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.
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Predictors of Short-Term Outcomes after High Risk Coronary Surgery
Sheriff MJ, Mouline O, Hsu C, Grieve SM, Wilson MK, Bannon PG, Vallely MP, Puranik R Heart Lung Circ 2016 Jan; PMID: 26839164 Abstract BACKGROUND: The euroSCORE II is a widely used pre-coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CAGS) risk score, but its predictive power lacks the specificity to predict outcomes in high-risk patients (16) and…
Measurement of tremor transmission during microsurgery
Verrelli DI, Qian Y, Wood J, Wilson MK Int J Med Robot 2015 Dec; PMID: 26647732 Abstract BACKGROUND: Tremor is a major impediment to performing fine motor tasks, as in microsurgery. However, conventional measurements do not involve tasks representative of microsurgery. METHOD: We developed a low-cost surgical simulator incorporating a force transducer capable of detecting…
MRI in Chronic Aortic Dissection: A Systematic Review and Future Directions
Sherrah AG, Grieve SM, Jeremy RW, Bannon PG, Vallely MP, Puranik R Front Cardiovasc Med 2015;2:5 PMID: 26664877 Abstract The acute event of thoracic aortic dissection carries with it high mortality and morbidity. Despite optimal initial surgical or medical management strategies, the risk of further complications in the long-term, including aneurysmal dilatation and false lumen…
Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Composite Y Grafts: Analysis of 464 Angiograms in 296 Patients
Robinson BM, Paterson HS, Naidoo R, Dhurandhar V, Denniss AR Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2015 Oct; PMID: 26507423 Abstract BACKGROUND: The use of bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITA) in coronary artery bypass graft surgery improves patient survival. The optimum BITA graft configuration is unknown. This study evaluates outcomes after the use of bilateral internal mammary Y…
Seeking outcomes in database analyses: The good, the bad and the ugly
Lowe HC, Bannon PG Int. J. Cardiol. 2015 Jun;202:796 PMID: 26476031 Abstract
Thoracic aortic aneurysm: 4D flow MRI and computational fluid dynamics model
Callaghan FM, Karkouri J, Broadhouse K, Evin M, Fletcher DF, Grieve SM Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2015 Oct;18 Suppl 1:1894-5 PMID: 26237171 Abstract
Fibulin-3 levels in malignant pleural mesothelioma are associated with prognosis but not diagnosis
Kirschner MB, Pulford E, Hoda MA, Rozsas A, Griggs K, Cheng YY, Edelman JJ, Kao SC, Hyland R, Dong Y, László V, Klikovits T, Vallely MP, Grusch M, Hegedus B, Dome B, Klepetko W, van Zandwijk N, Klebe S, Reid G Br. J. Cancer 2015 Sep;113(6):963-9 PMID: 26263483 Abstract BACKGROUND: Fibulin-3 (FBLN3) was recently presented…
Combined total-arterial, off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Seco M, Martinez G, Edelman JJ, Ng HK, Vallely MP, Wilson MK, Ng MK Int. J. Cardiol. 2015 Mar;201:587-589 PMID: 26334384 Abstract
