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Marc Afilalo

ResearcherCardiology & Clinical EpidemiologyMcGill University

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Marc Afilalo

Researcher

Cardiology & Clinical Epidemiology

Health Sciences

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Cardiology Emergency Medicine Frailty Geriatrics Heart Failure Quality Of Life Randomized Clinical Trial Readmission

Latest papers

Muscle mass and quality by computed tomography predicts mortality and emergency department revisits in older adults with acute pulmonary embolism.
Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis · 2026
Validation of the ToDay, a simplified diagnostic algorithm for deep vein thrombosis
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis · 2025
Strategies to reduce 28-day mortality in adult patients with bacteremia in the emergency department.
BMC infectious diseases · 2024

All 37 publications

Latest funding

Opportunistic Biomarkers of Frailty in Acute Cardiac Care
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$587,137
Impact of Frailty and Sarcopenia on Post-COVID Recovery
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$470,179
CanVECTOR (Canadian Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research) Network
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 9 grants and awards

37 publications.

Muscle mass and quality by computed tomography predicts mortality and emergency department revisits in older adults with acute pulmonary embolism.

Hayman V, Groulx-Boivin E, Kovacina B, Afilalo M, Afilalo J

Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11239-026-03357-6 PMID: 42579060

Validation of the ToDay, a simplified diagnostic algorithm for deep vein thrombosis

Sharma S, Soon L, de Wit K, Sharma S, Afilalo M, Le Gal G, Shivakumar S, Bates SM, Wu C, Lazo-Langner A

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis20253 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2025.06.029

Strategies to reduce 28-day mortality in adult patients with bacteremia in the emergency department.

Laurier N, Karellis A, Xue X, Afilalo M, Weiss K

BMC infectious diseases2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-024-10242-1 PMID: 39633299

Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization implicates nephronectin as an actionable mediator of the effect of obesity on COVID-19 severity.

Yoshiji S, Butler-Laporte G, Lu T, Willett JDS, Su CY, Nakanishi T, Morrison DR, Chen Y, Liang K, Hultström M, Ilboudo Y, Afrasiabi Z, Lan S, Duggan N, DeLuca C, Vaezi M, Tselios C, Xue X, Bouab M, Shi F, Laurent L, Münter HM, Afilalo M, Afilalo J, Mooser V, Timpson NJ, Zeberg H, Zhou S, Forgetta V, Farjoun Y, Richards JB

Nature metabolism2023

DOI: 10.1038/s42255-023-00742-w PMID: 36805566

Circulating proteins to predict COVID-19 severity.

Su CY, Zhou S, Gonzalez-Kozlova E, Butler-Laporte G, Brunet-Ratnasingham E, Nakanishi T, Jeon W, Morrison DR, Laurent L, Afilalo J, Afilalo M, Henry D, Chen Y, Carrasco-Zanini J, Farjoun Y, Pietzner M, Kimchi N, Afrasiabi Z, Rezk N, Bouab M, Petitjean L, Guzman C, Xue X, Tselios C, Vulesevic B, Adeleye O, Abdullah T, Almamlouk N, Moussa Y, DeLuca C, Duggan N, Schurr E, Brassard N, Durand M, Del Valle DM, Thompson R, Cedillo MA, Schadt E, Nie K, Simons NW, Mouskas K, Zaki N, Patel M, Xie H, Harris J, Marvin R, Cheng E, Tuballes K, Argueta K, Scott I, Mount Sinai COVID-19 Biobank Team, Greenwood CMT, Paterson C, Hinterberg MA, Langenberg C, Forgetta V, Pineau J, Mooser V, Marron T, Beckmann ND, Kim-Schulze S, Charney AW, Gnjatic S, Kaufmann DE, Merad M, Richards JB

Scientific reports2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31850-y PMID: 37069249

The dynamic changes and sex differences of 147 immune-related proteins during acute COVID-19 in 580 individuals.

Butler-Laporte G, Gonzalez-Kozlova E, Su CY, Zhou S, Nakanishi T, Brunet-Ratnasingham E, Morrison D, Laurent L, Afilalo J, Afilalo M, Henry D, Chen Y, Carrasco-Zanini J, Farjoun Y, Pietzner M, Kimchi N, Afrasiabi Z, Rezk N, Bouab M, Petitjean L, Guzman C, Xue X, Tselios C, Vulesevic B, Adeleye O, Abdullah T, Almamlouk N, Moussa Y, DeLuca C, Duggan N, Schurr E, Brassard N, Durand M, Del Valle DM, Thompson R, Cedillo MA, Schadt E, Nie K, Simons NW, Mouskas K, Zaki N, Patel M, Xie H, Harris J, Marvin R, Cheng E, Tuballes K, Argueta K, Scott I, Mount Sinai COVID-19 Biobank Team, Greenwood CMT, Paterson C, Hinterberg M, Langenberg C, Forgetta V, Mooser V, Marron T, Beckmann N, Kenigsberg E, Charney AW, Kim-Schulze S, Merad M, Kaufmann DE, Gnjatic S, Richards JB

Clinical proteomics2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12014-022-09371-z PMID: 36171541

A randomized controlled trial of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor management in patients admitted in hospital with COVID-19.

Sharma A, Elharram M, Afilalo J, Flannery A, Afilalo M, Tselios C, Ni J, Ezekowitz JA, Cheng MP, Ambrosy AP, Zannad F, Brophy JM, Giannetti N, Bessissow A, Kronfli N, Marelli A, Aziz H, Alqahtani M, Aflaki M, Craig M, Lopes RD, Ferreira JP

American heart journal2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2022.01.015 PMID: 35143744

"Emergency Room Evaluation and Recommendations" and Incident Hospital Admissions in Older People with Major Neurocognitive Disorders Visiting Emergency Department: Results of an Experimental Study.

Beauchet O, Afilalo M, Allali G, Lubov J, Galery K, Launay CP

Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders2022

DOI: 10.1159/000524533 PMID: 35551122

Racial Disparities in Acute Coronary Syndrome Management Within a Universal Healthcare Context: Insights From the AMI-OPTIMA Trial.

d'Entremont MA, Wee CC, Nguyen M, Couture ÉL, Lemaire-Paquette S, Kouz S, Afilalo M, Rinfret S, Schampaert E, Mansour S, Montigny M, Eisenberg M, Lauzon C, Déry JP, L'Allier P, Tardif JC, Huynh T

CJC open2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2021.07.006 PMID: 34993431

"Emergency Room Evaluation and Recommendations" (ER2) Tool for the Screening of Older Emergency Department Visitors With Major Neurocognitive Disorders: Results From the ER2 Database.

Beauchet O, Cooper-Brown LA, Lubov J, Allali G, Afilalo M, Launay CP

Frontiers in neurology2021

DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.767285 PMID: 35069410

Opportunistic Biomarkers of Frailty in Acute Cardiac Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Afilalo, Jonathan

Keywords: Acute Cardiac Care; Artificial Intelligence; Biomarkers; Cardiac Imaging; Deep Learning; Frailty; Geriatric Cardiology; Knowledge Translation; Risk Prediction; Sarcopenia

$587,137

Impact of Frailty and Sarcopenia on Post-COVID Recovery

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Post COVID-19 condition

Principal investigators: Afilalo, Jonathan; Muscedere, John

Keywords: Body Composition; Computed Tomography; Covid-19; Deep Learning; Frailty; Functional Recovery; Health-Related Quality-Of-Life; Older Adults; Post-Covid Condition; Sarcopenia

$470,179

CanVECTOR (Canadian Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research) Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: Clinical Research Infrastructure Support for COVID-19

Principal investigators: Kahn, Susan R; Rodger, Marc A

Keywords: Anticoagulation; Biomarkers; Deep Vein Thrombosis; Knowledge Translation; Outcomes Research; Patient Engagement; Pulmonary Embolism; Quality Of Care; Randomized Clinical Trial; Venous Thromboembolism

$150,000

CODA-19: a Collaborative Data Analysis Platform to Improve Clinical Care in Patients with COVID-19

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Clinical Mgmt/Health System Interventions

Principal investigators: Chasse, Michael; Afilalo, Jonathan; Archambault, Patrick; Buckeridge, David L; Cavayas, Yiorgos Alexandros; Pineau, Joelle; Turgeon, Alexis F; Wang, Han Ting

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Big Data; Clinical Trajectories; Diagnostic Decision Support; Disease Phenotyping; Epidemiology; Health System Operationalization; Machine Learning; Real-World Validation

$937,950

Geriatric Intervention for Frail Heart Failure patients: The GIF-HF Trial

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Afilalo, Jonathan; Afilalo, Marc; Beauchet, Olivier Y

Keywords: Cardiology; Emergency Medicine; Frailty; Geriatrics; Heart Failure; Quality Of Life; Randomized Clinical Trial; Readmission

$428,400

CanVECTOR (Canadian Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research) Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2015ICRH Community Development Program Grants

Principal investigators: Kahn, Susan R; Rodger, Marc A

$1,500,000

D-dimer testing, tailored to clinical pretest probability, to reduce use of CT pulmonary angiography in suspected pulmonary embolism: A management study. (PE Graduated D-dimer [PEGeD] Study)

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Kearon, Clive

Keywords: Clinical Management; Cohort Study; Cost; D-Dimer; Diagnosis; Pulmonary Embolism; Venous Thrombosis

$981,033

D-dimer testing, tailored to clinical pretest probability, to minimize initial and follow-up ultrasound testing in suspected deep vein thrombosis: A management study

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Kearon, Clive

Keywords: Clinical Management; Cohort Study; Cost; D-Dimer; Deep Vein Thrombosis; Diagnosis; Venous Thrombosis

$742,083

Buccal Lamin A as a Novel Biomarker for Frailty

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Proof of Principle Program - Phase I

Principal investigators: Afilalo, Jonathan

Keywords: Aging; Biomarker; Cardiac Surgery; Frailty; Lamin

$160,000

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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Marc Afilalo

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Muscle mass and quality by computed tomography predicts mortality and emergency department revisits in older adults with acute pulmonary embolism.

Validation of the ToDay, a simplified diagnostic algorithm for deep vein thrombosis

Strategies to reduce 28-day mortality in adult patients with bacteremia in the emergency department.

Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization implicates nephronectin as an actionable mediator of the effect of obesity on COVID-19 severity.

Circulating proteins to predict COVID-19 severity.

The dynamic changes and sex differences of 147 immune-related proteins during acute COVID-19 in 580 individuals.

A randomized controlled trial of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitor management in patients admitted in hospital with COVID-19.

"Emergency Room Evaluation and Recommendations" and Incident Hospital Admissions in Older People with Major Neurocognitive Disorders Visiting Emergency Department: Results of an Experimental Study.

Racial Disparities in Acute Coronary Syndrome Management Within a Universal Healthcare Context: Insights From the AMI-OPTIMA Trial.

"Emergency Room Evaluation and Recommendations" (ER2) Tool for the Screening of Older Emergency Department Visitors With Major Neurocognitive Disorders: Results From the ER2 Database.

Frequent collaborators

Jonathan Afilalo

Jonathan Afilalo

Olivier Beauchet

Olivier Beauchet

Thao Huynh

Vincent Mooser

Guillaume Butler-Laporte

Sirui Zhou

Samer Mansour

Mark Eisenberg

Jean-Claude Tardif

Jean-Claude Tardif

Alejandro Lazo-Langner

Eddy Lang

Samuel Campbell

Frank Scheuermeyer

Sameer Parpia

Shannon Bates

Andrew Worster

Kerstin de Wit

Erwin Schurr

Ian Stiell

Maala Bhatt

Kerstin de Wit

Abhinav Sharma

Amal Bessissow

Morgan Craig

Madeleine Durand

Kerstin de Wit

Morgan Craig

David Williamson

Vinai Bhagirath

Sam Schulman

Sudeep Shivakumar

Grégoire Le Gal

Jennifer O'Loughlin

Lawrence Joseph

Ariane Marelli

Michael Pollak

Frederick Spencer