Cao CQ, Bannon PG, Shee R, Yan TD Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011;17(1):1-6 PMID: 21587120 Abstract PURPOSE: Since its introduction more than a decade ago, thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has shown promising results for patients with various thoracic aortic diseases. The aim of the current review is to assess the current literature to evaluate…
Edelman JJ, Ramponi F, Bannon PG, Jeremy R Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2011 May;12(5):863-5 PMID: 21324918 Abstract This report describes the clinical course and management of a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) type 2. In 2003, a 31-year-old male was diagnosed with acute aortic dissection type B; in the following six years he underwent multiple…
Cao C, Krog Andvik SK, Yan TD, Kennedy C, Bannon PG, McCaughan BC Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2011 May;12(5):754-7 PMID: 21303872 Abstract Extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) has been established as a viable surgical option in the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) for selected patients. A number of pathological staging systems have been developed to prognosticate…
Edelman JJ, Yan TD, Bannon PG, Wilson MK, Vallely MP Heart Lung Circ 2011 May;20(5):318-24 PMID: 21511187 Abstract BACKGROUND: The main criticism of surgery in the SYNTAX trial was increased rate of stroke when compared to percutaneous coronary intervention. We aimed to determine whether avoiding aortic manipulation would decrease the rate of stroke. METHOD: We…
Yan TD, Deraco M, Elias D, Glehen O, Levine EA, Moran BJ, Morris DL, Chua TC, Piso P, Sugarbaker PH, Cancer 2011 May;117(9):1855-63 PMID: 21509762 Abstract BACKGROUND: Currently, no tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system exists for patients with diffuse malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (DMPM). The primary objective was to formulate a clinicopathological staging system through the identification…
Vallely MP, Stern HS Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2011 May;39(5):793 PMID: 20932771 Abstract
Yan TD, Padang R, Poh C, Cao C, Wilson MK, Bannon PG, Vallely MP J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2011 May;141(5):1134-44 PMID: 21167508 Abstract BACKGROUND: We performed the present systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and nonrandomized comparative studies in an attempt to compare the safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents with coronary artery bypass grafting…
Cao C, Yan TD, Kennedy C, Hendel N, Bannon PG, McCaughan BC Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2011 Feb;91(2):339-43 PMID: 21256263 Abstract BACKGROUND: Bronchopulmonary carcinoid tumors are considered as a relatively uncommon and less malignant group of lung cancers. However, patients with histologically atypical disease are known to have a worse prognosis. The present study aims to…
Spina R, Forrest AP, Adams MR, Wilson MK, Ng MK, Vallely MP Heart Lung Circ 2010 Dec;19(12):736-41 PMID: 20869915 Abstract Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides circulatory or respiratory support, or both, to patients with severe but potentially reversible cardiac or respiratory failure refractory to standard therapy. The use of ECMO in the paediatric cardiac surgical…
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