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Derek Exner

ResearcherCardiologyUniversity of Calgary

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Derek Exner

Researcher

Cardiology

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2014.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2009.

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Research

Cost-Effectiveness Death Economics Ejection Fraction Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Myocardial Infarction Quality Of Life Randomized Clinical Trial

Latest papers

A systematic review of heart rate variability and menopausal vasomotor symptoms.
Physiological reports · 2026
A Community-Based Trial of Commercially Available Compression Tights in Patients With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.
JACC. Clinical electrophysiology · 2025
Rates of post procedural prophylactic antibiotic use following cardiac implantable electronic device insertion and the impact on surgical site infections in Alberta, Canada.
Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2024

All 19 publications

Latest funding

Population-based Assessment of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in Canada: The PACED Study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$409,276
Use of Administrative Health Data to Assess the Feasibility of a Surveillance System for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: An Alberta Pilot
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$107,625
Risk Estimation Following Infarction Noninvasive Evaluation ICD efficacy (REFINE ICD) Trial.
CIHR · 2014 · Nominated PI
$1,248,736

All 5 grants and awards

19 publications.

A systematic review of heart rate variability and menopausal vasomotor symptoms.

Hira R, Uppal J, Deol P, Porter D, Exner D, Raj SR, Baker JR

Physiological reports2026

DOI: 10.14814/phy2.70907 PMID: 42121335

A Community-Based Trial of Commercially Available Compression Tights in Patients With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.

Bourne KM, Karalasingham K, Siddiqui T, Patel A, Exner D, Sheldon R, Raj SR

JACC. Clinical electrophysiology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2024.09.033 PMID: 39614865

Rates of post procedural prophylactic antibiotic use following cardiac implantable electronic device insertion and the impact on surgical site infections in Alberta, Canada.

Rennert-May E, Leal J, Zhang Z, Rajakumar I, Smith S, Conly JM, Exner D, Kuriachan V, Chew D

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-024-01512-3 PMID: 39695877

Validating administrative data to identify complex surgical site infections following cardiac implantable electronic device implantation: a comparison of traditional methods and machine learning.

Rennert-May E, Leal J, MacDonald MK, Cannon K, Smith S, Exner D, Larios OE, Bush K, Chew D

Antimicrobial resistance and infection control2022

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-022-01174-z PMID: 36357948

Predictors of perforation during lead extraction: Results of the Canadian Lead ExtrAction Risk (CLEAR) study.

Bashir J, Lee AJ, Philippon F, Mondesert B, Krahn AD, Sadek MM, Exner D, Pak M, Legare JF, Karim S, Fedoruk L, Peng D, Cusimano RJ, Parkash R, Tyers GFO, Andrade J

Heart rhythm2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2021.10.019 PMID: 34695576

Canadian national electrophysiology ablation registry report 2011–2016

Kaoutskaia A, Shurrab M, Amit G, Parkash R, Exner D, Toal S, Sterns L, Sarrazin J-F, Chauhan V, Sultan O

BMC Health Services Research20218 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-021-06441-0 PMID: W3122549313

Canadian Registry of Electronic Device Outcomes: remote monitoring outcomes in the Abbott battery performance alert-a multicentre cohort.

Kumar S, Davis J, Thibault B, Mangat I, Coutu B, Bennett M, Philippon F, Sandhu R, Sterns L, Essebag V, Nery P, Wells G, Yee R, Exner D, Krahn A, Parkash R

Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology2021

DOI: 10.1093/europace/euab025 PMID: 33608700

Rationale and design of the randomized prospective ATLAS study: Avoid Transvenous Leads in Appropriate Subjects

Mondésert B, Bashir J, Philippon F, Dubuc M, Amit G, Exner D, Joza J, Birnie DH, Lane C, Tsang B

American Heart Journal201925 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.09.008

Left Atrial Function Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Independently Predicts Life-Threatening Arrhythmias in Patients Referred to Receive a Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.

Lydell CP, Mikami Y, Homer K, Peng M, Cornhill A, Rajagopalan A, Arasaratnam P, Cowan K, Roberts A, Sumner C, Heydari B, Howarth AG, Exner D, White JA

The Canadian journal of cardiology2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2019.04.015 PMID: 31472813

Timing of device reimplantation and reinfection rates following cardiac implantable electronic device infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Chew D, Somayaji R, Conly J, Exner D, Rennert-May E

BMJ open2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029537 PMID: 31481556

Population-based Assessment of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in Canada: The PACED Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rennert-May, Elissa; Chew, Derek; Leal, Jenine R

Keywords: Administrative Data; Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections; Epidemiology; Health Systems; Healthcare Resource Utilization And Costs; Infection Prevention And Control Surveillance; Post-Surgical Outcomes; Quality Indicators

$409,276

Use of Administrative Health Data to Assess the Feasibility of a Surveillance System for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: An Alberta Pilot

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr:Policy Res. for Health Sys. Transf.- ICRH - Circulatory and Resp. Health

Principal investigators: Rennert-May, Elissa; Bush, Kathryn; Chew, Derek; Leal, Jenine R

Keywords: Cardiovascular; Health Policy Research; Health Services Research; Infection Prevention And Control; Infection Surveillance; Surgical Site Infections

$107,625

Risk Estimation Following Infarction Noninvasive Evaluation ICD efficacy (REFINE ICD) Trial.

Nominated PICIHR2014Operating Grant: Industry-partnered Collaborative Research

Principal investigators: Exner, Derek V

Keywords: Cost-Effectiveness; Death; Economics; Ejection Fraction; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator; Myocardial Infarction; Quality Of Life; Randomized Clinical Trial; Risk Stratifiaction; Sudden Cardiac Arrest

$1,248,736

CRC tier 1

Nominated PICIHR2010Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 1

Principal investigators: Exner, Derek V

Keywords: Crc

$1,400,000

Targeting Resynchronization Efficacy, Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrilation (TREAT AF)

SupervisorCIHR2009Randomized Controlled Trials: Mentoring

Principal investigators: Wilton, Stephen B

Keywords: Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; Heart Failure; Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction; Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation; Randomized Clinical Trial

$140,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Derek Exner

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A systematic review of heart rate variability and menopausal vasomotor symptoms.

A Community-Based Trial of Commercially Available Compression Tights in Patients With Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome.

Rates of post procedural prophylactic antibiotic use following cardiac implantable electronic device insertion and the impact on surgical site infections in Alberta, Canada.

Validating administrative data to identify complex surgical site infections following cardiac implantable electronic device implantation: a comparison of traditional methods and machine learning.

Predictors of perforation during lead extraction: Results of the Canadian Lead ExtrAction Risk (CLEAR) study.

Canadian national electrophysiology ablation registry report 2011–2016

Canadian Registry of Electronic Device Outcomes: remote monitoring outcomes in the Abbott battery performance alert-a multicentre cohort.

Rationale and design of the randomized prospective ATLAS study: Avoid Transvenous Leads in Appropriate Subjects

Left Atrial Function Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Independently Predicts Life-Threatening Arrhythmias in Patients Referred to Receive a Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator.

Timing of device reimplantation and reinfection rates following cardiac implantable electronic device infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Population-based Assessment of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections in Canada: The PACED Study

Use of Administrative Health Data to Assess the Feasibility of a Surveillance System for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: An Alberta Pilot

Risk Estimation Following Infarction Noninvasive Evaluation ICD efficacy (REFINE ICD) Trial.

CRC tier 1

Targeting Resynchronization Efficacy, Ablation Therapy for Atrial Fibrilation (TREAT AF)

Frequent collaborators

Ratika Parkash

Andrew Krahn

Vidal Essebag

Pablo Nery

Derek Chew

Elissa Rennert-May

Jeff Healey

Jenine Leal

David Birnie

Guy Amit

Robert Sheldon

Anthony Tang

George Wells

John Conly

Kathryn King-Shier

Mingkai Peng

Noah Ivers

Roopinder Sandhu

Ranjani Somayaji

Jacqueline Joza

Kathryn Bush

Danaka Porter

Laurent Macle

Noah Ivers

Ross Tsuyuki

George Wells

Marc Deyell

Mohammed Shurrab

Braden Manns

Brenda Hemmelgarn

Marcello Tonelli

Sandra Carroll