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Venkatesh Thiruganasambandamoorthy

Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Epidemiology & Public Health
Verified email at ohri.ca
Cited by 2435

Standardized approaches to the investigation of syncope: Canadian Cardiovascular Society position paper

RS Sheldon, CA Morillo, AD Krahn, B O'Neill… - Canadian Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Syncope is a very common presentation in the emergency department, and the combination
of a wide differential diagnosis, a range of prognoses, and infrequent documentation of the …

The predictive value of preendoscopic risk scores to predict adverse outcomes in emergency department patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a systematic …

R Ramaekers, M Mukarram, CAM Smith… - Academic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Risk stratification of emergency department (ED) patients with upper
gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) using preendoscopic risk scores can aid ED physicians in …

Prognostic accuracy of the HEART score for prediction of major adverse cardiac events in patients presenting with chest pain: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

SM Fernando, A Tran, W Cheng… - Academic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The HEART score has been proposed for emergency department (ED) prediction
of major adverse cardiac events (MACE). We sought to summarize all studies assessing the …

Development of a clinical prediction rule for 30-day cardiac events in emergency department patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome

EP Hess, RJ Brison, JJ Perry, LA Calder… - Annals of emergency …, 2012 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Evaluation of emergency department (ED) patients with chest pain who
are at low risk for acute coronary syndrome is resource intensive and may lead to false …

Syncope clinical management in the emergency department: a consensus from the first international workshop on syncope risk stratification in the emergency …

G Costantino, BC Sun, F Barbic, I Bossi… - European heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The optimal emergency department (ED) evaluation of syncope is uncertain. Research
reports from multiple countries suggest extensive practice variation, high costs, and …

Development of the Canadian Syncope Risk Score to predict serious adverse events after emergency department assessment of syncope

V Thiruganasambandamoorthy, K Kwong, GA Wells… - Cmaj, 2016 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Syncope can be caused by serious conditions not evident during initial
evaluation, which can lead to serious adverse events, including death, after disposition from …

Electrical versus pharmacological cardioversion for emergency department patients with acute atrial fibrillation (RAFF2): a partial factorial randomised trial

IG Stiell, MLA Sivilotti, M Taljaard, D Birnie… - The Lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Acute atrial fibrillation is the most common arrythmia treated in the emergency
department. Our primary aim was to compare conversion to sinus rhythm between …

[HTML][HTML] Priorities for emergency department syncope research

BC Sun, G Costantino, F Barbic, I Bossi… - Annals of emergency …, 2014 - Elsevier
Study objectives There is limited evidence to guide the emergency department (ED)
evaluation and management of syncope. The First International Workshop on Syncope Risk …

Multicenter emergency department validation of the Canadian syncope risk score

V Thiruganasambandamoorthy… - JAMA internal …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The management of patients with syncope in the emergency department (ED) is
challenging because no robust risk tool available has been recommended for clinical use …

External validation of the San Francisco Syncope Rule in the Canadian setting

V Thiruganasambandamoorthy, EP Hess… - Annals of emergency …, 2010 - Elsevier
STUDY OBJECTIVE: Syncope is a common disposition challenge for emergency physicians.
Among the risk-stratification instruments available, only the San Francisco Syncope Rule is …