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Selective brain hypothermia: feasibility and safety study of a novel method in five patients

Seyedsaadat SM, Marasco SF, Daly DJ, McEgan R, Anderson J, Rodgers S, Kreck T, Kadirvel R, Kallmes DF

(2020), PERFUSION-UK, 35(2), 96-103

DOI: 10.1177/0267659119853950

Physiological principles of Starling-like control of rotary ventricular assist devices

Stephens AF, Gregory SD, Burrell AJC, Marasco S, Stub D, Salamonsen RF

(2020), EXPERT REV MED DEVIC, 17(11), 1169-82

DOI: 10.1080/17434440.2020.1841631

Perioperative antimicrobial decision making: Focused ethnography study in orthopedic and cardiothoracic surgeries in an Australian hospital

Peel TN, Watson E, Cairns K, Lam HYA, Li HZ, Ravindran G, Seneviratne J, Daly D, Liew S, McGiffin D, Myles P, Ayton D

(2020), INFECT CONT HOSP EP, 41(6), 645-52

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2020.48

Patient safety with nighttime surgery-perhaps we should just assume that it is not as safe at night

McGiffin D

(2020), J CARDIAC SURG, 35(12), 3474-6

DOI: 10.1111/jocs.15018

Intracorporeal Biventricular Assist Devices Using the Heartware Ventricular Assist Device in Children

Schweiger M, E Mascio C, Kanter KR, Marasco S, Eghtesady P, Miera O, Hübler M, Kavarana MN

(2020), ASAIO J, 66(9), 1031-4

DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001149

International experience using a durable, centrifugal-flow ventricular assist device for biventricular support

Marasco S, Simon AR, Tsui S, Schramm R, Eifert S, Hagl CM, Paç M, Kervan Ü, Fiane AE, Wagner FM, Garbade J, Özbaran M, Hayward CS, Zimpfer D, Schmitto JD

(2020), J HEART LUNG TRANSPL, 39(12), 1372-9

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.08.006

Hypothermic Ex Vivo Perfusion: Protecting the Donor Heart and the Recipient

See Hoe LE, Suen JY, Li Bassi G, McGiffin DC, Fraser JF

(2020), ASAIO J, 66(7), e99

DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000001102

eart Transplantation From Brain Dead Donors: A Systematic Review of Animal Models

See Hoe LE, Wells MA, Bartnikowski N, Obonyo NG, Millar JE, Khoo A, Ki KK, Shuker T, Ferraioli A, Colombo SM, Chan W, McGiffin DC, Suen JY, Fraser JF

(2020), Transplantation, 104(11), 2272-89

DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000003217

Endothelin receptor antagonist improves donor lung function in an ex vivo perfusion system

Walweel K, Skeggs K, Boon AC, See Hoe LE, Bouquet M, Obonyo NG, Pedersen SE, Diab SD, Passmore MR, Hyslop K, Wood ES, Reid J, Colombo SM, Bartnikowski NJ, Wells MA, Black D, Pimenta LP, Stevenson AK, Bisht K, Marshall L, Prabhu DA, James L, Platts DG, Macdonald PS, McGiffin DC, Suen JY, Fraser JF

(2020), J Biomed Sci, 27(1), 96

DOI: 10.1186/s12929-020-00690-7

Emergency department resuscitative thoracotomy at an adult major trauma centre: Outcomes following a training programme with standardised indications

Fitzgerald MC, Yong MS, Martin K, Zimmet A, Marasco SF, Mathew J, Smit V, Yeung M, Tan GA, Marquez M, Cheung Z, Boo E, Mitra B

(2020), Emerg Med Australas, 32(4), 657-62

DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13530

Donor heart and lung procurement: A consensus statement

Copeland H, Hayanga JWA, Neyrinck A, MacDonald P, Dellgren G, Bertolotti A, Khuu T, Burrows F, Copeland JG, Gooch D, Hackmann A, Hormuth D, Kirk C, Linacre V, Lyster H, Marasco S, McGiffin D, Nair P, Rahmel A, Sasevich M, Schweiger M, Siddique A, Snyder TJ, Stansfield W, Tsui S, Orr Y, Uber P, Venkateswaran R, Kukreja J, Mulligan M

(2020), J HEART LUNG TRANSPL, 39(6), 501-17

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2020.03.020

Diagnosis and treatment of lung disease associated with alpha one-antitrypsin deficiency: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

Dummer J, Dobler CC, Holmes M, Chambers D, Yang IA, Parkin L, Smith S, Wark P, Dev A, Hodge S, Dabscheck E, Gooi J, Samuel S, Knowles S, Holland AE

(2020), Respirology, 25(3), 321-35

DOI: 10.1111/resp.13774

Biofilm formation and migration on ventricular assist device drivelines

Qu Y, McGiffin D, Kure C, Ozcelik B, Fraser J, Thissen H, Peleg AY

(2020), J THORAC CARDIOV SUR, 159(2), 491-502.e2

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.02.088

Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation Following Lung Transplantation: Incidence, Associations and a Suggested Therapeutic Algorithm

Barnes H, Gurry G, McGiffin D, Westall G, Levin K, Paraskeva M, Whitford H, Williams T, Snell G

(2020), Heart Lung Circ, 29(10), 1484-92

DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.10.011

Controlled donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors: A focus on the utilization of pediatric donors and outcomes after lung transplantation

Snell G, Levvey B, Paraskeva M, Whitford H, Levin K, Williams T, McGiffin D, Westall G

(2019), J HEART LUNG TRANSPL, 38(10), 1089-96

DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2019.06.009

Primary Angiosarcoma-A Rare Cause of Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction: Case Report and Literature Review

Omair M, Calafiore P, Lim R, McGiffin D, Farouque O, Jones E

(2019), CASE, 3(6), 284-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.case.2019.08.003

A Single-Center Experience of the Optimal Initial Immunosuppressive Strategy for Preventing Early Acute Cellular Rejection in Orthotopic Heart Transplantation Associated With Renal Dysfunction

Mundisugih J, Fernando H, Bergin P, Hare J, Kaye D, Leet A, McGiffin D, Taylor AJ

(2019), Prog Transplant, 29(4), 327-34

DOI: 10.1177/1526924819873908

Ethics and governance is becoming unethical: time for some common sense?

McGiffin DC, Kure CE, Hayward CS, Fraser JF

(2019), ANZ J Surg, 89(12), 1538-9

Spontaneous echo contrast mimicking aortic root thrombus in a patient supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

De Bono JA, McGiffin DC, Waldron BJF, Leet AS, Doi A

(2019), ECHOCARDIOGR-J CARD, 36(2), 419-21

DOI: 10.1111/echo.14265

Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation with the Medtronic Intrepid™ Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement System

Koh JQ, Walton A, Marasco S, Duffy SJ

(2019), Future Cardiol, 15(4), 281-93

DOI: 10.2217/fca-2018-0082