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Harindra Wijeysundera
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Latest papers
Evolving burden and consequences of frailty in patients with acute myocardial infarction: evidence from a nationwide cohort.
Age and ageing · 2026
Ischaemic and bleeding risk after ST-elevation myocardial infarction in patients with active cancer: a nationwide study.
European heart journal open · 2025
A National Strategy to Detect and Treat Heart Valve Diseases in Canada
Canadian Journal of Cardiology · 2023
Latest funding
- $550,800
Lipoprotein(a) utilization, ancestry, and adverse cardiovascular and renal outcomes: a population-based cohort study
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $948,600
Prospective, Randomized Trial of the Effectiveness and Safety of Non-Invasive Ultrasound Therapy in Moderate Aortic Valve Stenosis - VALVOSOFT MAS
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $120,000
The Lifetime Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis in Patients Younger than 65 Years Old.
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
15 publications.
Evolving burden and consequences of frailty in patients with acute myocardial infarction: evidence from a nationwide cohort.
Antoun I, Mohiaddin H, Mccann GP, Lawson C, Khan HR, Ahmed R, Ng A, Murphy GJ, Wijeysundera H, Rashid M
Ischaemic and bleeding risk after ST-elevation myocardial infarction in patients with active cancer: a nationwide study.
Dafaalla M, Costa F, Jia H, Wijeysundera H, Rashid M, Graham MM, Wojakowski W, Chieffo A, Mintz GS, Mamas MA
A National Strategy to Detect and Treat Heart Valve Diseases in Canada
Forcillo J, Wood DA, Abdel-Razek O, Adreak N, Asgar A, Chedrawy E, Eckstein J, Legare J-F, Natarajan MK, Pibarot P
Etiology of Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Young Woman: Can Intracoronary Imaging Help?
Jubran A, Hassan R, Siu V, Kotowycz MA, Strauss B, Wijeysundera H, Radhakrishnan S, Sheth T, Madan M
Clinical and Hemodynamic Outcomes of Balloon-Expandable Mitral Valve-in-Valve Positioning and Asymmetric Deployment: The VIVID Registry.
Simonato M, Whisenant BK, Unbehaun A, Kempfert J, Ribeiro HB, Kornowski R, Erlebach M, Bleiziffer S, Windecker S, Pilgrim T, Tomii D, Guerrero M, Ahmad Y, Forrest JK, Montorfano M, Ancona M, Adam M, Wienemann H, Finkelstein A, Villablanca P, Codner P, Hildick-Smith D, Ferrari E, Petronio AS, Shamekhi J, Presbitero P, Bruschi G, Rudolph T, Cerillo A, Attias D, Nejjari M, Abizaid A, Felippi de Sá Marchi M, Horlick E, Wijeysundera H, Andreas M, Thukkani A, Agrifoglio M, Iadanza A, Baer LM, Nanna MG, Dvir D
Collagenase to facilitate guidewire crossing in chronic total occlusion PCI—The Total Occlusion Study in Coronary Arteries‐5 (TOSCA‐5) trial
Graham JJ, Bagai A, Wijeysundera H, Weisz G, Rinfret S, Dick A, Jolly SS, Schaempert E, Mansour S, Dzavik V
Patient, physician and geographic predictors of cardiac stress testing strategy in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study.
Roifman I, Han L, Fang J, Chu A, Austin P, Ko DT, Douglas P, Wijeysundera H
Clinical Outcomes in Younger Women Hospitalized With an Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Contemporary Population-Level Analysis.
Madan M, Qiu F, Sud M, Graham MM, Saw J, Wijeysundera H, Kotrri G, Austin PC, Ko DT
Impact of availability of catheter laboratory facilities on management and outcomes of acute myocardial infarction presenting with out of hospital cardiac arrest.
Dafaalla M, Rashid M, Sun L, Quinn T, Timmis A, Wijeysundera H, Bagur R, Michos E, Curzen N, Mamas MA
Permanent Pacemaker Implantation Following Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: VIVID Registry.
Alperi A, Rodés-Cabau J, Simonato M, Tchetche D, Charbonnier G, Ribeiro HB, Latib A, Montorfano M, Barbanti M, Bleiziffer S, Redfors B, Abdel-Wahab M, Allali A, Bruschi G, Napodano M, Agrifoglio M, Petronio AS, Giannini C, Chan A, Kornowski R, Pravda NS, Adam M, Iadanza A, Noble S, Chatfield A, Erlebach M, Kempfert J, Ubben T, Wijeysundera H, Seiffert M, Pilgrim T, Kim WK, Testa L, Hildick-Smith D, Nerla R, Fiorina C, Brinkmann C, Conzelmann L, Champagnac D, Saia F, Nissen H, Amrane H, Whisenant B, Shamekhi J, Søndergaard L, Webb JG, Dvir D
Lipoprotein(a) utilization, ancestry, and adverse cardiovascular and renal outcomes: a population-based cohort study
Principal investigators: Abdel-Qadir, Husam-Eldin M; Colombo Godoy, Lucas; Odutayo, Ayodele
Keywords: Aortic Stenosis; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular Disease; Chronic Disease; Health Equity; Kidney Function; Lipoproteins; Renal Disease
Prospective, Randomized Trial of the Effectiveness and Safety of Non-Invasive Ultrasound Therapy in Moderate Aortic Valve Stenosis - VALVOSOFT MAS
Principal investigators: Pibarot, Philippe J
Keywords: Aortic Valve Calcification; Echocardiography; Imaging Core Laboratory; Interventional Cardiology; Moderate Aortic Stenosis; Non-Invasive Ultrasound Therapy; Outcomes; Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement; Valvosoft Device
The Lifetime Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis in Patients Younger than 65 Years Old.
Principal investigators: Servito, Maria
Keywords: Aortic Valve; Cardiac Surgery; Changepoint Analysis; Decision Analysis; Geographical Information System; Inverse Probability Treatment Weighting; Ontario Marginalization Index; Piecewise Linear Regression; Target Trial Emulation
Using Routine Lab Tests to Develop and Validate a New Risk Prediction Model for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Principal investigators: Sud, Maneesh; Ko, Dennis
Keywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Hypertension; Lipids; Myocardial Infaction; Prevention; Risk Prediction; Statins; Stroke
The JUdicious Surveillance for Trastuzumab Induced Cardiotoxicity in the First Year (JUSTIFY) Randomized Controlled Trial
Principal investigators: Abdel-Qadir, Husam-Eldin M; Amir, Eitan
Keywords: Cardiac Imaging; Cardiotoxicity; Echocardiography; Heart Failure; Her-2 Positive Breast Cancer; Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; Non-Inferiority; Nuclear Imaging; Randomized Controlled Trial; Trastuzumab
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
Principal investigators: Wijeysundera, Harindra C
Keywords: Crc
The JUdicious Surveillance for Trastuzumab Induced Cardiotoxicity in the First Year (JUSTIFY) Randomized Controlled Trial
Principal investigators: Abdel-Qadir, Husam-Eldin M; Amir, Eitan
Keywords: Cardiac Imaging; Cardiotoxicity; Echocardiography; Heart Failure; Her-2 Positive Breast Cancer; Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; Non-Inferiority; Nuclear Imaging; Randomized Controlled Trial; Trastuzumab
The JUdicious Surveillance for Trastuzumab Induced Cardiotoxicity in the First Year (JUSTIFY) Randomized Controlled Trial
Principal investigators: Abdel-Qadir, Husam-Eldin M; Amir, Eitan
Keywords: Cardiac Imaging; Cardiotoxicity; Choosing Wisely; Echocardiography; Heart Failure; Her-2 Positive Breast Cancer; Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction; Non-Inferiority; Randomized Controlled Trial; Trastuzumab
Canadian TAVR Triage Tool (CAN3T) for Wait-list Management in Aortic Stenosis: a Stepped-Wedged Cluster Randomized Registry-Based Trial
Principal investigators: Wijeysundera, Harindra C
Keywords: Aortic Stenosis; Cluster Randomized Trial; Wait Time Management
Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT) - Canada
Principal investigators: Devereaux, Philip J; Blake, Peter G; Abrahamyan, Lusine; Akl, Elie; Anvari, Mehran; Berman, Jason N; Bhandari, Mohit; Bourbeau, Jean; Brouwers, Melissa C; Buckley, David N; Butcher, Nancy J; Campbell, David J; Clark, Wayne; Cote, Adrien; Cox, Jennifer; Dhanani, Sonny; Dixon, Stephanie N; Downar, James; Duceppe, Emmanuelle; Dukelow, Sean P; Edwards, Jodi D; Eng, Janice J; Ezekowitz, Justin A; Fergusson, Dean A; Gagnon, Bruno; Garg, Amit; Gerstein, Hertzel C; Gilron, Ian; Glanfield, Florence; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Halperin, Scott A; Hawkins, Nathaniel M; Healey, Jeff S; Hohl, Corinne M; Hutchison, James S; Jolly, Sanjit S; Kelly, Lauren; Lalu, Manoj M; Langley, Joanne M; Lauzier, François; Lee, Todd C; Li, Patricia T; Majnemer, Annette; Marlin, Susan; McDonald, Emily G; McGillion, Michael H; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McNeil, Shelly A; Meade, Maureen O; Menon, Kusum; Moayyedi, Paul; Moore, Lynne; Murdoch, Alicia; Murphy, Tim; O'BYRNE, Paul M; Pamidi, Sushmita; Parkash, Ratika; Perera, Kanjana S; Petch, Jeremy; Phillips-Beck, Wanda; Pibarot, Philippe J; Pilote, Louise; Poirier, Paul; Potter, Elizabeth K; Presseau, Justin; Richer, Lawrence P; Rodes Cabau, Josep; Rouleau, Guy A; Rouleau, Jean-Lucien; Sadarangani, Manish; Saleh, Ramy R; Stewart, Breanne; Suri, Rita; Taljaard, Monica; Tang, Anthony S; Tennankore, Karthik K; Thiel, Alexander; Thompson, Wade; Turgeon, Alexis F; Verma, Atul; Wijeysundera, Harindra C; Wood, DAVID A; WRIGHT, JAMES; Yusuf, Salim; Zarychanski, Ryan
Keywords: Canadian Biotechnology Knowledge Companies; Cross-Cutting Enablers; Equity Diversity Inclusion; Indigenous Health; Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium; Patient Engagement; Randomized Controlled Trials; Sex And Gender; Trial Network; Trial Unit
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
- Madhu Natarajan and Tej Sheth: 59 shared papers
- Sanjit Jolly and Madhu Natarajan: 52 shared papers
- Sanjit Jolly and Tej Sheth: 49 shared papers
- Philippe Pibarot and David Messika-Zeitoun: 9 shared papers
- Sanjit Jolly and Vladimir Dzavik: 7 shared papers
- Tej Sheth and Philippe Pibarot: 6 shared papers
- Tej Sheth and Jacqueline Saw: 4 shared papers
- Jean-François Legare and David Messika-Zeitoun: 3 shared papers
- Madhu Natarajan and Eric Horlick: 2 shared papers
- Madhu Natarajan and Vladimir Dzavik: 2 shared papers
- Madhu Natarajan and Maneesh Sud: 2 shared papers
- Harindra Wijeysundera and Philippe Pibarot: 2 shared papers
- Jacqueline Saw and Louise Sun: 2 shared papers
- Eric Horlick and Vladimir Dzavik: 2 shared papers
- Sanjit Jolly and Harindra Wijeysundera: 1 shared paper
- Sanjit Jolly and Eric Horlick: 1 shared paper
- Madhu Natarajan and Harindra Wijeysundera: 1 shared paper
- Madhu Natarajan and Jean-François Legare: 1 shared paper
- Madhu Natarajan and David Messika-Zeitoun: 1 shared paper
- Tej Sheth and Harindra Wijeysundera: 1 shared paper
- Harindra Wijeysundera and Jean-François Legare: 1 shared paper
- Harindra Wijeysundera and Peter Austin: 1 shared paper
- Harindra Wijeysundera and Jacqueline Saw: 1 shared paper
- Harindra Wijeysundera and Louise Sun: 1 shared paper
- Harindra Wijeysundera and Eric Horlick: 1 shared paper
- Harindra Wijeysundera and Vladimir Dzavik: 1 shared paper
- Harindra Wijeysundera and Maneesh Sud: 1 shared paper
- Harindra Wijeysundera and David Messika-Zeitoun: 1 shared paper
- Jacqueline Saw and Maneesh Sud: 1 shared paper
- Medicine
- Department of Medicine
- Cardiology
- Medicine/Cardiology
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Anesthesiology
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Philippe Pibarot
Cardiology
2 shared papers, latest 2023
Jean-François Legare
Microbiology and Immunology
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Peter Austin
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Jacqueline Saw
Medicine/Cardiology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Louise Sun
Anesthesiology
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Eric Horlick
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Vladimir Dzavik
Internal Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Maneesh Sud
Department of Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
David Messika-Zeitoun
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Sanjit Jolly
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Madhu Natarajan
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Tej Sheth
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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