Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Rheumatology
Research interest
are in the design and analysis of clinical trials, statistical methodology related to disease processes and health care delivery, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, economic evaluations and the development and assessment of decision support technologies for patients and practitioners. Latest publications Wells, G.A., Hsieh, S-C., Peterson, J., Zheng, C., Kelly, S. E., Shea, B. and Tugwell, P., “Etidronate for the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Osteoporotic Fractures in Postmenopausal women”. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Musculoskeletal & Back and Neck (DOI: – 10.1002/14651858.CD003376.pub4 - October 2023), Vol. 4, No. 4, CD003376, April 2024. Sapp, J., Tang, A., Parkash, R., Stevenson, W., Healey, J. and Wells, G.A., “A Randomized Clinical Trial of Catheter Ablation an
Targeting Vascular Inflammation In Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (TIN-CAP): protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
Total and partial knee arthroplasty versus non-surgical interventions of the knee for moderate to severe osteoarthritis.
Antithrombotic Therapy after Successful Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Cost-effectiveness of population screening for aortic stenosis.
Clinical Presentation and Outcomes After Surgery for Mitral Regurgitation: Real-World Insights From the MITRACURE International Registry.
Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Benefit of Tricuspid Valve Interventions – Insights from the International TRIGISTRY
School feeding programs for improving the physical and psychological health of school children experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage.
Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Following Valve Replacement or Repair: Protocol for a Systematic Review (Preprint)
Effectiveness, Efficacy, and Safety of Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Following Valve Replacement or Repair: Protocol for a Systematic Review (Preprint)
Point-of-Care Ultrasound for the Detection of Vascular Access Site Complications—The ULTRASITCOM Study
Benefit of isolated surgical valve repair or replacement for functional tricuspid regurgitation and long-term outcomes stratified by the TRI-SCORE.
Reporting of equity in observational epidemiology: A methodological review
A randomized clinical trial of catheter ablation and antiarrhythmic drug therapy for suppression of ventricular tachycardia in ischemic cardiomyopathy: The VANISH2 trial.
One-month DAPT with ticagrelor and aspirin for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: rationale and design of the randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled ODIN trial
High-power short-duration versus low-power long-duration ablation for pulmonary vein isolation: A substudy of the AWARE randomized controlled trial.
Assessment of the quality and content of clinical practice guidelines for vitamin D and for immigrants using the AGREE II instrument: global systematic review.
Improving social justice in observational studies: protocol for the development of a global and Indigenous STROBE-equity reporting guideline
Fibrotic Plaque and Microvascular Dysfunction Predict Early Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Progression After Heart Transplantation: The Early Post Transplant Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Study.
Off-Hours Presentation, Door-to-Balloon Time, and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Referred for Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Across the Health Care Pathway: A National, Multicenter, Patient-Informed Investigation.
Candrive-Development of a Risk Stratification Tool for Older Drivers.
Arterial Age and Early Vascular Aging, But Not Chronological Age, Are Associated With Faster Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Growth.
Prospective Validation of Computed Tomography to Identify Patients at High Risk for Stroke After Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke.
Ninety-Day Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Recurrence in Patients Prescribed Anticoagulation in the Emergency Department With Atrial Fibrillation and a New Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke.
Association Between the Access Site for Coronary Angiography and Catheter-induced Coronary Artery Dissection
Progression of Atrial Fibrillation after Cryoablation or Drug Therapy
Frequency of Symptomatic Adverse Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Exploratory Online Survey
Effectiveness and Safety of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Persons Exposed to Cases of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease: A Systematic Review.
The Resistance Exercise in Already Active Diabetic Individuals (READI) Randomized Clinical Trial
A Pragmatic Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the OA Go Away Among Individuals with Osteoarthritis of the Hip or Knee.