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Alfred Health research outcomes are published in a wide range of peer reviewed journals. 

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Improving the exposure of the left hilum for lung transplantation: the value of a simple pericardial stitch

Saxena P, McGiffin DC, Zimmet AD, Gooi JH, Marasco SF, Negri J, PickA

(2015), Ann Thorac Surg, 100(3), 1132

Right ventricular failure after implantation of continuous flow left ventricular assist device: analysis of predictors and outcomes

Lo C, Murphy D, Summerhayes R, Quayle M, Burrell A, Bailey M, Marasco SF

(2015), Clin Transplant, 29(9), 763-70

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as a bridge to recovery for tachycardia-mediated cardiomyopathy

Stokes MB, Saxena P, Mariani JA, Kaye DM, Bergin P, McGiffin DC

(2015), J Card Surg, 30(11), 871-3

A procedural check list for pleural decompression and intercostal catheter insertion for adult major trauma

Anderson M, Fitzgerald M, Martin K, Santamaria M, Arendse S, O'Reilly G, Smit de V, Orda U, Marasco S

(2015), Injury, 46(1), 42-4

Clinical benefits of a specialised clinic for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Beale A, Macciocca I, Olaussen A, Marasco SF, Mariani JA, Ellims AH

(2015), Intern Med J, 45(3), 255-60

Managing central venous obstruction in cystic fibrosis recipients--lung transplant considerations

Otani S, Westall GP, Levvey BJ, Marasco S, Lyon S, Snell GI

(2015), J Cyst Fibros, 14(2), 255-61

Lobar torsion following bilateral lung transplantation

Stephens G, Bhagwat K, Pick A, McGiffin D

(2015), J Card Surg, 30(2), 209-14

A guide to performing cardiac surgery in patients with hereditary bleeding disorders

Bhave P, McGiffin D, Shaw J, Walsh M, McCarthy P, Tran H, Davis AK

(2015), J Card Surg, 30(1), 61-9

Low-flow hypothermic crystalloid perfusion is superior to cold storage during prolonged heart preservation

Ou R, Lim YW, Choong JW, Esmore DS, Salamonsen RF, McLean C, Forbes J, Bailey M, Rosenfeldt FL

(2014), Transplant Proc, 46(10), 3309-13

The effect of coenzyme Q10 on morbidity and mortality in chronic heart failure: results from Q-SYMBIO: a randomized double-blind trial

Mortensen SA, Rosenfeldt F, Kumar A, Dolliner P, Filipiak KJ, Pella D, Alehagen U, Steurer G, Littarru GP; Q-SYMBIO Study Investigators

(2014), JACC Heart Fail, 2(6), 641-9

Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency prior to cardiothoracic surgery

Braun LA, Spitzer O, Levkovich B, Bailey M, Stanguts C, Hose L, Rosenfeldt F

(2014), Heart Lung Circ, 23(10), 978-80

Bacteraemia in ventricular assist devices: a common complication that need not affect clinical outcomes

Rosenfeldt FL, Kwa LJ, Porapakkham P, Rajadurai S, Jones K, van de Merwe J, Billah B, Porapakkham P, Esmore DS, Halvorsen DS, Aguirre VJ, Spelman DW

(2014), Heart Lung Circ, 23(3), 234-41

The small-molecule BGP-15 protects against heart failure and atrial fibrillation in mice

Sapra G, Tham YK, Cemerlang N, Matsumoto A, Kiriazis H, Bernardo BC, Henstridge DC, Ooi JY, Pretorius L, Boey EJ, Lim L, Sadoshima J, Meikle PJ, Mellet NA, Woodcock EA, Marasco S, Ueyama T, Du XJ, Febbraio MA, McMullen JR

(2014), Nat Commun, 5, 5705

Hybrid repair of an aortic arch aneurysm rupture in a redo sternotomy

Nguyen T, Claydon M, Marasco S

(2014), Heart Lung Circ, 23(12), e258-60

Procurement of lungs for transplantation following donation after circulatory death: the Alfred technique

Saxena P, Zimmet AD, Snell G, Levvey B, Marasco SF, McGiffin DC

(2014), J Surg Res, 192(2), 642-6

Mechanical circulatory assist as a bridge to heart retransplantation in adolescents

Saxena P, Marasco SF, McGiffin DC, Weintraub R, Bergin P, Konstantinov IE

(2014), J Card Surg, 29(5), 752-4

Dabigatran anticoagulation and Stanford type A aortic dissection: not always a lethal coincidence?

Williamson LD, Maxwell E, Silvers AJ, Marasco SF

(2014), Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 58(9), 1160-1

Safety, feasibility, and effect of remote ischemic conditioning in patients undergoing lung transplantation

Lin E, Snell GI, Levvey BJ, Mifsud N, Paul M, Buckland MR, Gooi J, Marasco S, Sharland AF, Myles PS

(2014), J Heart Lung Transplant, 33(11), 1139-48

A comprehensive evaluation of myocardial fibrosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: linking genotype with fibrotic phenotype

Ellims AH, Iles LM, Ling LH, Chong B, Macciocca I, Slavin GS, Hare JL, Kaye DM, Marasco SF, McLean CA, James PA, du Sart D, Taylor AJ

(2014), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 15(10), 1108-16

Lung transplantation as rescue therapy in patients too sick to be discharged from acute care

Doi A, Lee G, Snell G, Bloch M, Summerhayes R, Marasco S

(2014), Transplant Proc, 46(1), 256-9