Research Publications

Our primary focus at The Baird Institute is to encourage and fund research to improve the surgical outcomes and quality of life for patients facing heart or lung surgery. The funds we raise go directly to research that improves the surgical procedures associated with heart and lung surgery. Improvements can include less intrusive procedures as well as techniques that improve survival rates.

Below you will find a list of publications that our surgeons and research fellows have been involved in writing.

Three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography and pulmonary embolism

Background: Three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography (3D ICE) with wide azimuthal elevation is a novel technique performed for assessment of cardiac anatomy and guidance of intracardiac procedures, being able to provide unique views with good spatial and temporal resolution. Complications arising from this invasive procedure and the value of 3D ICE in the detection and diagnosis of acute…

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COVID-19 and Acute Heart Failure: Screening the Critically Ill – A Position Statement of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ)

Up to one-third of COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care develop an acute cardiomyopathy, which may represent myocarditis or stress cardiomyopathy. Further, while mortality in older patients with COVID-19 appears related to multi-organ failure complicating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the cause of death in younger patients may be related to acute heart failure. Cardiac…

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Sutureless and rapid deployment implantation in bicuspid aortic valve: results from the sutureless and rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement international registry

  Background: Benefits of sutureless and rapid deployment (SURD) bioprostheses in bicuspid aortic valves (BAV) are controversial. The aim of this study is to report the outcomes of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR) for BAV from the Sutureless and Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry (SURD-IR). Methods: Of the 4,636 patients who received primary isolated…

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Long-term outcomes of the frozen elephant trunk procedure: a systematic review.

  Background: The frozen elephant trunk (FET) procedure remains an increasingly popular approach to address complex multi-segmental aortic pathologies, owing to their ability to promote false lumen thrombosis and reduce the need for second-stage operations. While the short-term outcomes of such procedures have been shown to be acceptable, much less is known regarding long-term outcomes….

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Comparing Hospital Costs Of Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Isolated Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients with Aortic Stenosis Treated in New South Wales, Australia. Heart, Lung and Circulation, Vol. 28, S334–S335. (2019)

Introduction: The data on comparison of costs and benefits for aortic valve replacement from an Australian healthcare perspective are scarce. The study quantifies hospital-associated resource use and costs of trans-catheter valve insertion (TAVI) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) procedures including length of stay, ICU hours; subsequent hospital admissions related to aortic stenosis, over 12…

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A Comparison of the Number and Demographics of Patients Undergoing Either Isolated Surgical or a Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacement Following the Introduction of a TAVI Program. Heart, Lung and Circulation, Vol. 28, S332. (2019)

Introduction: Trans-catheter aortic valve implantations have been performed in Australia since 2008 and numbers have been steadily increasing. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital was one of the first Australian centres to run a TAVI program. This study analyses the evolving numbers and demographics of patients undergoing TAVI and SAVR following introduction of the TAVI program in…

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A Comparison of the Demographics and Surgical Risk Scores of Patients Undergoing Isolated Surgical and Trans-Catheter Aortic Valve Replacements at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Heart, Lung and Circulation, Vol. 28, S332. (2019)

Introduction: Definitive management of severe aortic stenosis has evolved rapidly. Indications for trans-catheter procedures have progressed from patients deemed inoperable to high risk and now to patients representing intermediate surgical risk. Health resource availability also are determinants on treatment received. Advanced age and high surgical risk impact resource use through higher costs and length of…

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