Clinical Assistant Professor
B.Sc., M.Sc., M.H.Sc., MD, CM, FRCPC
Dr. Chris Fordyce
Biography
Dr. Christopher Fordyce is the director of the Centre for Cardiac Critical Care at DCI. He is an associate professor in UBC’s Division of Cardiology, directs the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Vancouver General Hospital and conducts research with the Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation.
He studied medicine at McGill University and completed internal medicine and cardiology training at UBC. Further training included clinical effectiveness at Harvard, a clinical research master’s degree and cardiovascular research fellowship at Duke, and subspecialty training in cardiac critical care. His research examines heart attacks, cardiac arrest, coronary disease testing and antithrombotic treatment for atrial fibrillation.
Research Studies
Studying how ziltivekimab works compared to placebo for heart attack
Heart Attack, Blood, Heart and Circulation, Immune System
EMPACT-MI: A Study to Test Whether Empagliflozin Can Lower the Risk of Heart Failure and Death in People Who Had a Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction)
Heart Attack
Publications
The New England journal of medicine
Outcomes of anatomical versus functional testing for coronary artery disease.
Douglas PS, Hoffmann U, Patel MR, Mark DB, Al-Khalidi HR, Cavanaugh B, Cole J, Dolor RJ, Fordyce CB, Huang M, Khan MA, Kosinski AS, Krucoff MW, Malhotra V, Picard MH, Udelson JE, Velazquez EJ, Yow E, Cooper LS, Lee KL,
JAMA cardiology
Identification of Patients With Stable Chest Pain Deriving Minimal Value From Noninvasive Testing: The PROMISE Minimal-Risk Tool, A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.
Fordyce CB, Douglas PS, Roberts RS, Hoffmann U, Al-Khalidi HR, Patel MR, Granger CB, Kostis J, Mark DB, Lee KL, Udelson JE,
Circulation
Prevention of Complications in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
Fordyce CB, Katz JN, Alviar CL, Arslanian-Engoren C, Bohula EA, Geller BJ, Hollenberg SM, Jentzer JC, Sims DB, Washam JB, van Diepen S,
JAMA cardiology
Association of Public Health Initiatives With Outcomes for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest at Home and in Public Locations.
Fordyce CB, Hansen CM, Kragholm K, Dupre ME, Jollis JG, Roettig ML, Becker LB, Hansen SM, Hinohara TT, Corbett CC, Monk L, Nelson RD, Pearson DA, Tyson C, van Diepen S, Anderson ML, McNally B, Granger CB
Circulation. Cardiovascular interventions
Association of Anemia With Outcomes Among ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Receiving Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
Moghaddam N, Wong GC, Cairns JA, Goodman SG, Perry-Arnesen M, Tocher W, Mackay M, Singer J, Lee T, Rao SV, Fordyce CB
