Heather J. Ross

Publications

• Emerging Imaging Techniques After Cardiac Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jun, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27523792
• Chronic Congestive Heart Failure - a New Therapeutic Choice
  CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De L'Association Medicale Canadienne. Jul, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27455977
• Care Setting Intensity and Outcomes After Emergency Department Presentation Among Patients With Acute Heart Failure
  Journal of the American Heart Association. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27451461
• Response to Cornelis Et Al Regarding Article: "The Added Value of Exercise Variables in Heart Failure Prognosis"
  Journal of Cardiac Failure. Sep, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27432435
• Perfusion Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging As a Rule-Out Test for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy
  American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. May, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 27140676
• Generation of Antigen Microarrays to Screen for Autoantibodies in Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation
  PloS One. 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26967734
• Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support in Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
  Circulation. Feb, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26797468
• Chronic Heart Failure in Congenital Heart Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
  Circulation. Feb, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26787728
• Mitral Clip - Looking Back and Moving Forward
  Current Opinion in Cardiology. Mar, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26780480
• The 2016 International Society for Heart Lung Transplantation Listing Criteria for Heart Transplantation: A 10-year Update
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jan, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26776864
• Tricuspid Valve Annular Dilation As a Predictor of Right Ventricular Failure After Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist Device
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Feb, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26748904
• The Ethics of Risk and Innovation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jan, 2016  |   Pubmed ID: 26123952
• Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone System Genotype and Serum BNP in a Contemporary Cohort of Adults Late After Fontan Palliation
  International Journal of Cardiology. Oct, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 26142965
• C4d Immunostaining is an Independent Predictor of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy and Death in Heart Transplant Recipients
  Transplant International : Official Journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation. Jul, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25778989
• Factors Associated with Anti-human Leukocyte Antigen Antibodies in Patients Supported with Continuous-flow Devices and Effect on Probability of Transplant and Post-transplant Outcomes
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. May, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25638296
• The 2014 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Focus Update: Anemia, Biomarkers, and Recent Therapeutic Trial Implications
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Jan, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25532421
• Heart Transplants: Identity Disruption, Bodily Integrity and Interconnectedness
  Health (London, England : 1997). Nov, 2015  |   Pubmed ID: 25445153
• Ischemic Electrocardiographic Abnormalities and Prognosis in Decompensated Heart Failure
  Circulation. Heart Failure. Nov, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25281654
• Native and Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis: Clinicopathologic Correlation and Review of the Literature
  The Malaysian Journal of Pathology. Aug, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25194529
• A Randomized Pilot Trial of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction
  PloS One. 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25181050
• Impact of Adult Congenital Heart Disease on Survival and Mortality After Heart Transplantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Nov, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 25049065
• A Contemporary Review of Adult Heart Transplantation: 2012 to 2013
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Aug, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24954884
• "Please Sir, I Want Some More?"… Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Mar, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24559942
• Right Ventricular Function and Prognosis in Stable Heart Failure Patients
  Journal of Cardiac Failure. May, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24486926
• The 2013 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: Focus on Rehabilitation and Exercise and Surgical Coronary Revascularization
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Mar, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24480445
• Association of Heart Rate at Hospital Discharge with Mortality and Hospitalizations in Patients with Heart Failure
  Circulation. Heart Failure. Jan, 2014  |   Pubmed ID: 24297690
• Using Heart Failure Instruments to Determine when to Refer Heart Failure Patients to Palliative Care
  Journal of Palliative Care. 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24601072
• Predictors of Mortality in Patients with an Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Dec, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24267811
• Changes in Circulating Progenitor Cells Are Associated with Outcome in Heart Failure Patients: a Longitudinal Study
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Dec, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 24054922
• Risk Prediction Models for Mortality in Ambulatory Patients with Heart Failure: a Systematic Review
  Circulation. Heart Failure. Sep, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23888045
• Clinical Differences Between Continuous Flow Ventricular Assist Devices: a Comparison Between HeartMate II and HeartWare HVAD
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Sep, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23844652
• Cost-effectiveness of Ventricular Assist Device Therapy As a Bridge to Transplantation Compared with Nonbridged Cardiac Recipients
  Circulation. Jun, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23697907
• Outcomes and Care of Patients with Acute Heart Failure Syndromes and Cardiac Troponin Elevation
  Circulation. Heart Failure. Mar, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23388112
• Central Sleep Apnea Interfering with Adequate Left Ventricular Filling in a Patient with Left Ventricular Assist Device
  Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : JCSM : Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Feb, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23372470
• Can HLA-G Polymorphisms Predict the Development of Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy?
  Human Immunology. Apr, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23261409
• Circulating Proangiogenic Progenitor Cells Independently Predict Functional Capacity in Heart Failure Patients
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Jun, 2013  |   Pubmed ID: 23142345
• Concordance Among Pathologists in the Second Cardiac Allograft Rejection Gene Expression Observational Study (CARGO II)
  Transplantation. Dec, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23222738
• The 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: Focus on Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Nov, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 23201056
• Quality of Life and Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
  Circulation. Aug, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22891167
• A Sensitive Approach
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Sep, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22784934
• Antibody-mediated Rejection: an Evolving Entity in Heart Transplantation
  Journal of Transplantation. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22545200
• Developing Healthcare Rule-based Expert Systems: Case Study of a Heart Failure Telemonitoring System
  International Journal of Medical Informatics. Aug, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22465288
• Highly Sensitized Patients in Cardiac Transplantation: Early Outcomes from the Canadian Prioritized Organ Sharing Program
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jul, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22440719
• Heart Transplantation in Adults with End-stage Congenital Heart Disease
  Future Cardiology. Mar, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22413990
• Mobile Phone-based Telemonitoring for Heart Failure Management: a Randomized Controlled Trial
  Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22356799
• Perceptions and Experiences of Heart Failure Patients and Clinicians on the Use of Mobile Phone-based Telemonitoring
  Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22328237
• The Heart Failure Society of America in 2020: a Vision for the Future
  Journal of Cardiac Failure. Feb, 2012  |   Pubmed ID: 22300775
• Human Leukocyte Antigen-G is Upregulated in Heart Failure Patients: a Potential Novel Biomarker
  Human Immunology. Nov, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21925559
• Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domain 7 is a Novel Inhibitor of Neutrophil Adhesion to Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells Injured by Calcineurin Inhibition
  Circulation. Sep, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21911813
• Mechanical Circulatory Support As a Bridge to Transplant Candidacy
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Sep, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21883463
• The 2011 Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Management Guidelines Update: Focus on Sleep Apnea, Renal Dysfunction, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Palliative Care
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. May-Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21601772
• Comparison of Hospitalized Solid Organ Transplant Recipients and Nonimmunocompromised Patients with Pandemic H1N1 Infection: a Retrospective Cohort Study
  Transplantation. Jul, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21577178
• The Effect of Ventricular Assist Devices on Long-term Post-transplant Outcomes: a Systematic Review of Observational Studies
  European Journal of Heart Failure. Jul, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21551162
• Quality of Life for Patients Supported on a Left Ventricular Assist Device
  Expert Review of Medical Devices. May, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21542706
• Qualitative Interviews Vs Standardized Self-report Questionnaires in Assessing Quality of Life in Heart Transplant Recipients
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Aug, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21531580
• How Aware of Advanced Care Directives Are Heart Failure Patients, and Are They Using Them?
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. May-Jun, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21514785
• Both Patient and Caregiver Gender Impact Depressive Symptoms Among Organ Transplant Caregivers: Who is at Risk and Why?
  Journal of Health Psychology. Jul, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21421644
• Letter by Burchill Et Al Regarding Article, "Enalapril in Infants with Single Ventricle: Results of a Multicenter Randomized Trial"
  Circulation. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21403119
• Tacrolimus Preserves Vasomotor Function and Maintains Vascular Homeostasis
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. May, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21273094
• Self-care and Quality of Life of Heart Failure Patients at a Multidisciplinary Heart Function Clinic
  The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Sep-Oct, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21263339
• The North Pole: a Heart Transplant First
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Mar, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 21227718
• Endothelin-1 Antagonism and Nitric Oxide Augmentation Prevents Cyclosporine-induced Vasomotor Impairment
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jan, 2011  |   Pubmed ID: 20851640
• Attitudes of Heart Failure Patients and Health Care Providers Towards Mobile Phone-based Remote Monitoring
  Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 21115435
• Mechanical Circulatory Support with the ABIOMED BVS 5000: the Toronto General Hospital Experience
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Nov, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 21076718
• Cardiac Sarcoidosis: Recurrent Disease in a Heart Transplant Patient Following Pulmonary Tuberculosis Infection
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Aug-Sep, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20847976
• Epidermal Growth Factor-like Domain 7 Suppresses Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 Expression in Response to Hypoxia/reoxygenation Injury in Human Coronary Artery Endothelial Cells
  Circulation. Sep, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20837907
• Everolimus: Efficacy and Safety in Cardiac Transplantation
  Expert Opinion on Drug Safety. Sep, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20701555
• Impact of Fixed Pulmonary Hypertension on Post-heart Transplant Outcomes in Bridge-to-transplant Patients
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Nov, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20620083
• Pain After Heart Transplantation: Prevalence and Implications for Quality of Life
  Psychosomatics. May-Jun, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20484721
• Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy After Atrioventricular Node Ablation for Rapid Atrial Fibrillation in a Heart Transplant Recipient with Late Allograft Dysfunction
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jun, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20227300
• Association Between HLA-G Expression and C4d Staining in Cardiac Transplantation
  Transplantation. Feb, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20177352
• Correlation Between Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cell Function and Allograft Rejection in Heart Transplant Patients
  Transplant International : Official Journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation. Jun, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 20102553
• Recurrent Cardiac Amyloidosis Following Previous Heart Transplantation
  Cardiovascular Pathology : the Official Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology. Jul-Aug, 2010  |   Pubmed ID: 19740680
• Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dec, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 20117363
• Predictors of Acute Renal Dysfunction After Ventricular Assist Device Placement
  Journal of Cardiac Failure. Dec, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19944364
• Everolimus but Not Mycophenolate Mofetil Therapy is Associated with Soluble HLA-G Expression in Heart Transplant Patients
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Nov, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19783164
• Usefulness of the INTERMACS Scale to Predict Outcomes After Mechanical Assist Device Implantation
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Aug, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19632580
• Generic Drug Immunosuppression in Thoracic Transplantation: an ISHLT Educational Advisory
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jul, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19560691
• Renal-sparing Strategies in Cardiac Transplantation
  Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation. Oct, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19542890
• Donor Aortic Root Dilation
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Jun, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19536396
• The Impact of Everolimus Versus Mycophenolate on Blood and Lymphocyte Cyclosporine Exposure in Heart-transplant Recipients
  European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. Jul, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19458944
• Trying to Succeed when the Right Ventricle Fails
  Current Opinion in Cardiology. May, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19276973
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference Guidelines on Heart Failure, Update 2009: Diagnosis and Management of Right-sided Heart Failure, Myocarditis, Device Therapy and Recent Important Clinical Trials
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Feb, 2009  |   Pubmed ID: 19214293
• Choices: a Study of Preferences for End-of-life Treatments in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Sep, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18765193
• Pathological Findings in Explanted Prosthetic Heart Valves from Ventricular Assist Devices
  Pathology. Jun, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18446628
• Myocardial HLA-G Reliably Indicates a Low Risk of Acute Cellular Rejection in Heart Transplant Recipients
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. May, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18442718
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference Guidelines on Heart Failure--2008 Update: Best Practices for the Transition of Care of Heart Failure Patients, and the Recognition, Investigation and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Jan, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18209766
• Mycophenolate Mofetil Dose Reduction for Gastrointestinal Intolerance is Associated with Increased Rates of Rejection in Heart Transplant Patients
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Jan, 2008  |   Pubmed ID: 18187090
• Sirolimus-based Immunosuppression After Cardiac Transplantation: Predictors of Recovery from Calcineurin Inhibitor-induced Renal Dysfunction
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Oct, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17919619
• An Unusual Complication of Support with a Continuous-flow Cardiac Assist Device
  The New England Journal of Medicine. Aug, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17761599
• The Dilemma of a Left Ventricular Assist Device Explantation: a Decision Analysis
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Jun, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17593992
• Endothelin-1 Accentuates the Proatherosclerotic Effects Associated with C-reactive Protein
  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. May, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17467420
• Orthotopic Cardiac Transplantation in a Patient with Pectus Excavatum: Approach Via Left Anterior Thoracotomy
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Mar-Apr, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17338751
• Proliferation Signal Inhibitors in Cardiac Transplantation
  Current Opinion in Cardiology. Mar, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17284989
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference Recommendations on Heart Failure Update 2007: Prevention, Management During Intercurrent Illness or Acute Decompensation, and Use of Biomarkers
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Jan, 2007  |   Pubmed ID: 17245481
• Racial and Ethnic Variations in Albuminuria in the US Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) Population: Associations with Diabetes and Level of CKD
  American Journal of Kidney Diseases : the Official Journal of the National Kidney Foundation. Nov, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 17059991
• Elevated Endothelin-1 Levels Impair Nitric Oxide Homeostasis Through a PKC-dependent Pathway
  Circulation. Jul, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16820593
• Role of Endothelin-1 and Nitric Oxide Bioavailability in Transplant-related Vascular Injury: Comparative Effects of Rapamycin and Cyclosporine
  Circulation. Jul, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16820575
• Canadian Cardiovascular Society Consensus Conference Recommendations on Heart Failure 2006: Diagnosis and Management
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Jan, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16450016
• Increased Ventricular Repolarization Heterogeneity in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmia Vulnerability and Cardiomyopathy: a Human in Vivo Study
  American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology. Jan, 2006  |   Pubmed ID: 16113076
• Effect of Vasopressin on Hemodynamics in Patients with Refractory Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction
  The American Journal of Cardiology. Dec, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16360345
• Withdrawal of Ventricular Assist Device Support
  Journal of Palliative Care. 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16334969
• Thromboembolism in Heart Transplantation: Role of Prothrombin G20210A and Factor V Leiden
  Transplantation. Sep, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16177630
• Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: a Review
  Canadian Journal of Surgery. Journal Canadien De Chirurgie. Aug, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16149368
• Monitoring of Cyclosporine 2-hour Post-dose Levels in Heart Transplantation: Improvement in Clinical Outcomes
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Sep, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 16143255
• Tetrahydrobiopterin Prevents Cyclosporine-induced Vasomotor Dysfunction
  Transplantation. Apr, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15849538
• Use of Basiliximab and Cyclosporine in Heart Transplant Patients with Pre-operative Renal Dysfunction
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Feb, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15701432
• Genetic Polymorphisms Predisposing to Hyperhomocysteinemia in Cardiac Transplant Patients
  Transplant International : Official Journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation. Jan, 2005  |   Pubmed ID: 15612980
• Explantation of a Mechanical Assist Device: Assessment of Myocardial Recovery
  Journal of Cardiac Surgery. Jan-Feb, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15108790
• Effects of Folic Acid Fortification and Multivitamin Therapy on Homocysteine and Vitamin B(12) Status in Cardiac Transplant Recipients
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Apr, 2004  |   Pubmed ID: 15063399
• An Interactive Internet Site for the Management of Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Nov, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 14631472
• Hyperhomocysteinemia in Heart Transplantation: from Bench to Bedside
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Oct, 2003  |   Pubmed ID: 14550816
• Donor Management in Cardiac Transplantation
  The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. Nov, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12464986
• Mechanical Circulatory Assistance: State of Art
  Circulation. Oct, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12379571
• Transforming Growth Factor-beta Expression is Significantly Lower in Hearts Preserved with Blood/insulin Versus Crystalloid Cardioplegia
  The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation : the Official Publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation. Aug, 2002  |   Pubmed ID: 12163095