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March 21 2011 Congratulations to Drs. Bill Ghali, Merril Knudtson, Michelle Graham, Colleen Norris; Diane Galbraith, and other members of the APPROACH team. The APPROACH Cardiac registry was selected as one of the top six achievements in Canadian health research that have had a significant impact on health, health care and health research by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). (Read the announcement)
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March 7 2011 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 10, Issue 1)
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July 30 2010 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 9, Issue 2)
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February 2 2010 "Access to primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in Canada: a geographic analysis," by A Patel, J Tu, N Waters et al., published in Open Medicine (Read the Abstract)
- January 29 2010 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 9, Issue 1)
- October 2 2009 "Underuse of prehospital strategies to reduce time to reperfusion for ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients in 5 Canadian provinces", by Michael J. Schull, Samuel Vaillancourt, Linda Donovan, et al., published in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (Read the Abstract)
- August 28 2009 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 8, Issue 2)
- July 20 2009 "Trends in risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Canada: temporal, socio-demographic and geographic factors" by D Lee, M Chiu, D Manuel, et al., published on line by the Canadian Medical Association Journal
- July 7 2009 "Long-Term Trends in Use of and Expenditures for Cardiovascular Medications in Canada" by C Jackevicius, J Cox, D Carreon, et al., published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal
- June 23 2009 "National trends in rates of death and hospital admissions related to acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke", 1994-2004 by J Tu, L Nardi, J Fang, et al., published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal
- January 19 2009 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 8, Issue 1)
- November 4 2008 "A survey of primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in Canadian hospitals", by Dennis T Ko, Linda R Donovan, Thao Huynh et al., published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology (Read the Abstract)
- October 23 2008 "Cardiovascular Outcomes after a Change in Prescription Policy for Clopidogrel", by Cynthia A Jackevicius, Jack V Tu, Virginie Demers et al., published in the New England Journal of Medicine (Read the Abstract)
- October 21 2008 "Indicators of quality of care for patients with acute myocardial infarction", by Jack V Tu, Laila Khalid, Linda Donovan et al., published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
- September 2 2008 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 7, Issue 2)
- March 31 2008 "Use of Ezetimibe in the United States and Canada" by Cynthia A Jackevicius, et al., published on line in the New England Journal of Medicine (Read the Abstract)
- February 26 2008 "Prevalence, predictors, and outcomes of primary nonadherence after acute myocardial infarction" by Cynthia A Jackevicius, Ping Li and Jack V Tu, published in Circulation (Read the Abstract)
- January 28 2008 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 7, Issue 1)
- December 20 2007 "Effectiveness and Safety of Drug-Eluting Stents in Ontario" study by Jack Tu et al (see Oct 3, 2007 entry below) named one of the top 10 research advances in heart disease and stroke for 2007 by the American Heart Association
- November 2007 Fall Team Meeting
- October 19 2007 CCORT AMI Quality Indicator Panel Meeting
- October 03 2007 "Effectiveness and Safety of Drug-Eluting Stents in Ontario" by Jack V Tu, James Bowen, Maria Chiu, Dennis T Ko, Peter C Austin et al, published in the October 04 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. (Read the Media Release) (Read the Abstract)
- August 02 2007 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 6, Issue 1)
- April 2007 "Relation between cardiac troponin I and mortality in acute decompensated heart failure" by John J You et al, published in the American Heart Journal (Read the Abstract)
- December 21 2006 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 5, Issue 1)
- October 28 2006 Globe and Mail’s Andre Picard talks with Dr. Jack Tu about how heart disease is treated in Canada. (Read the Article)
- July 04 2006 CCORT Cardiovascular Atlas Media Release
- May 2006 National Team Meeting
- March 2006 CIHR notification of funding
- December 05 2005 Pulse Newsletter (Volume 4, Issue 3)
- December 05 2005 "Regional variation in self-reported heart disease prevalence in Canada" by Chi-Ming Chow et al, published in the December issue of the Canadian Journal of Cardiology. (Read the Article) Table 1
- November 28 2005 "Quality of care and outcomes of older patients with heart failure hospitalized in the United States and Canada" by Dennis Ko et al published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. (Read the Abstract)
- November 22 2005 CCORT wins CIHR National Knowledge Translation Award
- October 23 2005 CCORT Atlas Series wins the Robert E. Beamish award
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