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

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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

Molecular markers of programmed cell death in donor hearts before transplantation

Marasco SF, Sheeran FL, Chaudhuri K, Vale M, Bailey M, Pepe S

(2014), J Heart Lung Transplant, 33(2), 185-93

Twelve-hour reanimation of a human heart following donation after circulatory death

Rosenfeldt F, Ou R, Woodard J, Esmore D, Marasco S

(2014), Heart Lung Circ, 23(1), 88-90

Have risk factors for mortality after heart transplantation changed over time? Insights from 19 years of Cardiac Transplant Research Database study

Tallaj JA, Pamboukian SV, George JF, Kirklin JK, Brown RN, McGiffin DC, Acharya D, Loyaga-Rendon R, Melby SJ, Bourge RC, Naftel DC

(2014), J Heart Lung Transplant, 33(12), 1304-11

Successful pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in a patient with sickle cell disease treated with a single preoperative red blood cell exchange

Marques MB, Wille KM, Ren Z, Sheth M, McGiffin DC

(2014), Transfusion, 54(7), 1901-2

Reconstructing the infected aortic root with antibiotic impregnated biological glue

McGiffin DC, Davies JE, Kirklin JK

(2014), J Card Surg, 29(3), 340-2