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Michael Heffernan

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Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)MedicineMcMaster University

Michael Heffernan

Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)

Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2016

Supervision signals

Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
No graduate courses on record.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Contact

heffernm@mcmaster.ca

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Acute Myocardial Infarction ResearchMedicine
Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesMedicine
Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsMedicine

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39 publications.

ADHERENCE AND PERSISTENCE WITH VUTRISIRAN, AN RNAI THERAPEUTIC FOR THE TREATMENT OF TRANSTHYRETIN AMYLOIDOSIS

Heffernan ML, Patel A, Kauf T

Journal of the American College of Cardiology2026First author

Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Reduction with Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Monoclonal Antibodies in Women: A Systematic Review

Buttenham OK, Vethanayagam R, Triemstra SL, Heffernan M

CJC Open2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2026.08.016

Publisher Correction: Anticoagulation to prevent ischemic stroke and neurocognitive impairment in atrial fibrillation: the BRAIN-AF randomized clinical trial

Rivard L, Khairy P, Talajic M, Tardif J-C, Healey JS, Black SE, Andrade JG, Field TS, Nault I, Bherer L

Nature Medicine2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-026-04245-5

The Intersection of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Cardiovascular Disease: Recent Insights in a Challenging Area

Heffernan M, Rutherford S

CJC Open202513 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2025.01.001

P250 CHARACTERIZING LIPOPROTEIN(A) TESTING AND CONCENTRATIONS IN CANADIANS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: BASELINE RESULTS FROM THE LIPOPROTEIN(A) AWARENESS PROGRAM

Iatan I, Leiter L, Thanassoulis G, Heffernan M, Tanfous M, Chamoun C, Druce I, Goldin L, Tan M, Langer A

Canadian Journal of Cardiology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2025.08.162

Guideline Directed Anticoagulant Treatment and Dosing in a Contemporary Atrial Fibrillation Cohort: Analysis of the TRANSECT-AF Program

Clifford C, Goodman SG, Tan MK, Gregoire J, Habert J, Gupta A, Chow W, Jaffer S, Aggarwal SG, Heffernan M

CJC Open2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2024.12.010

Contemporary use of guideline‐based higher potency P2Y12 receptor inhibitor therapy in patients with moderate‐to‐high risk non‐ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction: Results from the Canadian ACS reflective II cross‐sectional study

Patel A, Goodman SG, Tan M, Suskin N, McKelvie R, Mathew AL, Lutchmedial S, Dehghani P, Lavoie AJ, Huynh T

Clinical Cardiology20215 citations

DOI: 10.1002/clc.23618

Life and limb protection with dual anti-thrombotic pathway inhibition: COMPASS ushers in a new day in atherothrombotic risk reduction

Verma S, Eikelboom JW, Al-Omran M, Choi R, Heffernan M, Teoh H, Bhatt DL

Med20214 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.05.003

Provision of a DAPT Score to Cardiologists and Extension of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Beyond 1 Year After ACS: Randomized Substudy of the Prospective Canadian ACS Reflective II Study

Arbel Y, Patel AD, Goodman SG, Tan MK, Suskin N, McKelvie RS, Mathew AL, Ahmed F, Lutchmedial S, Dehghani P

CJC Open20211 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.07.013

Effect of Patient-Centered Transitional Care Services on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure

Van Spall HGC, Lee SF, Xie F, Oz UE, Perez R, Mitoff PR, Maingi M, Tjandrawidjaja MC, Heffernan M, Zia MI

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)2019258 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2019.0710 PMID: W2916095951