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Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy
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Latest papers
Sex Differences in Clinical Outcomes and Resource Utilization Among Emergency Department Patients With Unexplained Syncope or Presyncope: A Prospective, Observational, Cohort Study.
Annals of emergency medicine · 2026
Planning the development of an AI-driven decision support architecture for the recognition of sudden cardiac arrest by 9-1-1 telecommunicators: report of a community engagement and brainstorming meeting.
CJEM · 2026
Intravenous tenecteplase up to 24 h for basilar artery occlusion.
CJEM · 2026 · senior author
Latest funding
- $569,926
Use of Artificial Intelligence Assistance to Accurately Recognize the Presence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Rapidly Initiate Life-Saving CPR Instructions During Conversations Between 9-1-1 Callers and Telecommunicators.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $141,526
Multi-Center Implementation of an Educational Program to Improve the Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of Ambulance Telecommunicators and Survival Outcomes for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims.
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $1,268,155
Development of a novel risk prediction tool for risk of major adverse cardiac events among patients with chest pain who have had myocardial infarction ruled out in the Emergency Department
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
114 publications.
Sex Differences in Clinical Outcomes and Resource Utilization Among Emergency Department Patients With Unexplained Syncope or Presyncope: A Prospective, Observational, Cohort Study.
Sacco DL, Suh EH, Winskill C, Wan EY, DeAngelis J, Nishijima DK, Schimmel J, Storrow AB, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Wood N, Weiss RE, Probst MA
Planning the development of an AI-driven decision support architecture for the recognition of sudden cardiac arrest by 9-1-1 telecommunicators: report of a community engagement and brainstorming meeting.
Vaillancourt C, Leduc S, Naidoo S, Charette M, Phillip Nicholson J, Church M, Michalowshi W, Viktor H, Khodaee P, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Moore S, Cheskes S, Furlong G, Power R, Giffen R, Pierce D, Feldman M, Dainty KN
Intravenous tenecteplase up to 24 h for basilar artery occlusion.
Meehan A, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V
Risk of obstructive acute kidney injury: derivation and internal validation of a risk stratification tree.
Balen F, Dubucs X, Roux C, Guy P, Laclergerie F, Game X, Steinmeyer Z, Tack I, Charpentier S, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V
Prediction of bloodstream infection using triage variables in the emergency department: retrospective derivation and validation cohort.
Balen F, Dubucs X, Graciet M, Dubois D, Azema O, Saivin S, Viguier C, Charpentier S, Martin-Blondel G, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V
Risk Factors of a Serious Underlying Cause of Palpitations Among Patients Attending an Emergency Department.
Balen F, Louisot S, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Dubucs X, Charpentier S
Impact of chest X-ray on diagnosis work-up of community-acquired pneumonia.
Banegas B, Lauque D, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Dubucs X, Balen F
Validation of 2 Syncope Risk Scores and Comparison With Physician Risk Estimation.
Suh EH, Winskill C, Sacco DL, DeAngelis J, Nishijima DK, Schimmel J, Storrow AB, Wood NE, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Baugh CW, Weiss RE, Probst MA
The impact of language barriers on patient care in the emergency department.
Newton H, Kwok ESH, Standing S, Vu PH, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V
Age-Adjusted D-Dimer Cutoff Levels to Rule Out Deep Vein Thrombosis.
Le Gal G, Robert-Ebadi H, Thiruganasambandamoorthy V, Moustafa F, Penaloza A, Catella J, Grenot MC, Visser S, Mazzolai L, Plumacker A, Barco S, Lang E, Tagalakis V, Deroche C, Garnett M, Hulme J, Roy PM, Ghuysen A, Couturaud F, Engelberger R, El Kouri D, Aujesky D, Righini M, ADJUST-DVT Investigators
Use of Artificial Intelligence Assistance to Accurately Recognize the Presence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Rapidly Initiate Life-Saving CPR Instructions During Conversations Between 9-1-1 Callers and Telecommunicators.
Principal investigators: Vaillancourt, Christian
Keywords: 9-1-1 Communication Center; Agonal Breathing; Artificial Intelligence; Cardiac Arrest; Cardiac Arrest Recognition; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Large Language Model; Machine Learning; Prehospital
Multi-Center Implementation of an Educational Program to Improve the Cardiac Arrest Diagnostic Accuracy of Ambulance Telecommunicators and Survival Outcomes for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Victims.
Principal investigators: Vaillancourt, Christian
Keywords: 9-1-1 Cpr Instructions; Agonal Breathing; Bystander Cpr; Cardiac Arrest
Development of a novel risk prediction tool for risk of major adverse cardiac events among patients with chest pain who have had myocardial infarction ruled out in the Emergency Department
Principal investigators: McRae, Andrew D
Keywords: Coronary Artery Disease
REmote cardiac MOnitoring of at-risk SYNCope patients after Emergency Department discharge - A Randomized Controlled Trial: REMOSYNCED
Principal investigators: Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh
Keywords: Arrhythmia; Emergency Department; Health Resource Utilization; Patient Safety; Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial; Remote Cardiac Rhythm Monitoring; Syncope
Innovative Use of Machine-Learning Algorithm Assistance to Rapidly Recognize the Presence of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Initiate Life-Saving CPR Instructions During Conversations Between 9-1-1 Callers and Telecommunicators.
Principal investigators: Vaillancourt, Christian
Keywords: 9-1-1 Telecommunicators; Agonal Breathing; Artificial Intelligence; Commercial Planning And Viability; Community Integration In Primary Cardiac Arrest Care; Equitable Access To Health Care Systems; Innovative Digital Solution; Knowledge Exchange; Stakeholder Consultation; Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Multi-Centre Cluster-Randomized Implementation of Canadian Syncope Pathway for Emergency Department Syncope Management
Principal investigators: Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh
Keywords: Decision-Making; Emergency Department; Implementation; Patient Safety; Resource Utilization; Risk-Stratification; Syncope
Understanding cancer care following a new or suspected cancer diagnosis through the emergency department
Principal investigators: Grewal, Keerat
Keywords: Barriers; Cancer; Diagnosis; Emergency Medicine; Health Service Use; Patient Outcomes
Validation of the Canadian Prehospital Syncope Risk Score
Principal investigators: Thiruganasambandamoorthy, Venkatesh
Keywords: Crowding; Diversion; Emergency Department; Emergency Medicine Services; Prehospital; Risk-Stratification; Syncope
Maximizing Safety and Efficiency in Managing Vascular Emergencies
Principal investigators: Perry, Jeffrey J
Keywords: Atrial Fibrillation; Clinical Decision Rules; Emergency; Health Services Research; Safety; Stroke; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Tia
Improving Care for Emergency Department and Pre-Hospital Patients with Acute and Life-Threatening Conditions
Principal investigators: Stiell, Ian G
Keywords: Atrial Fibrillation; Cardiac Arrest; Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Copd); Clinical Decision Rules; Clinical Trials; Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Medicine; Heart Failure; Knowledge Translation
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Emergency Medicine
- School of Epidemiology and Public Health
- Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Occupational Therapy
- Pathology & Molecular Medicine
- Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
- Other
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Monica Taljaard
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
21 shared papers, latest 2024
Debra Eagles
Emergency Medicine
9 shared papers, latest 2025
Christian Vaillancourt
Emergency Medicine
9 shared papers, latest 2026
Eric Mercier
Faculty
7 shared papers, latest 2024
Frank Scheuermeyer
Occupational Therapy
7 shared papers, latest 2025
Krishan Yadav
Emergency Medicine
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Sheldon Cheskes
Emergency Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2026
George Wells
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
5 shared papers, latest 2023
Peter Kavsak
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Andrew Worster
Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Kerstin de Wit
Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2026
Kednapa Thavorn
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2020
Keerat Grewal
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Alexandre Tran
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2022
Kwadwo Kyeremanteng
Department of Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2022
Emilie Belley-Cote
Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Bram Rochwerg
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
4 shared papers, latest 2022
Kednapa Thavorn
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
4 shared papers, latest 2020
Ian Stiell
Emergency Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Kerstin de Wit
Emergency Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Jennifer Taher
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Dimitrios Scarvelis
Department of Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Sam Schulman
Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Antoine Eskander
Faculty
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Sudeep Shivakumar
Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2026
David Birnie
Department of Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Natalie Le Sage
Axe de santé des populations
3 shared papers, latest 2023
Marc Rodger
Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Sameer Sharif
Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Neville Suskin
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Rinku Sutradhar
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Paul Dorian
Cardiology
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Suneel Upadhye
Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Michael Knauer
PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE, Western University
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Claudio Soares
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Vicente Corrales-Medina
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Ayal Schaffer
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Ivy Cheng
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Jennifer Hulme
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Antonio Giulivi
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2018
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