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.
Pig model gets to the dogma
Bannon PG, Qasabian R, Byrom MJ J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2015 May; PMID: 26119514 Abstract
Comparison of the Safety and Efficacy of On-Pump (ONCAB) versus Off-Pump (OPCAB) Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in the Elderly: A Review of the ANZSCTS database
Dhurandhar V, Saxena A, Parikh R, Vallely MP, Wilson MK, Butcher JK, Black DA, Tran L, Reid CM, Bannon PG Heart Lung Circ 2015 May; PMID: 26067551 Abstract BACKGROUND: The elderly population (age >70 years) incurs greater mortality and morbidity following CABG. OPCAB may mitigate these otucomes. A retrospective analysis of the results of OPCAB…
ANZSCTS Response to the Discussion Paper: Proposed Recommendations for Myocardial Revascularisation
Edelman JJ, Tatoulis J, Hayward PA, Smith JA, Costa RJ, Vallely MP, Bannon PG Heart Lung Circ 2014 Dec; PMID: 25637251 Abstract
Application of Clinical Databases to Contemporary Cardiac Surgery Practice: Where are we now?
Saxena A, Newcomb AE, Dhurandhar V, Bannon PG Heart Lung Circ 2015 Feb; PMID: 25778623 Abstract Cardiac surgery has embraced and encouraged the use of large, multi-institutional datasets in clinical practice. From a research perspective, database studies have facilitated an increased understanding of cardiac surgery. Among other uses, they have allowed an investigation of disease…
Outcomes of On-Pump versus Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in the High Risk (AusSCORE > 5)
Dhurandhar V, Saxena A, Parikh R, Vallely MP, Wilson MK, Butcher JK, Black DA, Tran L, Reid CM, Bannon PG Heart Lung Circ 2015 Feb; PMID: 25778621 Abstract BACKGROUND: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) has been established as the preferred intervention for coronary revascularisation in the high-risk population. OPCAB may further reduce mortality and…
How should I treat a complex critical left main bifurcation lesion in a patient with poor left ventricular function, an occluded dominant right coronary artery and severe peripheral vascular disease?
Martínez GJ, Molina J, Byrom M, Puranik R, Ng B, Bailey BP, Patel S, Dworakowski R, MacCarthy P, Ochala A, Smolka G EuroIntervention 2015 Feb;10(11) PMID: 25692609 Abstract
Anaortic OPCAB for high-risk patients
Edelman JJ, Vallely MP Heart Lung Circ 2015 Feb;24(2):206 PMID: 25249473 Abstract
How many sutures should a sutureless valve need?
Byrom MJ, Sivakumaran Y, Vallely MP, Wilson MK, Bannon PG J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2014 Dec; PMID: 25626952 Abstract
