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Alvaro Avezum
Researcher at St. Michael's Hospital
Publications - 5
Citations - 10576
Alvaro Avezum is an academic researcher from St. Michael's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myocardial infarction & Framingham Risk Score. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 9604 citations. Previous affiliations of Alvaro Avezum include Population Health Research Institute.
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Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study
Salim Yusuf,Steven Hawken,Stephanie Ôunpuu,Tony Dans,Alvaro Avezum,Fernando Lanas,Matthew J. McQueen,Andrzej Budaj,Prem Pais,John Varigos,Liu Lisheng +10 more
TL;DR: Abnormal lipids, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, abdominal obesity, psychosocial factors, consumption of fruits, vegetables, and alcohol, and regular physical activity account for most of the risk of myocardial infarction worldwide in both sexes and at all ages in all regions.
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Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality.
David J.A. Jenkins,Mahshid Dehghan,Andrew Mente,Shrikant I. Bangdiwala,Sumathy Rangarajan,Kristie Srichaikul,Viswanathan Mohan,Alvaro Avezum,Rafael Diaz,Annika Rosengren,Fernando Lanas,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Wei Li,Aytekin Oguz,Rasha Khatib,Paul Poirier,Noushin Mohammadifard,Andrea Pepe,Khalid F. Alhabib,Jephat Chifamba,Afzalhussein Yusufali,Romaina Iqbal,Karen Yeates,Khalid Yusoff,Noor Hassim Ismail,Koon Teo,Sumathi Swaminathan,Xiaoyun Liu,Katarzyna Zatońska,Rita Yusuf,Salim Yusuf +30 more
TL;DR: Most data regarding the association between the glycemic index and cardiovascular disease come from high-income Western populations, with little information from non-western populations as discussed by the authors, which is not the case in this paper.
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Rivaroxaban Plus Aspirin Versus Aspirin in Relation to Vascular Risk in the COMPASS Trial
Sonia S. Anand,John W. Eikelboom,Leanne Dyal,Jackie Bosch,Christoph Neumann,Petr Widimsky,Alvaro Avezum,Jeffrey L. Probstfield,Nancy Cook Bruns,Keith A.A. Fox,Deepak L. Bhatt,Stuart J. Connolly,Salim Yusuf,Compass Trial Investigators +13 more
TL;DR: In patients with vascular disease, further risk stratification can identify higher-risk patients (≥2 vascular beds affected, HF, renal insufficiency, or diabetes) and the net clinical benefit remains favorable for most patients treated with rivaroxaban and aspirin compared with aspirin.
Epidemiology and Prevention Relationship Between Healthy Diet and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Patients on Drug Therapies for Secondary Prevention A Prospective Cohort Study of 31 546 High-Risk Individuals From 40 Countries
Mahshid Dehghan,Andrew Mente,Koon K. Teo,Peggy Gao,Peter Sleight,Gilles R. Dagenais,Alvaro Avezum,Jeffrey L. Probstfield,Tony Dans,Salim Yusuf +9 more
TL;DR: A higher-quality diet was associated with a lower risk of recurrent CVD events among people ≥55 years of age with CVD or diabetes mellitus and was consistent regardless of whether patients were receiving proven drugs.
Prevalence,Awareness,Treatment,andControl ofHypertensioninRuralandUrbanCommunities inHigh-,Middle-,andLow-IncomeCountries
Clara K Chow,Koon K. Teo,Sumathy Rangarajan,Shofiqul Islam,Rajeev Gupta,Alvaro Avezum,Ahmad Bahonar,Jephat Chifamba,Gilles R. Dagenais,Rafael Diaz,Khawar Kazmi,Fernando Lanas,Li Wei,Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo,Lu Fanghong,Noor Hassim Ismail,Thandi Puoane,Annika Rosengren,Andrzej Szuba,A Temizhan,Andy Wielgosz,Rita Yusuf,Afzalhussein Yusufali,Martin McKee,Lisheng Liu,Prem Mony,Salim Yusuf +26 more
TL;DR: Findings suggest substantial room for improvement in hypertension diagnosis and treatment and low education was associated with lower rates of awareness, treatment, and control in LICs, but not in other countries.