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Leslie D. Austford
Researcher at University of Calgary
Publications - 24
Citations - 774
Leslie D. Austford is an academic researcher from University of Calgary. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rehabilitation & Coronary artery disease. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 20 publications receiving 599 citations. Previous affiliations of Leslie D. Austford include Cardiovascular Institute of the South.
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Attendance and Outcomes in Coronary Artery Disease Patients
Billie-Jean Martin,Trina Hauer,Ross Arena,Leslie D. Austford,P. Diane Galbraith,Adriane M. Lewin,Merril L. Knudtson,William A. Ghali,James A. Stone,Sandeep Aggarwal +9 more
TL;DR: Propensity-matched analysis demonstrated a persistent association between CR completion and reduced mortality and there is a need to explore reasons for nonattendance and to test interventions to improve attendance after referral.
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Cardiovascular fitness and mortality after contemporary cardiac rehabilitation.
Billie-Jean Martin,Ross Arena,Mark J. Haykowsky,Trina Hauer,Leslie D. Austford,Merril L. Knudtson,Sandeep Aggarwal,James A. Stone +7 more
TL;DR: The novel finding was that improvement in fitness during a CR program and improvements that persisted at 1 year were also associated with decreased mortality, most strongly in patients who start with LFit.
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Cardiac rehabilitation referral, attendance and mortality in women
Jillian D. Colbert,Billie-Jean Martin,Mark J. Haykowsky,Trina Hauer,Leslie D. Austford,Ross Arena,Merril L. Knudtson,Donald A.N. Meldrum,Sandeep Aggarwal,James A. Stone +9 more
TL;DR: This is the first large cohort study to demonstrate that referral to and attendance at CR is associated with a significant mortality reduction in women, comparatively better than that in men.
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Cardiac rehabilitation completion is associated with reduced mortality in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease
Marni J. Armstrong,Ronald J. Sigal,Ross Arena,Trina Hauer,Leslie D. Austford,Sandeep Aggarwal,James A. Stone,Billie-Jean Martin +7 more
TL;DR: Patients with diabetes were less likely to complete CR than those without diabetes, however, patients with diabetes who completed CR derived similar apparent reductions in mortality and hospitalisation to patients without diabetes.
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Optimizing Value From Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Cost-Utility Analysis Comparing Age, Sex, and Clinical Subgroups.
Laura E. Leggett,Trina Hauer,Billie-Jean Martin,Braden J. Manns,Sandeep Aggarwal,Ross Arena,Leslie D. Austford,Don Meldrum,William A. Ghali,William A. Ghali,Merril L. Knudtson,Colleen M. Norris,James A. Stone,Fiona Clement +13 more
TL;DR: The current analysis indicates that cardiac rehabilitation is most cost effective for those with an ACS and those who are at higher risk for subsequent cardiac events, with important implications for patient referral patterns.