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  • Unveiling the Longitudinal Journey: 3-Year Follow-up of Women with MINOCA and INOCA in a Specialized Heart Centre

    Théberge ET, Burden E, Leung K, Parvand M, Prodan-Bhalla N, Humphries KH, Sedlak TL.

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  • Access and barriers to safer supply prescribing during a toxic drug emergency: a mixed methods study of implementation in British Columbia, Canada.

    Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy

    September 16, 2024

    Access to Care
    Substance Use & Addictions

    Urbanoski KA, van Roode T, Selfridge M, Hogan KC, Fraser J, Lock K, McGreevy PB, Burmeister C, Barker B, Slaunwhite A, Nosyk B, Pauly B.

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  • Effects of Losartan on Patients Hospitalized for Acute COVID-19: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Clin Infect Dis

    September 15, 2024

    COVID-19
    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

    Tran KC, Asfar P, Cheng M, Demiselle J, Singer J, Lee T, Sweet D, Boyd J, Walley K, Haljan G, Sharif O, Geri G, Auchabie J, Quenot J-P, Lee TC, Tsang J, Meziani F, Lamontagne F, Dubee V, Lasocki S, Ovakim D, Wood G, Turgeon A, Cohen Y, Lebas E, Goudelin M, Forrest D, Teale A, Mira J-P, Fowler R, Daneman N, Adhikari NKJ, Gousseff M, Leroy P, Plantefeve G, Rispal P, Courtois R, Winston B, Reynolds S, Birks P, Bienvenu B, Tadie J-M, Talarmin J-P, Ansart S, Russell JA, for the ARBs CORONA II Team.

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  • The Diversity of Research Participants in Randomized Controlled Trials and Observational Studies Conducted by the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

    Ann Am Thorac Soc

    September, 2024

    Clinical Trials

    Mehta S, Ahluwalia A, Ahluwalia A, Burns KEA, O’Hearn K, Maratta C, Menon K, Rochwerg B, Murthy S, Fowler R, Fiest KM.

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  • Mortality After Multivessel Revascularization in Patients With Diabetes and Acute Coronary Syndromes.

    Godoy LC, Farkouh ME, Austin PC, Shah BR, Qiu F, Sud M, Nicolau JC, Fremes SE, Rocha RV, Tam DY, Humphries KH, Lawler PR, Wijeysundera HC, Lee DS, Gaudino MFL, Ko DT.

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  • Engaging Canadians in Health Policy Is No Trivial Matter.

    Healthc Policy

    September 1, 2024

    Editorial
    Health Policy

    Sutherland JM.

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  • Dual direct oral anticoagulant therapy in challenging thrombosis: a case series.

    Res Pract Thromb Haemost

    August 13, 2024

    Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
    Patient-Centred Care

    Chornenki NLJ, McPhaden H, Peterson EA, Lai CMB, Lee AYY.

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  • Coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes in a population-based cohort of people with HIV and a matched cohort of people without HIV during Omicron variant waves.

    Chambers C, Cooper CL, Kroch AE, Buchan SA, Kendall CE, Kwong JC, Moideddin R, Nguyen L, Arbess G, Benoit AC, Costiniuk CT, Habanyama M, Janjua NZ, Langlois M-A, McCullagh J, Mbuagbaw L, Moqueet N, Nambiar D, Rueda S, Samji H, Tran V, Walmsley S, Anis A, Burchell AN.

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  • Promoting Slhánay̓ Sḵwálwen (Indigenous Women’s Heart Health): Findings From Sharing Circles With Squamish Nation.

    Oppliger K, Blair S, Price R, Nahanee M, Nahanee D, Duncan R, Lamont E, Beverly A, Dawson A, Conklin AI.

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  • Antiphospholipid syndrome, monoclonal gammopathy, and cryoglobulinemia overlap leading to recurrent cutaneous microvascular thrombosis: A case report and retrospective cohort study.

    EJHaem

    July 28, 2024

    Editorial
    Patient-Centred Care

    Bohm A, Wan BA, Karin A, Lee LJ, Lee AYY, Conway EM, Lai CMB.

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  • Validation of a Dyspnea Visual Analogue Scale in Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease.

    Ann Am Thorac Soc

    July, 2024

    Chronic Conditions

    Bevanda L, Mok V, Lin K, Assayag D, Fisher JH, Johannson KA, Khalil N, Kolb M, Manganas H, Marcoux V, Sadatsafavi M, Wong AW, Ryerson CJ.

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  • Association between sleep microarchitecture and cognition in obstructive sleep apnea.

    Sleep

    June 29, 2024

    Sleep & Health

    Beaudin AE, Younes M, Gerardy B, Raneri JK, Allen AJMH, Gomes T, Gakwaya S, Series F, Kimoff J, Skomro RP, Ayas NT, Smith EE, Hanly PJ, the Canadian Sleep and Circadian Network (CSCN).

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