23 (Suppl C):143C.  

Norris CM, Escuder J, Finegan B. Smoking and CAD: An Under Treated and Sentinel Risk Factor for Adverse Outcome Following Initial Intervention. /Can J Cardiol/ 2007 Oct,23(Suppl C):161-62C.  

Keeble W. Gender Differences in Outcome After Primary PCI for Acute ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Can J Cardiol 2007 Oct 23 (Suppl C):188C.  

Hui W, Brass N, Cheung PK, Chan M, Leung R, Koshal A, Galbraith PD, Ranjbar K, Dorsch M, Tyrrell B, Klinke WP. Safety of Stand-Alone PCI: Quarter of a Century Later. Can J Cardiol 2007 Oct 23 (Suppl C):215C.  

Dorsch MF, Ranjbar K, Tyrrell B, Norris C, Oreopoulos, Cheung P, Leung R, Chan M, Hui WK, Brass N. Abciximab or Eptifibatide in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Analysis of 9106 Consecutive Patients. Can J Cardiol 2007 Oct 23 (Suppl C):216C.  

Nagendran J, Oreopoulos A, Norris C, James M, Appoo J, Ross DB. Is Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure a Better Predictor of Long-term Survival than Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery? Can J Cardiol 2007 Oct 23(Suppl C):212C.  

Nagendran J, Norris C, James M, MacArthur R, Koshal A, Ross DB. Long-term Outcomes After the Post-Operative Renal Failure After Cardiac Surgery. Can J Cardiol 2007 Oct 23 (Suppl C):266C.

Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease adn Stroke Conference 2007 - American Heart Association.
Galbraith PD, Hawkins LM, Ghali WA, Connolly C, Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Urban versus Rural Differences in Key Quality Indicators of Acute Myocardial Infarction Care in Alberta, Canada. Circulation 2007 115:21 e5.

Scientific Sessions 2006 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Goldberg A, Hubacek J, Shrive F, Goodhart DM, Anderson TJ. Lack of Prognostic Significance of Corrected Timi Frame Count in Patients undergoing Nonemergent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Can J Cardio 2006; 22 (Suppl D): 51D.

Galbraith BD, Shrive FM, Ghali WA, Hui W, Graham MM, Traboulsi M, Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Evidence of Late Events after PCI with Drug-Eluting Stents: Is There Cause for Concern? Can J Cardio 2006; 22 (Suppl D): 103D.

King KM, Norris CM, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA. Risk-Taking Attitudes and their Association with Process and Outcomes of Cardiac Care. Can J Cardio 2006; 22 (Suppl D): 110D.

King KM, Southern DA, Cornuz J, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA. Elevated Body Mass Index and Access to Coronary Revascularization Following Cardiac Catheterization. Can J Cardio 2006; 22 (Suppl D): 127D.

Rabi DM, Edwards AL, Svenson LW, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA. The Association Between Income and Burden of Coronary Atherosclerosis among Patients with Diabetes. Can J Cardio 2006; 22 (Suppl D): 178D.

Goldberg A, Southern DA, Galbraith PD, Anderson TJ, Traboulsi M, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA. The Influence of Coronary Dominance on Prognosis of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Can J Cardio 2006; 22 (Suppl D): 193D.

Makowski MJ, McAlister FA, Galbraith D, Tsuyuki RT. Peripheral Arterial Disease, Intensity of Cardiovascular Management, and Mortality Risk in Individuals with Coronary Artery Disease. Can J Cardio 2006; 22 (Suppl D): 221D.

Taylor CM, Pu A, Humphries KH, Ghali WA, Gao M, Carere R. A Clinical Prediction Tool May Help Avoid Unnecessary Coronary Angiography. Can J Cardio 2006; 22 (Suppl D): 226D.

Scientific Sessions 2005 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Knudtson M, Shrive F, Graham M, Godhard D, Hui W, Ghali W for the APPROACH Investigators. Treatment-Specific Mortality in the Stent Era of Patients with Significant Left Main Disease. Can J Cardiol 2005; 21 (Suppl D):123C.

Woo KS, Graham MM, Southern DA, Ghali WA. Feasibility of Determining Myocardial Infarction Type from Retrospective Medical Record Review. Can J Cardiol 2005; 21 (Suppl D):162C.

6th Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke 2005 – American Heart Association
Galbraith PD, Ghali WA, Hawkins ML, Knudtson ML. Expanding from a Procedure-Based to a Disease-Based Registry: Insights from the New Heart Alert Registry in Alberta. Circulation 2005 111:20 e336.

King K, Ghali WA, Norris C, Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML. Attitudes Toward Risk Taking Among Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation 2005 111:20 e350.

Graham MM, Norris CM, Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA. Quality of Life After Coronary Revascularization in the Elderly. Circulation 2005 111:20 e351.

Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting 2005
Shrive F, Ghali WA, Lewis S, Donaldson C, Knudtson ML, Manns BJ. Moving Beyond The Cost Per QALY: Modeling The Budgetary Impact Of Drug-Eluting Stents On Health System Payers. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2005: 20 (Suppl 1):80.

Southern D, Norris CM, Quan H, Shrive F, Galbraith P, Humphries K, Gao M, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA. An Administrative Data Merging Solution For Dealing With Missing Data In A Clinical Registry: Adaptation To IDC-10. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2005: 20 (Suppl 1):83.

Society of General Internal Medicine Meetings 2004
Southern D, McLaren L, Hawe P, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA, for the APPROACH Investigators. Individual-level and neighborhood level income measures. Agreement and association with outcomes in a cardiac disease cohort. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2004;19 (Suppl 1):168.

Scientific Sessions 2004 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Shrive FM, Manns BJ, Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA. An economic evaluation of sirolimus-eluting stents. Can J Cardiol 2004; 20(Suppl D):129D.

Bainey KR, Norris CM, Ghali WA, Knudtson ML, Welsh RC. Clinical predictors of instent restenosis in a large clinical database. Can J Cardiol 2004; 20(Suppl D):133D.

Gyenes G, Shrive FM, Graham MM, Ghali WA, Knudtson ML. The prognostic importance of non-significant left main coronary artery disease in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention . Can J Cardiol 2004; 20(Suppl D):135D.

Galbraith PD, Parsons G, Knudtson Ml, Maxwell CJ, Svenson LW, Schopflocher DP, Larsen ET, Ghali WA. Troponin data as a tool for disease surveillance for myocardial infarction. Can J Cardiol 2004:20:169D.

Hubacek J, Ghali WA, Galbraith PD, Faris PD, Knudtson ML, for the APPROACH Investigators. Validation of a simple beside outcome prediction model in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing PCI. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2004;18(Suppl B):132B.

Tsuyuki RT, Shrive FM, Graham MM, Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML. Survival after coronary revascularization in patients with heart failure. Can J Cardiol 2004; 20(Suppl D):143D.

Leung RC, Lundberg DL, Shewchuk L, Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML, Traboulsi M for the Foothills Interventional Cardiology Service and APPROACH Investigators. From referral hospital to invasive-treatment center: Process of care analysis comparing transfer vs on-site primary angioplasty. Can J Cardiol 2004; 20(Suppl D):151D.

Leung RC, Lundberg DL, Galbraith PD, Shewchuk L, Knudtson ML, Traboulsi M for the Foothills Interventional Cardiology Service and APPROACH Investigators. Around-the-clock primary angioplasty: process of care analysis comparing off-hours to normal operating hours of treatment of acute STEMI. Can J Cardiol 2004; 20(Suppl D):188D.

Hui WK, Norris CM, Galbraith PD, Gaballa M, brass N, Cheung PK, Chan M. Results of adhoc vs non-adhoc PCI in the stent era. Can J Cardiol 2004; 20(Suppl D):193D.

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Norris CM, GhaliWA,Galbraith PD, GrahamMM, Jensen LA, Knudtson ML. Women with coronary artery disease report worse health-related quality of life outcomes compared to men Scientific Sessions 2003. Circulation 2004, 2:21

Scientific Sessions 2004 American Heart Association
Shrive FM, Knudtson ML, Manns BJ, Ghali WA. An economic evaluation of drug-eluting stents. Circulation 2004;109:e6.

Quan H, Ghali WA, Galbraith PD, Norris CM, Southern DA, Verhoef MJ, Knudtson ML. Reasons for chelation therapy use: a cross-sectional survey in patients undergoing coronary angiography. Circulation 2004;109;e25.

Southern DA, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA. Myocardial infarction on snow days: Incidence, procedure use, and outcomes. Circulation 2004;109:e27.

Scientific Sessions 2003 American Heart Association
Appoo J, Norris CM, Merali S, Graham MM, Koshal A, Ghali WA for the APPROACH Investigators. Outcomes of isolated CABG in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. Circulation 2003;108(17): iv-589.

Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition 2003 American Society of Nephrology
Hemmelgarn BR, Ghali WA, Southern D, Knudtson ML. Association Between Level of Kidney Function and Survival After Cardiac Catheterization. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003;14:676A.

Hemmelgarn BR, Ghali WA, Southern D, Knudtson ML. The Survival Benefit of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Kidney Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003;14:676A.

Scientific sessions 2003 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Graham MM, Norris CM, Ghali, WA, Knudtson ML and the APPROACH Investigators. Quality of Life After Revascularization In The Elderly. Can J Cardiol. 2003; 19(Suppl A)178A.

McLellan CS, Ghali WA, Labinaz M, Davis RB, Galbraith PD, Southern DA, Shrive FM, Knudtson ML and the APROACH Investigators. Association Between Completeness of Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization And Post-Procedure Outcomes. Can J Cardiol. 2003; 19(Suppl A)274A.

Society of General Internal Medicine Meetings 2003
Quan H, Ghali WA, Dean S, Norris CM, Faris PD, Galbraith PD, Graham MM, Knudtson ML, for the APPROACH Investigators. Validity of using surnames to define Chinese ethnicity. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2003;18(Suppl 1):186.

2003 Canadian Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting
Alagiakrishnan K, Tsuyuki RT, Graham MM, Beitel JD, Southern DA, for the APPROACH Investigators. Abnormal T-Axis and its Association with Ischemic Defects in Cardiac Angiography. J. Can. Geriatr. Soc. 2003; 6(2): 69.

3rd Annual Spring Meeting of the European Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing
Norris CM, Ghali WA, Jensen L, Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML, for the APPROACH Investigators. Health-related Quality of Life Differences between Women and Men Treated for Coronary Artery Disease in Alberta, Canada. Eur J CV Nursing 2003: 2(1) 78.

Scientific Sessions 2002 American Heart Association
Hubacek J, Ghali WA, Galbraith PD, Faris PD, Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Validation of a simple bedside outcome prediction model in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing PCI. Circulation 2002:106(19):II-761.

Scientific Forum on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke 2002 - American Heart Association - Circulation 2002;106(16):e76-e123.
Norris CM, Saunders LD, Ghali WA, Brant R, Galbraith PD, Graham MM, Faris PD, Knudtson ML. Health-related quality of life outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease treated with surgery, percutaneous intervention or medical management. Circulation 2002;106(16):p124.

Norris CM, Ghali WA, Daub W, Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML. Utilization and outcomes of cardiac rehabilitation following cardiac catheterization in a large Canadian city. Circulation 2002;106(16): p125.

Humphries K, Izadnegahdar M, Gao M, Carere RG, Ghali WA. Cross-border utilization of cardiac services. Circulation 2002;106(16):p183.

Humphries K, Gao M, Izadnegahdar M, Lee ER, Carere RG, Ghali WA, Thompson CR. Outcome post coronary angiography? it depends on the point of view. Circulation 2002;106(16):p184.

Galbraith PD, Ghali WA, Faris PD, Norris CM and Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Trends in survival and repeat revacularization post-PCI: effectiveness of stents and IIb/IIIa inhibitors. Circulation 2002;106(16):p215.

Galbraith PD, Ghali WA, Norris CM, Faris PD and Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Six year trends in comorbidities and mortality of patients presenting for catheterization: observations from APPROACH. Circulation 2002;106(16):p216.

International Society for Quality of Life Research 2002 Conference
Sun J, Norris CM for the APPROACH Investigators. Gender differences in health related quality of life among patients with coronary heart diseases - A non-parametric regression approach. Quality of Life Research, 2002;11(7):719.

Scientific Sessions 2002 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Siedel JE, Ghali WA, Faris PD, Bow JD, Waters NM, Graham MM, Mitchell LB, Galbraith PD and Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Distance and access to cardiac revascularization. Can J Cardiol 2002:18(Suppl B):184 B.

Southern DA, Faris PD, Brant R, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA for the APPROACH Investigators. Preventing 'drift' of survival and time-to-event curves: a comparison of methodological approaches. Can J Cardiol 2002;18(Suppl B):234 B.

Gerning N, Norris C, Cheung PK, Brass N. Sex differences in mortality and coronary dominance. Can J Cardiol 2002;18(Suppl B):237B.

Norris C, Saunders LD, Ghali WA, Brant R, Galbraith PD, Graham M, Faris PD, Dzavik V, Knudtson ML, for the APPROACH Investigators. Distance and access to cardiac revascularization. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2002;18(Suppl B): 184B.

Eighth Annual National Australian Health Outcomes Conference 2002
Norris CM, Ghali WA, Knudtson ML, Naylor CD, Saunders LD for the APPROACH Investigators.
Dealing with missing data in observational health care outcome analyses . Proceedings of the Australian Health Outcomes Conference 2002. Published by The Australian Health Outcomes Collaboration.

Sciencific Sessions 2001 American Heart Association
Aymong E, Galbraith PD, Faris PD, Knudtson ML, Curtis M. Primary angioplasty in women presenting with acute myocardial infarction: Presented on behalf of the APPROACH Research Group. Circulation 2001;104 (17): II-465.

Sciencific Sessions 2001 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Graham MM, Ghali WA, Faris PD, Galbraith PD, Norris CM, Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Survival after coronary revascularization in the elderly. Can J Cardiol 2001;17 (Suppl C):127C.

Kalla S, Norris CM, Ghali WA, Faris PD, Galbraith PD and Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Outcomes of revascularization strategies for two vessel coronary artery disease involving proximal LAD in an era of improved pharmacotherapy and stents. Can J Cardiol 2001; 17(Suppl C):164C.

Graham MM, Ghali WA, Faris PD, Galbraith PD, Norris CM, Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Sex differences in the prognostic importance of diabetes in ischemic heart disease. Can J Cardiol 2001;17(Suppl C):167C.

Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML, Ghali WA, Faris PD, Norris CM,and Cornuz J for the APPROACH Investigators. Smoking status and likelihood of undergoing revascularization after cardiac catheterization: Insights from APPROACH. Can J Cardiol 2001;17(Suppl C):168C.

Zentner A for the APPROACH Investigators. In search of the optimal catheterization rate in AB. Can J Cardiol 2001;17(Suppl C):205C.

Ghali WA, Faris PD, Galbraith PD, Norris CM and Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Aboriginal ethnicity and access to cardiac procedures. Can J Cardiol 2001;17 (Suppl C):209C.

Ghali WA , Faris PD, Galbraith PD, Norris CM, MJ Curtis, Saunders LD and Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. The importance of detailed clinical data for evaluating sex differences in access to revascularization. Can J Cardiol 2001;17(Suppl C):229C.

Society of General Internal Medicine Meetings 2001
Faris PD, Ghali WA, Norris CM, Galbraith PD, Knudtson ML. Multiple imputation versus data enhancement for dealing with missing data in observational health care outcome analyses. J Gen Intern Med 2001;(Suppl 1);16:129.

Ghali WA, Faris PD, Galbraith PD, Norris CM and Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Aboriginal ethnicity and access to cardiac procedures. J Gen Intern Med. 2001;(Suppl 1);16:134.

Ghali WA, Faris PD, Galbraith PD, Norris CM, Curtis MJ, Saunders LD, Dzavik V, Mitchell LB, Knudtson ML. The importance of detailed clinical data for evaluating sex differences in access to cardiac revascularization. J Gen Intern Med 2001;16(Suppl 1):134.

Cornuz J, Faris PD, Ghali WD, Knudtson ML. Smoking status and likelihood of undergoing coronary revascularization after cardiac catheterization. J Gen Intern Med 2001(Suppl 1);16:191.

Faris PD, Ghali WA, Brant RF. Bias in estimates of confidence intervals for health outcome report cards. J Gen Intern Med 2001(Suppl 1);16:193

Scientific Sessions 2001 American College of Cardiology
Graham MM, Faris PD, Ghali WA, Knudtson ML on behalf of the APPROACH Investigators. Long-term outcome of revascularization or medical therapy in a cohort of elderly patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;(Suppl A);37(2):194A.

Society of General Internal Medicine Meetings 2000
QuanH, Ghali WA, Verhoef MJ, Norris CM, Knudtson ML fo rhte APPRAOCH Investigators. Chelation therapy use in patients undergoing coronary angiography. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2000;15(Suppl 1):91.

Sciencific Sessions 2000 American Heart Association
Dzavik V, Norris C, Faris P, Burton JR, Galbraith D, Tymchak WJ, Knudtson ML. Changes in revascularization strategies and outcome in diabetic and nondiabetic patients with high-risk coronary anatomy enrolled in a prospective registry in 1995-98. A report from the Alberta Provincial Project for Assessment of Coronary Heart Disease(APPROACH). Circulation 2000;
102(18) suppl ll-877.

Graham MM, Faris PD, Ghali WA, Galbraith PD, Norris CM, Badry JT, Mitchell LB, Curtis MJ,
Knudtson ML. Validation of three myocardial jeopardy scores in a population-based cardiac
catheterization cohort. Circulation 2000;102(18) suppl ll-855.

International Society for Quality of Life Conference 2000
Norris CM, Ghali WA, Galbraith PD, Saunders LD, Faris PD, Knudtson ML. Systematic review of statistical methods used to analyze Seattle Angina Questionnaire Scores. Quality of Life Research 2000;9(3): 309.

Scientific Sessions 2000 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Sexton E, Galbraith D, Knudtson ML, Anderson TJ, Hansen J, Roth D, Spence F, Traboulsi M, Curtis M. Is stenting superior to other strategies. Can J Cardiol 2000;16(Suppl F):145F.

Kaul P, Sauders LD, Ghali WA, Norris C, Dzavik V, Newman SC, Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Predictors of long-term mortality following percutaneous coronary intervention. Can J Cardiol 2000;16(Suppl F):166F.

Graham MM, Faris PD, Ghali WA, Galbraith PD, Norris CM, Badry JT, Knudtson ML for the APPROACH Investigators. Validation of three myocardial jeopardy scores in a population-based cardiac catheterization cohort. Can J Cardiol 2000;16(Suppl F):206F.

Sexton E, Galbraith D, Knudtson ML, Anderson TJ, Hansen J, Roth D, Spence F, Traboulsi M, Curtis M. Outcome of emergency percutaneous intervention patients: observations from a centralized catheterization laboratory. Can J Cardiol 2000;16(Suppl F):211F.

Traboulsi M for the APPROACH Investigators. The diagnostic yield of symptom-driven coronary catheterization post coronary stenting. Can J Cardiol 2000;16(Suppl F):212F.

Scientific Sessions 2000 American College of Cardiology
Curtis MJ on behalf of the APPROACH Investigators. Sex based differences in one year mortality following cardiac catherization: observations from a large outcome-focused database from the province of Alberta, Canada. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000;35(2) SupplA:543A.