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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.
Find out more about our Cardiothoracic Surgery service.
Cardiothoracic Surgery clinical trials
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Find out morePublications
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
Management of People With a Fontan Circulation: a Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Position statement
Zentner, Dominica; Celermajer, David S.; Gentles, Thomas; d'Udekem, Yves; Ayer, Julian; Blue, Gillian M.; Bridgman, Cameron; Burchill, Luke; Cheung, Michael; Cordina, Rachael; Culnane, Evelyn; Davis, Andrew; du Plessis, Karin; Eagleson, Karen; Finucane, K
(2020), HEART LUNG CIRC, 29(1), 5-39.
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
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