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Acute coronary syndromes and heart failure CCU utilization and outcomes in teaching and community hospitals: A national population based analysis
Publication date: Available online 29 July 2018Source: Canadian Journal of CardiologyAuthor(s): Sanam Verma, Padma Kaul, Meng Lin, Justin A. Ezekowitz, David A. Zygun, Christopher B. Fordyce, Tracy Y. Wang, Finlay A. McAlister, Sean van DiepenAbstractAcute coronary syndromes (ACS) and heart failure (HF) are the leading diagnoses in patients admitted to critical care units (CCU). Little is known about the differences between CCU resource utilization and outcomes across hospital types. The Canadian Institute for Health Information was used to identify patients hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of an ACS or HF. CCUs were ...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - July 29, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Telehealth for Remote Stroke Management
Publication date: July 2018Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 34, Issue 7Author(s): Charlotte Zerna, Thomas Jeerakathil, Michael D. HillAbstractStroke is a leading cause of adult disability and the fourth leading cause of death in Canada. Most strokes are ischemic and functional outcome is highly time-dependent, making fast diagnosis and treatment initiation crucial. This poses a challenge in vast geographical areas where stroke neurology expertise is only available in urban centres. In this article we review the rationale for telestroke networks and their current implementation in Canada. Telestroke networks e...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - July 10, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Living with Stroke: A Woman ’s Experience of Stroke From Hospital to Home and Beyond
Publication date: April 2018 Source:Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 34, Issue 4 Author(s): D. Kandola, D. Banner, B. Croome
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - March 21, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Telehealth for remote stroke management
This article reviews the rationale for telestroke networks and their current implementation in Canada. Telestroke networks enable stroke-specific procedures to be performed by less experiences physicians under the guidance of stroke neurology experts. The article also presents evidence that the safety and effectiveness of intravenous alteplase in community hospitals in a telestroke network seems to be comparable to that achieved in dedicated stroke centres. It is thus a viable option to guarantee an aging population access to stroke care across large geographic regions with faster treatment and access to more advanced trea...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - December 27, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Secondary Prevention Beyond Hospital Discharge for Acute Coronary Syndrome: Evidence-Based Recommendations
Publication date: July 2016 Source:Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Volume 32, Issue 7, Supplement Author(s): David H. Fitchett, Shaun G. Goodman, Lawrence A. Leiter, Peter Lin, Robert Welsh, James Stone, Jean Grégoire, Philip Mcfarlane, Anatoly Langer In the past 3 decades, a better understanding of the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease has resulted in innovations in the treatment and prevention of its clinical manifestations such as death, myocardial infarction, or stroke. After an acute coronary syndrome there are short- and long-term risks of subsequent cardiovascular events. This leads to opportunit...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - June 21, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Secondary Prevention Beyond Hospital Discharge for ACS: Evidence-based Recommendations
Publication date: Available online 10 March 2016 Source:Canadian Journal of Cardiology Author(s): David H. Fitchett, Shaun G. Goodman, Lawrence A. Leiter, Peter Lin, Robert Welsh, James Stone, Jean Grégoire, Philip Mcfarlane, Anatoly Langer In the last three decades, a better understanding of the pathophysiology of cardiovascular disease has resulted in innovations in the treatment and prevention of its clinical manifestations such as death, myocardial infarction or stroke. Following an acute coronary syndrome there are short and long term risks of subsequent cardiovascular events. This leads to opportunities t...
Source: Canadian Journal of Cardiology - March 11, 2016 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research