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Renal failure and right heart failure after left ventricular assist device implantation: which is cause and which is effect?

Marasco S

(2017), Heart Lung Circ, 26(11), 1123-4

DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.09.002

Optimizing microplate biofilm assays to screen anti-infective surfaces

Qu Y, Thissen H, McGiffin D, Peleg AY

(2017), Trends Biotechnol, 35(1), 3-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2016.09.001

Novel sternal protection device for cardiac surgery via median sternotomy incision

Marasco SF, McGiffin DC, Zimmet AD, Solis PC, Bingham JM, Moshinsky RA

(2017), Innovations, 12(5), 370-4

DOI: 10.1097/IMI.0000000000000409

Nina Braunwald: a female pioneer in cardiac surgery

Sabharwal N, Dev H, Smail H, McGiffin DC, Saxena P

(2017), Tex Heart Inst J, 44(2), 96-100

DOI: 10.14503/THIJ-16-6048

Lobar lung transplantation from deceased donors: a systematic review

Eberlein M, Reed RM, Chahla M, Bolukbas S, Blevins A, Van Raemdonck D, Stanzi A, Inci I, Marasco S, Shigemura N, Aigner C, Deuse T

(2017), World J Transplant, 7(1), 70-80

DOI: 10.5500/wjt.v7.i1.70

Late presentation of right atrial thrombus following bilateral lung transplant

Saxena P, Nerlekar N, Zimmet AD

(2017), Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann, 25(1), 65-6

DOI: 10.1177/0218492315623433

Heartmate 3 fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device for the treatment of advanced heart failure -1Üyear results from the Ce mark trial

Krabatsch T, Netuka I, Schmitto JD, Zimpfer D, Garbade J, Rao V, Morshuis M, Beyersdorf F, Marasco S, Damme L, Pya Y

(2017), J Cardiothorac Surg, 12, 23

DOI: 10.1186/s13019-017-0587-3

Feasibility and safety of a transthoracic pneumostoma airway bypass in severe emphysema patients

Snell GI, Holsworth L, Khorramnia S, Westall GP, Williams TJ, Marasco S, Gooi JH

(2017), Respiration, 93(4), 236-46

DOI: 10.1159/000455878

Effects of restricting perioperative use of intravenous chloride on kidney injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: the LICRA pragmatic controlled clinical trial

McIlroy D, Murphy D, Kasza J, Bhatia D, Wutzlhofer L, Marasco S

(2017), Intensive Care Med, 43(6), 795-806

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4772-6

ECMO as a bridge to non-transplant cardiac surgery

Wallinder A, Pellegrino V, Fraser JF, McGiffin DC

(2017), J Card Surg, 32(8), 514-21

DOI: 10.1111/jocs.13172

Continued successful evolution of extended criteria donor lungs for transplantation

Kotecha S, Hobson J, Fuller J, Paul E, Levvey BJ, Whitford H, Paraskeva M, McGiffin D, Snell GI, Westall GP

(2017), Ann Thorac Surg, 104(5), 1702-9

DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.05.042

Consensus statement: surgical stabilization of rib fractures rib fracture colloquium clinical practice guidelines

Pieracci FM, Majercik S, Ali-Osman F, Ang D, Doben A, Edwards JG, French B, Gasparri M, Marasco S, Minshall C, Sarani B, Tisol W, VanBoerum DH, White TW

(2017), Injury, 48(2), 307-21

DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2016.11.026

Heart and lung transplantation

McGiffin D, Marasco SF

(2017), In: Gregory S, Stevens M, Fraser JF (eds), Mechanical Circulatory and Respiratory Support. Elsevier, Chapter 2, 37-89

Tranexamic acid in patients undergoing coronary-artery surgery

Myles PS, Smith JA, Forbes A, Silbert B, Jayarajah M, Painter T, Cooper DJ, Marasco S, McNeil J, BussiÀres JS, McGuinness S, Byrne K, Chan MT, Landoni G, Wallace S; ATACAS Investigators of the ANZCA Clinical Trials Network

(2017), N Engl J Med, 376(2), 136-48

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1606424

Intra-operative protective mechanical ventilation in lung transplantation: a randomised, controlled trial

Verbeek GL, Myles PS, Westall GP, Lin E, Hastings SL, Marasco SF, Jaffar J, Meehan AC

(2017), Anaesthesia, 72(8), 993-1004

DOI: 10.1111/anae.13964

Surgical implantation

Marasco SF, McDonald C, McGiffin D

(2017), In: Gregory S, Stevens M, Fraser JF (eds), Mechanical Circulatory and Respiratory Support. Elsevier, Chapter 16, 469-94

Invasive Scedosporium sternal osteomyelitis following lung transplant: cured

Denton EJ, Smibert O, Gooi J, Morrissey CO, Snell G, McGiffin D, Paraskeva M

(2016), Med Mycol Case Rep, 12,

Catheter-directed treatment for acute pulmonary embolism: systematic review and single-arm meta-analyses

Bajaj NS, Kalra R, Arora P, Ather S, Guichard JL, Lancaster WJ, Patel N, Raman F, Arora G, Al Solaiman F, Clark DT 3rd, Dell'Italia LJ, Leesar MA, Davies JE, McGiffin DC, Ahmed MI

(2016), Int J Cardiol, 225,

Refractory pulmonary edema caused by late pulmonary vein thrombosis after lung transplantation: a rare adverse event

Denton EJ, Rischin A, McGiffin D, Williams TJ, Paraskeva MA, Westall GP, Snell G

(2016), Ann Thorac Surg, 102(3),

Disruption of desmin-mitochondrial architecture in patients with regurgitant mitral valves and preserved ventricular function

Ahmed MI, Guichard JL, Rajasekaran NS, Ahmad S, Mariappan N, Litovsky S, Gupta H, Lloyd SG, Denney TS, Powell PC, Aban I, Collawn JF, Davies JE, McGiffin DC, Dell'Italia LJ

(2016), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 152(4),