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.
Prognostic coronary surgery in a case of malignant mesothelioma previously managed with trimodality treatment
Dhurandhar V, Robinson BM, McCaughan BC, Bulliard C, Bannon PG Heart Lung Circ 2014 Oct;23(10):e198-201 PMID: 24996387 Abstract We report a case of malignant pleural mesothelioma treated with trimodality treatment. At three years after the extrapleural pneumonectomy, coronary artery revascularisation surgery for NSTEMI was performed in view of favourable long term prognostic and survival outcome….
Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery using single dose antegrade Custodiol cardioplegia
Matzelle SJ, Murphy MJ, Weightman WM, Gibbs NM, Edelman JJ, Passage J Heart Lung Circ 2014 Sep;23(9):863-8 PMID: 24767979 Abstract OBJECTIVE: Our unit began a minimally invasive mitral surgery (MIMS) program utilising antegrade Custodiol solution as the sole cardioplegia. The aim of this paper is to report our results of this program. PATIENTS/METHODS: Early clinical…
Geriatric cardiac surgery: chronology vs. biology
Seco M, Edelman JJ, Forrest P, Ng M, Wilson MK, Fraser J, Bannon PG, Vallely MP Heart Lung Circ 2014 Sep;23(9):794-801 PMID: 24851829 Abstract Cardiac surgery is increasingly performed in elderly patients, and whilst the incidence of common risk factors associated with poorer outcome increases with age, recent studies suggest that outcomes in this population…
A meta-analysis of endoscopic versus conventional open radial artery harvesting for coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Cao C, Tian DH, Ang SC, Peeceeyen S, Allan J, Fu B, Yan TD Innovations (Phila) 2014 Jul-Aug;9(4):269-75 PMID: 25084252 Abstract OBJECTIVE: The radial artery has been demonstrated to provide superior long-term patency outcomes compared with saphenous veins for selected patients who undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Recently, endoscopic radial artery harvesting has been…
Characterization of the hypercoagulable state following severe orthopedic trauma
White AE, Edelman JJ, Lott N, Bannon PG, McElduff P, Curnow JL, Balogh ZJ J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2014 Aug;77(2):231-7 PMID: 25058247 Abstract BACKGROUND: Acute traumatic coagulopathy develops in seriously injured patients, which is followed by a paradoxical hypercoagulable state. The hypercoagulable state contributes to venous thromboembolism, and yet, there are no sensitive tests…
Natural history of hypercoagulability in patients undergoing coronary revascularization and effect of preoperative myocardial infarction
Edelman JJ, Reddel CJ, Kritharides L, Bannon PG, Fraser JF, Curnow JL, Vallely MP J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2014 Aug;148(2):536-43 PMID: 24280714 Abstract OBJECTIVES: The balance between hyper- and hypocoagulable states is critical after coronary artery surgery both with (coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) and without (off-pump coronary artery bypass [OPCAB]) cardiopulmonary bypass to prevent…
Systematic review of the cost-effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Indraratna P, Ang SC, Gada H, Yan TD, Manganas C, Bannon P, Cao C J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2014 Aug;148(2):509-14 PMID: 24280719 Abstract OBJECTIVE: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as an alternative treatment to aortic valve replacement (AVR) for selected patients with severe aortic stenosis. The present systematic review was conducted to analyze…
Clinical utility of magnetic resonance imaging in the follow-up of chronic aortic type B dissection
Sherrah AG, Vallely MP, Grieve SM, Jeremy RW, Hendel PN, Puranik R Heart Lung Circ 2014 Jul;23(7):e157-9 PMID: 24735714 Abstract Several imaging modalities are utilised in the assessment of disease progression in chronic aortic dissection. We present the case of a 66 year-old male who underwent ascending aorta repair for Stanford type A aortic dissection….
