Selected Publications

Encounter Research

• Montori VM, Breslin M, Maleska M, Weymiller AJ. Creating a Conversation: Insights from the Development of a Decision Aid. PLoS Med. 2007 Aug 7; 4(8):e233. View in Pubmed
• Helping Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Make Treatment Decisions: Statin Choice Randomized Trial. Audrey J. Weymiller; Victor M. Montori; Lesley A. Jones; Amiram Gafni; Gordon H. Guyatt; Sandra C. Bryant; Teresa J. H. Christianson; Rebecca J. Mullan; Steven A. Smith. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1076-1082.

  Full Text of Main Report – Statin Choice Trial (courtesy Archives of Internal Medicine)

• Christianson TJ, Bryant SC, Weymiller AJ, Smith SA, Montori VM. A pen-and-paper coronary risk estimator for office use with patients with type 2 diabetes. Mayo Clin Proc. 2006 May;81(5):632-6. View in Pubmed
• Montori VM, Leung TW, Devereaux PJ, Schunemann HJ, Akl EA, Gafni A, Guyatt GH. Can contraindications compromise evidence-based, patient-centered clinical practice? Can J Clin Pharmacol. 2006 Winter;13(1):e92-101. View in Pubmed
• Montori VM, Gafni A, Charles C. A shared treatment decision-making approach between patients with chronic conditions and their clinicians: the case of diabetes. Health Expect. 2006 Mar;9(1):25-36. View in Pubmed
• Montori VM. Evidence-based endocrinology: how far have we come? Treat Endocrinol. 2004;3(1):1-10. View in Pubmed.
• Bhandari M, Montori V, Devereaux PJ, Dosanjh S, Sprague S, Guyatt GH. Challenges to the practice of evidence-based medicine during residents' surgical training: a qualitative study using grounded theory. Acad Med. 2003 Nov;78(11):1183-90. View in Pubmed.
• Montori VM, Bryant SC, O'Connor AM, Jorgensen NW, Walsh EE, Smith SA. Decisional attributes of patients with diabetes: the aspirin choice. Diabetes Care. 2003 Oct;26(10):2804-9. View in Pubmed.
• Montori VM, Tabini CC, Ebbert JO. A qualitative assessment of 1st-year internal medicine residents' perceptions of evidence-based clinical decision making. Teach Learn Med. 2002 Spring;14(2):114-8. View in Pubmed.

Knowledge Synthesis

• Bolona ER, Uraga MV, Haddad RM, Tracz MJ, Sideras K, Kennedy CC, Caples SM, Erwin PJ, Montori VM. Testosterone use in men with sexual dysfunction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Mayo Clin Proc 2007; 82: 20-28. View in Pubmed.
• Haddad RM, Kennedy CC, Caples SM, Tracz MJ, Bolona ER, Sideras K, Uraga MV, Erwin PJ, Montori VM. Testosterone and cardiovascular risk in men: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Mayo Clin Proc 2007; 82: 29-39. View in Pubmed.
• Garza CA, Montori VM, McConnell JP, Somers VK, Kullo IJ, Lopez-Jimenez F. Association between lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review. Mayo Clin Proc 2007; 82: 159-165. View in Pubmed.
• Gami AS, Witt BJ, Howard DE, Erwin PJ, Gami LA, Somers VK, Montori VM. Metabolic syndrome and risk of incident cardiovascular events and death: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007; 49: 403-414. View in Pubmed.
• Sinha MK, Montori VM. Reporting bias and other biases affecting systematic reviews and meta-analyses: a methodological commentary. Expert Rev Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Res 2006; 6: 603-611.
• Montori VM, Wang YG, Alonso-Coello P, Bhagra S. Systematic evaluation of the quality of randomized controlled trials in diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2006 Aug;29(8):1833-8. View in Pubmed.
• Romero-Corral A, Montori VM, Somers VK, Korinek J, Thomas RJ, Allison TG, Mookadam F, Lopez-Jimenez F. Association of bodyweight with total mortality and with cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease: a systematic review of cohort studies. Lancet. 2006 Aug 19;368(9536):666-78. View in Pubmed.
• Tracz MJ, Sideras K, Bolona ER, Haddad RM, Kennedy CC, Uraga MV, Caples SM, Erwin PJ, Montori VM. Testosterone use in men and its effects on bone health. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Jun;91(6):2011-6. View in Pubmed
• Bongartz T, Sutton AJ, Sweeting MJ, Buchan I, Matteson EL, Montori V. Anti-TNF antibody therapy in rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of serious infections and malignancies: systematic review and meta-analysis of rare harmful effects in randomized controlled trials. JAMA. 2006 May 17;295(19):2275-85. View in Pubmed
• Montori VM, Devereaux PJ, Adhikari NK, Burns KE, Eggert CH, Briel M, Lacchetti C, Leung TW, Darling E, Bryant DM, Bucher HC, Schunemann HJ, Meade MO, Cook DJ, Erwin PJ, Sood A, Sood R, Lo B, Thompson CA, Zhou Q, Mills E, Guyatt GH. Randomized trials stopped early for benefit: a systematic review. JAMA. 2005 Nov 2;294(17):2203-9. View in Pubmed
• Montori VM, Leung TW, Walter SD, Guyatt GH. Procedures that assess inconsistency in meta-analyses can assess the likelihood of response bias in multiwave surveys. J Clin Epidemiol. 2005 Aug;58(8):856-8. View in Pubmed
• Bhandari M, Devereaux PJ, Montori V, Cina C, Tandan V, Guyatt GH; Evidence-Based Surgery Working Group. Users' guide to the surgical literature: how to use a systematic literature review and meta-analysis. Can J Surg. 2004 Feb;47(1):60-7. View in Pubmed
• Montori VM, Wilczynski NL, Morgan D, Haynes RB; Hedges Team. Systematic reviews: a cross-sectional study of location and citation counts. BMC Med. 2003 Nov 24;1:2. View in Pubmed.
• Montori VM, Guyatt GH. Summarizing studies of diagnostic test performance. Clin Chem. 2003 Nov;49(11):1783-4. View in Pubmed.
• Montori VM, Swiontkowski MF, Cook DJ. Methodologic issues in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003 Aug;(413):43-54. View in Pubmed.
• Montori VM, Basu A, Erwin PJ, Velosa JA, Gabriel SE, Kudva YC. Posttransplantation diabetes: a systematic review of the literature. Diabetes Care. 2002 Mar;25(3):583-92. View in Pubmed.
• Montori VM, Smieja M, Guyatt GH. Publication bias: a brief review for clinicians. Mayo Clin Proc. 2000 Dec;75(12):1284-8. View in Pubmed.

Quality of Care Research

• Ting HH, Lee TH, Soukup JR, Cook EF, Tosteson AN, Brand DA, Rouan GW, Goldman L. Impact of physician experience on triage of emergency room patients with acute chest pain at three teaching hospitals. Am J Med. 1991; 91:401-408.
• Lee TH, Ting HH, Shammash JB, Soukup JR, Goldman L. Long-term survival of emergency room patients with acute chest pain. Am J Cardiol. 1992; 69:145-151.
• Wahls TL, Chatterjee K, Ting HH, Clancy TJ. Quality, patient safety, and medical errors – Resistance to and support for the federal recommendations to address these concerns. J Ambulatory Care Manage. 2002; 25(1): 54-62.
• Crocker CH, Cragun KT, Timimi FK, Houlihan RJ, Bell MR, Lennon RJ, Garratt KN, Holmes DR, Ting HH. Immediate ambulation following diagnostic coronary angiography procedures utilizing a vascular closure device (the CloserTM). J Invasive Cardiol. 2002; 14:728-732.
• Ting HH, Garratt KN, Singh M, Kjelsberg MA, Timimi FK, Cragun KT, Houlihan RJ, Boutchee KL, Crocker CH, Cusma JT, Wood DL, Holmes DR. Low risk percutaneous coronary interventions without on-site cardiac surgery – Two years observational experience and follow-up. Am Heart J. 2003; 145:278-284.
• Singh M, Ting HH, Gersh BJ, Berger PB, Lennon RJ, Holmes DR, Garratt KN. Percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction at hospitals with and without on-site cardiac surgical capability. Mayo Clinic Proc. 2004; 79:738-744.
• Ting HH, Raveendran G, Lennon RJ, Long KH, Singh M, Wood DL, Gersh BJ, Rihal CS, Holmes DR. A total of 1,007 percutaneous coronary interventions without on-site cardiac surgery: Acute and long-term outcomes. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2006; 47:1713-1721.
• Long KH, McMurtry EK, Lennon RJ, Chapman AC, Singh M, Rihal CS, Wood DL, Holmes DR, Ting HH. Elective percutaneous coronary intervention without onsite cardiac surgery: Clinical and economic implications. Med Care. 2006; 44:406-413.
• Ting HH, Yang EY, Rihal CS. Reperfusion strategies for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Annals Intern Med. 2006; 145:610-617.
• Ting HH, Gersh BJ. Reperfusion strategies: Comparison of facilitated versus primary percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Rev Cardiovasc Med. 2006; 7(3):168-172.
• Doyle BJ, Konz BA, Lennon RJ, Bresnahan JF, Rihal CS, Ting HH. Early ambulation one hour after diagnostic cardiac catheterization: A prospective study of 1009 procedures. Mayo Clinic Proc. 2006; 81:1537-1540.
• Ting HH, Long KH, Galvin RS, Petersen LA, Krumholz HM. Do economic incentives improve healthcare quality? Implications for pay for performance. ACC Cardiosource Web Site. May 30, 2007.
• Sanz M, Smalling RW, Brewer DL, French WJ, Smaha LA, Ting HH, Casey DE. Development of systems of care for ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients: The physician perspective. Circulation. 2007; 116:e39-e42.
• Kiernan TJ, Ting HH, Gersh BJ. Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention: Current concepts, promises, and pitfalls. Eur Heart J. 2007; 28:1545-1553.
• Ting HH, Rihal CS, Gersh BJ, Haro LH, Bjerke CM, Lennon RJ, Lim CC, Bresnahan JF, Jaffe AS, Holmes DR, Bell MR. Regional systems of care to optimize timeliness of reperfusion therapy for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: The Mayo Clinic STEMI Protocol. Circulation. 2007; 116:729-736.
• Long KH, Ting HH, McMurtry EK, Lennon RJ, Hammes LN, Wood DL, Holmes DR, Raveendran G, Rihal CS. A longitudinal analysis of outcomes associated with abciximab and eptifibatide in a consecutive series of 3,074 percutaneous coronary interventions. Value in Health. 2007; doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00257.x