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.
Rapid Endothelialization of Off-the-Shelf Small Diameter Silk Vascular Grafts
Filipe EC, Santos M, Hung J, Lee BSL, Yang N, Chan AHP, Ng MKC, Rnjak-Kovacina J, Wise SG JACC Basic Transl Sci 2018 Feb;3(1):38-53 PMID: 30062193 Abstract Synthetic vascular grafts for small diameter revascularization are lacking. Clinically available conduits expanded polytetrafluorethylene and Dacron fail acutely due to thrombosis and in the longer term from neointimal…
Apolipoprotein A-I Reduces In-Stent Restenosis and Platelet Activation and Alters Neointimal Cellular Phenotype
Vanags LZ, Tan JTM, Galougahi KK, Schaefer A, Wise SG, Murphy A, Ali ZA, Bursill CA JACC Basic Transl Sci 2018 Apr;3(2):200-209 PMID: 30062205 Abstract Even the most advanced drug-eluting stents evoke unresolved issues, including chronic inflammation, late thrombosis, and neoatherosclerosis. This highlights the need for novel strategies that improve stent biocompatibility. Our studies show…
Long-Term Outcomes Following Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Fixed-Effects Versus Random-Effects Models
Zhao DF, Edelman JJ, Seco M, Bannon PG, Vallely MP J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2018 Jul;72(3):345-347 PMID: 30012329 Abstract
Impact of serious mental illness on surgical patient outcomes
McBride KE, Solomon MJ, Young JM, Steffens D, Lambert TJ, Glozier N, Bannon PG ANZ J Surg 2018 May; PMID: 29756676 Abstract BACKGROUND: People with comorbid mental illness have poorer health status and disparate access to healthcare. Several studies internationally have reported mixed findings regarding the association between mental illness and surgical patient outcomes. This…
Concomitant thoracoscopic surgery for solitary pulmonary nodule and atrial fibrillation
Lu R, Mei J, Zhao D, Jiang Z, Xiao H, Wang M, Ma N Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2018 03;26(3):402-406 PMID: 29136152 Abstract OBJECTIVES: The incidence of both solitary pulmonary nodules (SPN) and non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) has increased over the past decade. We performed concomitant video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery with modified epicardial radiofrequency ablation procedure…
Unsuspected path: a central venous catheter insertion
Agostinho N, Robinson BM, Yan TD ANZ J Surg 2017 Sep;87(9):E100-E101 PMID: 25682800 Abstract
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Patients with Advanced Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Cao C, Yan TD, He J Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2017 Nov; PMID: 29159739 Abstract
Heart Valve Surgery Performed by Trainee Surgeons: Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes
Saxena A, Virk SA, Bowman SRA, Jeremy R, Bannon PG Heart Lung Circ 2018 Apr;27(4):420-426 PMID: 29103675 Abstract BACKGROUND: Cardiac surgical units must balance trainee education with the duty to provide optimal patient care. This is particularly challenging with valvular surgery, given the lower volume and increased complexity of these procedures. The present meta-analysis was…
