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Quality of life after major trauma with multiple rib fractures

Marasco SF, Lee G, Summerhayes R, Fitzgerald M, Bailey M

(2015), Injury, 46(1), 61-5

Comparison of approaches to revascularization in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: meta-analyses of randomized control trials

Singh Bajaj N, Kalra R, Aggarwal H, Ather S, Gaba S, Arora G, McGiffin DC, Ahmed M, Aslibekyan S, ArorP

(2015), J Am Heart Assoc, 4(12), e002540

Constrictive pericarditis post-lung transplant

Stephens G, Bhagwat K, Marasco S, McGiffin D

(2015), J Card Surg, 30(8), 651-5

Pericardial synovial sarcoma: a rare clinical entity

Goldblatt J, Saxena P, McGiffin DC, Zimmet A

(2015), J Card Surg, 30(11), 801-4

Transplantation of a donor heart following a lightning strike: MRI identification of myocardial injury

Saxena P, Hare JL, Stokes M, Bergin PJ, Taylor AJ, McGiffin DC

(2015), Heart Lung Circ, 24(11), e200-1

Aspirin resistance in the era of personalized medicine: should we not take it personally?

Naimo PS, McGiffin D, Konstantinov IE

(2015), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 150(6), e99-100

Mitral annular kinetics, left atrial, and left ventricular diastolic function post mitral valve repair in degenerative mitral regurgitation

Schiros CG, Ahmed MI, McGiffin D, Zhang X, Lloyd SG, Aban I, Denney TS, Dell'Italia L, Gupta H

(2015), Front Cardiovasc Med, 2, 31

Donation after circulatory determination of death lung transplantation for pulmonary arterial hypertension: passing the toughest test

Levvey BJ, Whitford HM, Williams TJ, Westall GP, Paraskeva M, Manterfield C, Miller T, McGiffin D, Snell G

(2015), Am J Transplant, 15(12), 320814

Mycotic pseudoaneurysms of the coronary arteries

Goldblatt J, Doi A, Negri J, Nanayakkara S, McGiffin D

(2015), J Card Surg, 30(7), 555-9

Pulmonary endarterectomy for pulmonary hypertension from septic emboli

Crosland W, Ahmed M, Booker J, Wille K, Singh S, Winokur T, McGiffin D

(2015), Ann Thorac Surg, 99(5), 1814-6

Incremental value of three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography over the two-dimensional technique in the assessment of a thrombus in transit through a patent foramen ovale

Thind M, Ahmed MI, Gok G, Joson M, Elsayed M, Tuck BC, Townsley MM, Klas B, McGiffin DC, Nanda NC

(2015), Echocardiography, 32(5), 848-54

Is a bioprosthetic valve in the aortic position desirable with a continuous flow LVAD?

Doi A, Marasco SF, McGiffin DC

(2015), J Card Surg, 30(5), 466-8

Cardiac paraganglioma

El-Ashry AA, Cerfolio RJ, Singh SP, McGiffin D

(2015), J Card Surg, 30(2), 135-9

Long-term successful outcomes from kidney transplantation after lung and heart-lung transplantation

Otani S, Levvey B J, Westall GP, Paraskeva M, Whitford H, Williams T, McGiffin DC, Walker R, Menahem S, Snell G

(2015), Ann Thorac Surg, 99(3), 1032-8

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

The SPIRIT Action Framework: a structured approach to selecting and testing strategies to increase the use of research in policy

Redman S, Turner T, Davies H, Williamson A, Haynes A, Brennan S, Milat A, O'Connor D, Blyth F, Jorm L, Green S

(2015), Soc Sci Med, 136-137, 147-55

Core domain and outcome measurement sets for shoulder pain trials are needed: systematic review of physical therapy trials

Page MJ, McKenzie JE, Green SE, Beaton DE, Jain NB, Lenza M, Verhagen AP, Surace S, Deitch J, Buchbinder R

(2015), J Clin Epidemiol, 68(11), 1270-81

Methods to select results to include in meta-analyses deserve more consideration in systematic reviews

Page MJ, McKenzie JE, Chau M, Green SE, Forbes A

(2015), J Clin Epidemiol, 68(11), 1282-91

Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement

Moher D, Shamseer L, Clarke M, Ghersi D, Liberati A, Petticrew M, Shekelle P, Stewart LA; PRISMA-P Group

(2015), Syst Rev, 14, 1

Why do we need evidence-based methods in Cochrane?

McKenzie JE, Clarke MJ, Chandler J

(2015), Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 7, ED000102