Cardiothoracic Surgery research

Our Cardiothoracic Unit performs a full range of adult cardiac and thoracic surgery including minimally invasive valve operations, off-pump surgery and aortic surgery, as well as providing statewide heart and lung transplant services.

About our research

The Alfred's transplant program is supported by the mechanical assist device program, which involves 20-30 Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) implants per year as well as supporting a busy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program.

Our research is focussed on:

  • Improving outcomes in heart and lung transplantation, particularly donor organ optimisation and preservation
  • Innovations in cardiothoracic surgery, including sutureless valves, bidirectional ECMO cannulae and new generation VADs

We support a busy trauma service at The Alfred and continue rib fixation research for severe chest wall injuries.

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Cardiothoracic Surgery clinical trials

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Heart preservation for transplantation

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Driveline infection research

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Publications

Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Use With Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation-A Mock Circulation Loop Study

Farag J, Stephens AF, Juene Chong W, Gregory SD, Marasco SF

(2023), ASAIO journal, 68(5), 669-75

DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001547

Disclosing all complications of lung transplantation on ECMO

Savage N, Wayne S, Doi A, Gooi J, Zimmet A, Merry C, Marasco SF

(2023), JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION, 42(7), 1002-3

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2023.03.013

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Graft Dysfunction Early After Heart Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Aleksova N, Buchan TA, Foroutan F, Zhu A, Conte S, Macdonald P, Noly PE, Carrier M, Marasco SF, Takeda K, Pozzi M, Baudry G, Atik FA, Lehmann S, Jawad K, Hickey GW, Defontaine A, Baron O, Loforte A, Cavalli GG, Absi DO, Kawabori M, Mastroianni MA, Simonenko M, Sponga S, Moayedi Y, Orchanian-Cheff A, Ross HJ, Rao V, Guyatt G, Billia F, Alba AC

(2023), JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE, 29(3), 290-303

DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2022.11.011

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