Cardiothoracic Surgery research

Our Cardiothoracic Unit performs a full range of adult cardiac and thoracic surgery including minimally invasive valve operations, off-pump surgery and aortic surgery, as well as providing statewide heart and lung transplant services.

About our research

The Alfred's transplant program is supported by the mechanical assist device program, which involves 20-30 Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) implants per year as well as supporting a busy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program.

Our research is focussed on:

  • Improving outcomes in heart and lung transplantation, particularly donor organ optimisation and preservation
  • Innovations in cardiothoracic surgery, including sutureless valves, bidirectional ECMO cannulae and new generation VADs

We support a busy trauma service at The Alfred and continue rib fixation research for severe chest wall injuries.

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Cardiothoracic Surgery clinical trials

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Heart preservation for transplantation

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Driveline infection research

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Publications

Spinal cord infarction and peripheral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case series

Gangahanumaiah S, Zhu M, Summerhayes R, Marasco SF

(2021), European Heart Journal-Case Reports, 5(12), ytab488

DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytab488

Five-year outcomes of patients supported with HeartMate 3: a single-centre experience

Schmitto JD, Mariani S, Li T, Dogan G, Hanke JS, Bara C, Pya Y, Zimpfer D, Krabatsch T, Garbade J, Rao V, Morshuis M, Beyersdorf F, Marasco S, Netuka I, Bauersachs J, Haverich

(2021), EUR J CARDIO-THORAC, 59(6), 1155-63

DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezab018

Ventricular Assist Device-Specific Infections

Qu Y, Peleg AY, McGiffin D

(2021), J Clin Med, 10(3), 453

DOI: 10.3390/jcm10030453

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