Recent Publications

OCEANIC-STROKE: Rationale, design and baseline characteristics of participants in the OCEANIC-STROKE trial of FXIa inhibition for secondary stroke prevention

European Stroke Journal

Mukul Sharma, Qiang Dong, Teruyuki Hirano, Scott E Kasner, Jeffrey Saver, Jaime Masjuan, Andrew M Demchuk, Charlotte Cordonnier, Daniel Bereczki, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Roland Veltkamp, Ivan Staikov, Hee-Joon Bae, Bruce C V Campbell, Andrea Zini, I-Hui Lee, Sebastian Ameriso, Martin Kovar, Robert Mikulik, Robin Lemmens, José M Ferro, Thompson Robinson, Hanne Christensen, Serefnur Ozturk , Ronen R Leker , Peter Turcani , Agnieszka Slowik , Pablo Amaya , Fan Kee Hoo , Gian Marco De Marchis , Michael Knoflach , Pillai N Sylaja , Jukka Putaala , Jonathan M Coutinho , H Bart van der Worp , Evija Miglane , Vaidas Matijosaitis , Arne G Lindgren , Gisele Sampaio Silva , Else Charlotte Sandset , Saule Tleubergenovna Turuspekova , Raed A Joundi , Karleen Schulze , Olga Shestakovska , Jennifer Gilbride , Shrikant I Bangdiwala , Lizhen Xu , Eva Muehlhofer , Pablo Colorado , Hardi Mundl , Lars Keller , Ashkan Shoamanesh OCEANIC-STROKE Investigators

January 2026

ORIGIN, REWIND: Prediction of heart failure as the first major cardiovascular disease event in type 2 diabetes

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Sacre JW, Lundegard K, Mohammedi K, Carstensen B, Gerstein HC, Shaw JE.

January 2026

HD PCI: Design and rationale of the HD PCI trial: A cluster randomized crossover trial of higher vs. lower dose heparin for elective percutaneous coronary intervention

American Heart Journal

d'Entremont MA, Lee SF, Wijeysundera HC, Tsang MB, Amlani S, Wassef A, Lavi S, So DYF, Betz J, Tyrwhitt J, Graham J, Cantor WJ, Bagherli A, Vijayaraghavan R, Jolly SS.

December 2025

ARCADIA: Multiterritory Brain Infarcts, Anticoagulation, and Recurrence After Cryptogenic Stroke: A Subgroup Analysis

Stroke

Gologorsky R, Lansberg MG, Wintermark M, Cassarly CN, Aragon Garcia R, Plummer P, Karunamuni N, Kasner SE, Navi BB, Liberman A, Sharma M, Broderick JP, Longstreth WT Jr, Tirschwell DL, Kronmal RA, Elkind MSV, Kamel H; ARCADIA Investigators.

December 2025

COMPASS: Clinical significance of a new diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in patients with vascular disease

Heart Rhythm

Benz AP, Alings M, Bosch J, Avezum A, Bhatt DL, Healey JS, Johnson LS, McIntyre WF, Widimsky P, Yi Q, Yusuf S, Connolly SJ, Eikelboom JW; Cardiovascular Outcomes for People Using Anticoagulation Strategies (COMPASS) Investigators

December 2025

ARTESiA: Atrial fibrillation progression in patients with device-detected subclinical atrial fibrillation: Insights from the ARTESiA trial

Heart Rhythm

Boriani G, McIntyre WF, Ramasundarahettige C, Proietti M, Glotzer TV, Diemberger I, Nielsen JC, Essebag V, Granger CB, Sandhu RK, Benezet-Mazuecos J, Mabo P, Coutu B, Wong JA, Gold MR, Lopes RD, Healey JS; ARTESiA Investigators

July 2025

VISION: Association between Complications and Death Within 30 days after General Surgery: A Vascular Event in Noncardiac Surgery Patients Cohort Evaluation Substudy

Annals of Surgery

Park LJ, Borges FK, Ofori S, Nenshi R, Jacka M, Heels-Ansdell D, Bogach J, Vogt K, Chan MT, Verghese A, Polanczyk CA, Skinner D, Asencio JM, Paniagua P, Rosen M, Serrano PE, Marcaccio MJ, Simunovic M, Thabane L, Devereaux PJ

December 2025

OCEANIC-STROKE: Rationale, design and baseline characteristics of participants in the OCEANIC-STROKE trial of FXIa inhibition for secondary stroke prevention

European Stroke Journal

Mukul Sharma, Qiang Dong, Teruyuki Hirano, Scott E Kasner, Jeffrey Saver, Jaime Masjuan, Andrew M Demchuk, Charlotte Cordonnier, Daniel Bereczki, Georgios Tsivgoulis, Roland Veltkamp, Ivan Staikov, Hee-Joon Bae, Bruce C V Campbell, Andrea Zini, I-Hui Lee, Sebastian Ameriso, Martin Kovar, Robert Mikulik, Robin Lemmens, José M Ferro, Thompson Robinson, Hanne Christensen, Serefnur Ozturk, Ronen R Leker, Peter Turcani, Agnieszka Slowik, Pablo Amaya, Fan Kee Hoo, Gian Marco De Marchis, Michael Knoflach, Pillai N Sylaja, Jukka Putaala, Jonathan M Coutinho, H Bart van der Worp, Evija Miglane, Vaidas Matijosaitis, Arne G Lindgren, Gisele Sampaio Silva, Else Charlotte Sandset, Saule Tleubergenovna Turuspekova , Raed A Joundi, Karleen Schulze, Olga Shestakovska, Jennifer Gilbride, Shrikant I Bangdiwala , Lizhen Xu, Eva Muehlhofer, Pablo Colorado, Hardi Mundl, Lars Keller, Ashkan Shoamanesh OCEANIC-STROKE Investigators

December 2025

PICS-Prevena: Prevention of Infections in Cardiac Surgery-Prevena Study – A pilot/vanguard factorial cluster cross-over RCT

PLoS One

Scheier TC, Whitlock R, Loeb M, Devereaux PJ, Lamy A, McGillion M, Quantz M, Copland I, Lee SF, Mertz D.

December 2025

IMPROVE-PVI: Early recurrence of atrial arrhythmia and healthcare utilization during the 8-week blanking period following thermal energy catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation

Heart Rhythm

Benz AP, Amit G, McIntyre WF, Singh J, Acosta-Vélez JG, Conen D, Deif B, Divakaramenon S, Mtwesi V, Roberts JD, Wong JA, Healey JS.

December 2025

VISION: Patient and surgery-related correlates of preoperative psychological distress

Journal of Health Psychology

Sommer JL, Mac Donald K, Sareen J, Mackenzie CS, Devereaux PJ, Srinathan S, El-Gabalawy R.

November 2025

COMPLETE: Complete versus culprit lesion-only revascularisation for acute myocardial infarction (Complete Revascularisation Trialists’ Collaboration): an individual patient data meta-analysis of randomised trials

The Lancet

Mehta SR, Tiong DTW, Böhm F, Ramasundarahettige C, Biscaglia S, Campo G, James S, Smits PC, Giacoppo D, McCann GP, Banning A, Høfsten DE, Casella G, Kirabo FR, Nguyen H, Wood DA, Cairns JA, Engstrøm T.

November 2025

ARTESiA: Major Bleeding With Apixaban vs Aspirin: A Subanalysis of the ARTESiA Randomized Clinical Trial

JAMA Cardiology

Siegal DM, Sticherling C, Healey JS, McIntyre WF, Christensen LS, Parkash R, Vanassche T, Conen D, Gold M, Granger CB, Nielsen JC, Carrier M, Wojdyla DM, Erath JW, Rivard L, Kutyifa V, Wright DJ, Lopes RD

November 2025

PURE: Community-level infrastructure risk factors for motor vehicle injuries of car occupants and pedestrians

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Bangdiwala SI, Lear S, Hu B, Ramasundarahettige C, Alhabib KF, Ricci C, Ismail R, Połtyn-Zaradna K, Yusuf R, Prasad Varma R, Mir H, Rosengren A, Chifamba J, Lakhsmi PVM, Avezum A, Mohan I, Bahonar A, Iqbal R, Kulimbet M, Rangarajan S, Lopez Jaramillo JP, Diaz ML, Khatib R, Seron P, Tumerdem Calik KB, Yeats K, Yan M, Zhu Y, Yusuf S; PURE investigators.

November 2025

LAAOS-4: Percutaneous left atrial appendage closure for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation: who should receive it in current clinical practice?

Current Opinion in Cardiology

d'Entremont MA, Healy JS, Jolly SS

November 2025

European Stroke Journal

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

American Heart Journal

Stroke

Heart Rhythm

Heart Rhythm

Annals of Surgery

European Stroke Journal

PLoS One

Heart Rhythm

Journal of Health Psychology

The Lancet

JAMA Cardiology

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Current Opinion in Cardiology

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