Cardiothoracic Surgery Research

Our Research Team

Professor Tristan Yan	Head of Department
Professor Paul Bannon	Consultant Surgeon and Research Lead
Dr Matthew Bayfield	Consultant Surgeon
Dr Christopher Cao	Consultant Surgeon
Dr Benjamin Robinson	Consultant Surgeon and Governance lead
Dr Brian Plunkett	Consultant Surgeon
Dr Martin Misfield	Consultant Surgeon and Co-Director of Research, Institute of Academic Surgery, RPA Hospital
Lisa Turner	Clinical Research Clinical Nurse Consultant
Lorna Beattie	Clinical Research Clinical Nurse Consultant
Dhairya Vayada	Research Officer
Dr Charis Tan	Masters Student

Selected Grants

Amount awarded	Grant and project details
$1,825,648	NHMRC, 2019-2023 A phase III multicentre blinded randomised controlled clinical non-inferiority trial of cryopreserved platelets vs. conventional liquid-stored platelets for the management of post-surgical bleeding. RPA Investigator: Bannon P
$869,566	MRFF, 2020-2024 Transfusion Triggers in Cardiac Surgery Australia trial (TRICS-IV) RPA Investigator: Bannon P

Previous Grants

Amount awarded	Grant and project details
$1,146,876	NHMRC, 2019-2022 Targeting Tet2 to treat thoracic aortic aneurysms RPA Investigator: Bannon P

Our Publications

2023

Berretta P, Kempfert J, Van Praet F, Salvador L, Lamelas J, Nguyen TC, Wilbring M, Gerdisch M, Rinaldi M, Bonaros N, Folliguet T, Doenst T, Nguyen DH, Stefano P, Yan T, Savini C, Pitsis A, Di Eusanio M. Risk-related clinical outcomes after minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: insights from the Mini-Mitral International Registry. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Jun 1;63(6):ezad090. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad090.

Cook V, Doyle M, Yan TD. Mini-access David Procedure with endoscopic assessment of aortic valve competency: the "Snorkelling" technique. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Jul 31;12(4):389-391. doi: 10.21037/acs-2023-avs2-0101. Epub 2023 Jul 28.

Cook V, Wong K, Yan TD. Recurrent pulmonary emboli with aneurysms: think vasculitis and Hughes Stovin syndrome. Lancet. 2023 Oct 21;402(10411):e12. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01776-2.

Cresce GD, Berretta P, Fiore A, Wilbring M, Gerdisch M, Pitsis A, Rinaldi M, Bonaros N, Kempfert J, Yan T, Van Praet F, Nguyen HD, Savini C, Lamelas J, Nguyen TC, Stefano P, Färber G, Salvador L, Di Eusanio M. Neurological outcomes in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: risk factors analysis from the Mini-Mitral International Registry. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Oct 4;64(4):ezad336. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad336.

Doenst T, Berretta P, Bonaros N, Savini C, Pitsis A, Wilbring M, Gerdisch M, Kempfert J, Rinaldi M, Folliguet T, Yan T, Stefano P, Van Praet F, Salvador L, Lamelas J, Nguyen TC, Dinh NH, Färber G, Di Eusanio M. Aortic cross-clamp time correlates with mortality in the mini-mitral international registry. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Jun 1;63(6):ezad147. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad147.

Haunschild J, Köbel T, Misfeld M, Etz CD. Minimally invasive staged segmental artery coil embolization (MIS2ACE) for spinal cord protection. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Sep 28;12(5):492-499. doi: 10.21037/acs-2023-scp-21. Epub 2023 Sep 19.

Haunschild J, van Kampen A, Misfeld M, Von Aspern K, Ender J, Zakhary W, Borger MA, Etz CD. Is perioperative fast-track management the future of proximal aortic repair? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Feb 3;63(2):ezac578. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac578.

Malvindi PG, Tian DH, Bifulco O, Berretta P, Alfonsi J, Cefarelli M, Yan TD, Di Eusanio M. del Nido versus blood cardioplegia in adult cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2023 Aug 1;24(8):522-529. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0000000000001506. Epub 2023 Jun 26.

Marin-Cuartas M, De La Cuesta M, Davierwala PM, Kang J, Stöger G, Misfeld M, Kiefer P, Leontyev S, Verevkin A, Pfanmüller B, Saaed D, Borger MA, Noack T. Mid-term outcomes following the Hemi-Commando procedure for complex infective endocarditis involving the aortomitral junction. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Jul 3;64(1):ezad208. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezad208.

Misfeld M, Marin-Cuartas M, Ramirez P, Wehrmann K, Renatus K, Deo SV, Gohmann RF, Haunschild J, Leontyev S, Borger MA, Etz CD. Early Intraluminal Frozen Elephant Trunk Stent Graft Thrombosis After Aortic Arch Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 Sep;116(3):450-457. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.12.030. Epub 2023 Jan 4.

Muston BT, Bilbrough J, Bushati Y, Wilson-Smith AR, Misfeld M, Yan T. Open, closed or a bit of both: a systematic review and meta-analysis of staged thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Sep 28;12(5):418-428. doi: 10.21037/acs-2023-scp-20. Epub 2023 Sep 19.

Ramponi F, Seco M, Bannon PG, Kritharides L, Qasabian R, Wilson MK, Vallely MP. Synchronous Carotid Endarterectomy and Anaortic Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Heart Lung Circ. 2023 May;32(5):645-651. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.01.014. Epub 2023 Mar 10.

Sandner S, Misfeld M, Caliskan E, Böning A, Aramendi J, Salzberg SP, Choi YH, Perrault LP, Tekin I, Cuerpo GP, Lopez-Menendez J, Weltert LP, Böhm J, Krane M, González-Santos JM, Tellez JC, Holubec T, Ferrari E, Doros G, Vitarello CJ, Emmert MY; Registry Investigators; European DuraGraft Registry investigators'. Clinical outcomes and quality of life after contemporary isolated coronary bypass grafting: a prospective cohort study. Int J Surg. 2023 Apr 1;109(4):707-715. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000259.

Steffens D, McBride KE, Hirst N, Solomon MJ, Anderson T, Thanigasalam R, Leslie S, Karunaratne S, Bannon PG. Surgical outcomes and cost analysis of a multi-specialty robotic-assisted surgery caseload in the Australian public health system. J Robot Surg. 2023 Oct;17(5):2237-2245. doi: 10.1007/s11701-023-01643-6. Epub 2023 Jun 8.

Wilson-Smith AR, Anning N, Muston B, Eranki A, Williams ML, Wilson-Smith CJ, Rivas DG, Yan TD. The learning curve of the robotic-assisted lobectomy-a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Jan 31;12(1):1-8. doi: 10.21037/acs-2022-urats-14. Epub 2023 Jan 14.

Wilson-Smith AR, Wilson-Smith CJ, Anning N, Muston B, Eranki A, Williams ML, Gonzalez-Rivas D, Yan TD, Ephraums J. The perioperative outcomes of uniportal robotic-assisted thoracic surgeries-a systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical cohort studies and case reports. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2023 Mar 31;12(2):73-81. doi: 10.21037/acs-2023-urats-37. Epub 2023 Mar 30.

2022

Ramkumar R, Shiraev T, Loa J, Qasabian R. A case of clostridium septicum aortitis. ANZ J surg. 2022 Jun;92(6):1539-1541.

Brunel, L., Williams, Z., Yastrebov, K., Robinson, B., Wise, I., Paterson, H., Bannon, P. (2022). Splitting the anterior mitral leaflet impairs left ventricular function in an ovine model. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 63(1).

Cao C, Gossot D, Seguin-Givelet A, Melfi F. Real-world postoperative outcomes of segmentectomy versus lobectomy for lung cancer. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Dec 2;63(1):ezac571. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac571.

Cao C. Neoadjuvant Nivolumab plus Chemotherapy in Lung Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2022 Aug 11;387(6):571-572. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2208133.

Carelli MG, Misfeld M, Wilson-Smith AR, Yan TD. Robotically assisted mitral valve repair-the string, ruler, and bulldog technique. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Nov;11(6):622-628. doi: 10.21037/acs-2022-rmvs-30.

Fearon WF, Zimmermann FM, De Bruyne B, Piroth Z, van Straten AHM, Szekely L, Davidavičius G, Kalinauskas G, Mansour S, Kharbanda R, Östlund-Papadogeorgos N, Aminian A, Oldroyd KG, Al-Attar N, Jagic N, Dambrink JE, Kala P, Angerås O, MacCarthy P, Wendler O, Casselman F, Witt N, Mavromatis K, Miner SES, Sarma J, Engstrøm T, Christiansen EH, Tonino PAL, Reardon MJ, Lu D, Ding VY, Kobayashi Y, Hlatky MA, Mahaffey KW, Desai M, Woo YJ, Yeung AC, Pijls NHJ; FAME 3 Investigators. Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided PCI as Compared with Coronary Bypass Surgery. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jan 13;386(2):128-137. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2112299. Epub 2021 Nov 4.

Hwang B, Williams ML, Tian DH, Yan TD, Misfeld M. Coronary artery bypass surgery for acute coronary syndrome: A network meta-analysis of on-pump cardioplegic arrest, off-pump, and on-pump beating heart strategies. J Card Surg. 2022 Dec;37(12):5290-5299. doi: 10.1111/jocs.17149. Epub 2022 Nov 9.

Jamieson, W., Ely, J., Brink, J., Pennel, T., Bannon, P., Patel, J., Kumar Gupta, R., Mohan Rao, P., Agrawal, D., Wiklund, L., et al (2022). PROSE: Prospective Randomized Trial of the On-X Mechanical Prosthesis and the St Jude Medical Mechanical Prosthesis Evaluation: Part 2: Study results-prostheses, positions, and economic development. JTCVS Open, 12, 51-70.

Lim, M., Portelli, S., Padang, R., Bannon, P., Hambly, B., Jeremy, R., Celermajer, D., Robertson, E. (2022). Novel insights into bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) aortopathy: Long non-coding RNAs TUG1 and MIAT are differentially expressed in BAV ascending aortas. Cardiovascular Pathology, 60, 10743-1-10743-4.

Mayne NR, Potter AL, Bharol K, Darling AJ, Raman V, Cao C, Li X, D'Amico TA, Jeffrey Yang CF. Perioperative Outcomes and Survival After Preoperative Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Jun;113(6):1811-1820. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.058. Epub 2021 Jul 24. PMID: 34314692.

McNamara NJ, Plunkett BT. Management of a Mycotic Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm With Contained Rupture. JACC Case Rep. 2022 Jun 1;4(11):694-698. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.03.018.

Moonen A, Chuang A, Simmons L, Plunkett BT, Fam NP, Webb JG, Ng MKC. One-Year Outcomes of Early, Compassionate Use of the PASCAL Ace Implant System for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair. Struct Heart. 2022 May 12;6(2):100030. doi: 10.1016/j.shj.2022.100030.

Mordhorst A, Yan TD, Hoskins N, Gagnon J, Kazemi K. Percutaneous proximal axillary artery versus femoral artery access for endovascular interventions. J Vasc Surg. 2022 Jul;76(1):165-173. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2022.03.031. Epub 2022 Mar 26.

Rizkalla AJ, Yan TD. Robotic atrial myxoma resection-papillary subtype. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Nov;11(6):634-636. doi: 10.21037/acs-2022-rmvs-162.

Robertson, E., Bannon, P., Jeremy, R. (2022). Long-term outcomes in heritable thoracic aortic disease. Frontiers in Cardovascular Medicine, 9.

Seco, M., Lau, J., Medi, C., Bannon, P. (2022). Atrial fibrillation management during septal myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A systematic review. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, 30(1), 98-107.

Sidhu KK, Van Kessel CS, Cao C, Austin KKS. The combination of Chilaiditi syndrome and Bochdalek hernia in an adult: successful management with a robot assisted approach. ANZ J Surg. 2023 Apr;93(4):1035-1037. doi: 10.1111/ans.18068. Epub 2022 Sep 23.

Williams ML, Hwang B, Huang L, Wilson-Smith A, Brookes J, Eranki A, Yan TD, Guy TS, Bonatti J. Robotic versus conventional sternotomy mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2022 Sep;11(5):490-503. doi: 10.21037/acs-2022-rmvs-21.

Yan TD, Leung PHY, Zwirewich C, Harris A, Chartier-Plante S. An unusual cause of pericardial effusion: A case report of a hepatic abscess following foreign body migration and duodenal perforation. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Apr;93:106931. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106931. Epub 2022 Mar 9.

Yan TD, Yang GK. Cryopreserved venous allograft in the treatment of a mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm caused by group B Streptococcus. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2021 Nov 17;8(1):9-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2021.10.014.

Yastrebov, K., Brunel, L., Paterson, H., Williams, Z., Burrows, C., Wise, I., Robinson, B., Bannon, P. (2022). Analogue Mean Systemic Filling Pressure: a New Volume Management Approach During Percutaneous Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy. Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research, 15(6), 1455-1463.

Yastrebov, K., Brunel, L., Paterson, H., Williams, Z., Wise, I., Burrows, C., Bannon, P. (2022). Intracardiac Echocardiography for Point-of-Care Guided Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Surgical Implications for COVID-19. Surgical Innovation, 29(2), 292-294.

Zhang O, Alzul R, Carelli M, Melfi F, Tian D, Cao C. Complications of Robotic Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Compared to Open Thoracotomy for Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Pers Med. 2022 Aug 12;12(8):1311. doi: 10.3390/jpm12081311.

Zhu, Y., Jackson, D., Hunter, B., Beattie, L., Turner, L., Hambly, B., Jeremy, R., Malecki, C., Robertson, E., Li, A., Dos Remedios, C., Richmond, D., Semsarian, C., O'Sullivan, J., Bannon, P., Lal, S. (2022). Models of cardiovascular surgery biobanking to facilitate translational research and precision medicine. ESC Heart Failure, 9(1), 21-30.

2021

Berretta P, Meuris B, Kappert U, Andreas M, Fiore A, Solinas M, Misfeld M, Carrel TP, Villa E, Savini C, Santarpino G, Teoh K, Albertini A, Fischlein T, Martinelli G, Mignosa C, Glauber M, Shrestha M, Laufer G, Phan K, Yan T, Di Eusanio M. Sutureless Versus Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement: Results From a Multicenter Registry. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Sep 24:S0003-4975(21)01597-6.

Brookes JDL, Williams M, Mathew M, Yan T, Bannon P. Pleural effusion post coronary artery bypass surgery: associations and complications. J Thorac Dis. 2021 Feb;13(2):1083-1089.

Brunel L, Williams ZA, Yata M, Robinson BM, Wise IK, Paterson HS, Bannon PG, (2021) Bioprosthetic inter-strut distance subtending the preserved anterior mitral leaflet mitigates left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, JTCVS Open, 8, 251-258.

Brunel L, Williams ZA, Yata M, Robinson BM, Wise IK, Paterson HS, Bannon PG, (2021) Incorporating the anterior mitral leaflet to the annulus impairs left ventricular function in an ovine model. JCTVS Open, 7, 111-120.

Cao C, Le A, Bott M, Yang CJ, Gossot D, Melfi F, Tian DH, Guo A. Meta-Analysis of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Patients with Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Curr Oncol. 2021 Nov 14;28(6):4686-4701. doi: 10.3390/curroncol28060395.

Cartwright B, Bruce HM, Kershaw G, Cai N, Othman J, Gattas D, Robson JL, Hayes S, Alicajic H, Hines A, Whyte A, Chaikittisilpa N, Southwood TJ, Forrest P, Totaro RJ, Bannon PG, Dunkley S, Chen VM, Dennis M. Hemostasis, coagulation and thrombin in venoarterial and venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: the HECTIC study. Sci Rep. 2021 Apr 12;11(1):7975.

Chan MV, Huo YR, Cao C, Ridley L. Survival outcomes for surgical resection versus CT-guided percutaneous ablation for stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Radiol. 2021 Jul;31(7):5421-5433. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07634-7. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

Crouch G, Wong G, Hong J, Varey A, Haddad R, Wang ZZ, Wykes J, Koutalistras N, Clark JR, Solomon M, Bannon P, McBride KE, Ch'ng S. Validated specialty-specific models for multi-disciplinary microsurgery training laboratories: a systematic review. ANZ J Surg. 2021 Jun;91(6):1110-1116.

Davierwala PM, Verevkin A, Bergien L, von Aspern K, Deo SV, Misfeld M, Holzhey D, Borger MA. Twenty-year outcomes of minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass surgery: The Leipzig experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Feb 17:S0022-5223.

Davierwala PM, Verevkin A, Sgouropoulou S, Hasheminejad E, von Aspern K, Misfeld M, Borger MA. Minimally invasive coronary bypass surgery with bilateral internal thoracic arteries: Early outcomes and angiographic patency. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Oct;162(4):1109-1119.

Diab M, Lehmann T, Weber C, Petrov G, Luehr M, Akhyari P, Tugtekin SM, Schulze PC, Franz M, Misfeld M, Borger MA, Matschke K, Wahlers T, Lichtenberg A, Hagl C, Doenst T. Role of Concomitant Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Valve Surgery for Infective Endocarditis. J Clin Med. 2021 Jun 28;10(13):2867.

Doyle MP, Woldendorp K, Ng M, Vallely MP, Wilson MK, Yan TD, Bannon PG. Minimally-invasive versus transcatheter aortic valve implantation: systematic review with meta-analysis of propensity-matched studies. J Thorac Dis. 2021 Mar;13(3):1671-1683.

Farag J, McNamara N, Yan TD. Angiofibromatoid histiosarcoma of the pulmonary artery. J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Apr 24;2021(4):rjab132. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab132. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Farag J, Woldendorp K, McNamara N, Bannon PG, Marasco SF, Loforte A, Potapov EV. Contemporary outcomes of continuous-flow biventricular assist devices. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 May;10(3):311-328.

Fischlein T, Meuris B, Folliguet T, Hakim-Meibodi K, Misfeld M, Carrel T, Zembala M, Cerutti E, Asch FM, Haverich A; CAVALIER Trial Investigators. Midterm outcomes with a sutureless aortic bioprosthesis in a prospective multicenter cohort study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Jan 13.

Fusco-Allison G, Li DK, Hunter B, Jackson D, Bannon PG, Lal S, O'Sullivan JF. Optimizing the discovery and assessment of therapeutic targets in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. ESC Heart Fail. 2021 Oct;8(5):3643-3655.

Gray EL, Forrest P, Southwood TJ, Totaro RJ, Plunkett BT, Torzillo PJ. Long-term outcomes of adults with acute respiratory failure treated with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2021 Nov;49(6):477-485. doi: 10.1177/0310057X211042386. Epub 2021 Nov 12.

Haunschild J, Barnard SJ, Misfeld M, Saeed D, Davierwala P, Leontyev S, Mende M, Borger MA, Etz CD. Proximal aortic aneurysms: correlation of maximum aortic diameter and aortic wall thickness. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jul 30;60(2):322-330.

Haunschild J, van Kampen A, von Aspern K, Misfeld M, Davierwala P, Saeed D, Borger MA, Etz CD. Supracommissural replacement of the ascending aorta and the aortic valve via partial versus full sternotomy-a propensity-matched comparison in a high-volume centre. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Aug 28.

Haunschild J, VON Aspern K, Misfeld M, Davierwala P, Borger MA, Etz CD. Spinal cord protection in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery: a multimodal approach. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2021 Aug;62(4):316-325.

Haymet AB, Seco M, Brown C, Cristoloveanu C, Murray S, Wu J, Cartwright B, Adams M, Vallely MP, Bannon PG, Wilson MK, Ng MKC. Five-Year Survival of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in High-Risk Patients. Heart Lung Circ. 2021 Dec;30(12):1901-1909.

Hulme KR, Mahar A, Cao C, McCaughan B, Cooper WA. Micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma: a clinicopathological study of five cases. Pathology. 2021 Dec;53(7):930-933. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.01.016. Epub 2021 May 1.

Jamieson WRE, Ely JL, Brink J, Pennel T, Bannon P, Patel J, Kumar Gupta R, Mohan Rao PS, Agrawal D, Wiklund L, Kappetein AP, Haaverstad R, Geisner T, Doenst T, Schlensak C, Nair S, Brown C, Siepe M, Damiano RJ, Langlois Y, Cherian KM, Azar H, Chen JC, Bavaria JE, Fedoruk LM, Munfakh NA, Sridhar V, Scholz PM, Pfeffer TA, Ye J.PROSE: Prospective Randomized Trial of the On-X Mechanical Prosthesis and the St Jude Medical Mechanical Prosthesis Evaluation : Part 1(Patient Dynamics): Preoperative demographics and preoperative and operative risk factors. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Nov 3;16(1):323.

Kari FA, Misfeld M, Borger M, Rylski B, Zimmer E, Siepe M, Hagl C, Detter C, Petersen J, Tsvelodub S, Richardt D, Werner P, Andreas M, Pichlmaier M, Mueller CS. German Aortic Root Repair Registry-Insights From the First 400 Consecutive Patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Apr 1.

Khachatryan Z, Leontyev S, Magomedov K, Haunschild J, Holzhey DM, Misfeld M, Etz CD, Borger MA. Management of aortic root in type A dissection: Bentall approach. J Card Surg. 2021 May;36(5):1779-1785.

Lim MS, Celermajer DS, Bannon PG. Bicuspid aortic valve disease - the influence of valve morphotype on age at and types of surgical treatment. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2021 Apr 26;34:100786.

Marín-Cuartas M, Kang J, Davierwala PM, Misfeld M, Borger MA. Step-by-step harvesting of various grafts for coronary artery bypass surgery. Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Nov 12;2021.

Mayne NR, Potter AL, Bharol K, Darling AJ, Raman V, Cao C, Li X, D'Amico TA, Jeffrey Yang CF. Perioperative Outcomes and Survival After Preoperative Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Jul 24:S0003-4975(21)01282-0. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.06.058. Online ahead of print.

McBride K, Steffens D, Stanislaus C, Solomon M, Anderson T, Thanigasalam R, Leslie S, Bannon PG.Detailed cost of robotic-assisted surgery in the Australian public health sector: from implementation to a multi-specialty caseload. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Feb 1;21(1):108.

McBride KE, Solomon MJ, Bannon PG, Glozier N, Steffens D.Surgical outcomes for people with serious mental illness are poorer than for other patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Med J Aust. 2021 May;214(8):379-385.

McNamara N, Narroway H, Williams M, Brookes J, Farag J, Cistulli D, Bannon P, Marasco S, Potapov E, Loforte A. Contemporary outcomes of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices-a systematic review. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar;10(2):186-208.

McNamara N, Robinson B, Bannon P. The Impact of COVID-19 on the Provision of Adult Cardiac Surgery at a Dedicated COVID Hospital in Australia. Heart Lung Circ. 2021 Dec;30(12):1841-1845.

Misfeld M, Bannon PG, Borger MA, Yan TD. Damage control in cardiac surgery: Knowing when to come back another day. JTCVS Tech. 2021 Sep 16;10:362-366.

Misfeld M, Borger MA, Steinert F. Resection of a Tumor With Thymic-like Differentiation and Reconstruction of the Innominate Artery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Aug;112(2):e99-e100.

Misfeld M, Borger MA.Commentary: More insights into the resect versus respect debate: Will we ever have a winner? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Mar 24:S0022-5223.

Misfeld M. Editorial. Rossoperation. Zeitschr Herz-, Thorax- Gefäßchir. 2021;35:320-321. http.//doi.org/10.1007/s00298-021-00471-w. PMID: 34422570, Misfeld M, Etz CD, Borger MA, Sievers HH. The Ross sub-coronary technique. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jul;10(4):538-540.

Moonen, A., Simmons, LA., Plunkett, Bt., Vallely, MP., Ng, MK. First-in-human experience of transcatheter mitral valve repair with the PASCAL Ace implant system. Procedural vignettes in structural heart disease, 2021, Jul: 5(4), 433-435.

Pfannmueller B, Budde LM, Etz CD, Noack T, Cuartas MM, Misfeld M, Borger MA. Postoperative outcome after reoperative isolated tricuspid valve surgery-is there a predictor for survival? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Oct 22;60(4):867-871.

Pfannmueller B, Budde LM, Etz CD, Noack T, Marin-Cuartas M, Misfeld M, Borger MA. Mid-term results after isolated tricuspid valve surgery in the presence of right ventricular leads. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2021 Oct;62(5):510-514.

Pfannmueller B, Budde LM, Noack T, Marin-Cuartas M, Misfeld M, Borger MA. Is the pulmonary pressure directly correlated with the operative risk in patients with isolated tricuspid valve surgery?J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2021 Sep 14.

Pfannmueller B, Misfeld M, Verevkin A, Garbade J, Holzhey DM, Davierwala P, Seeburger J, Noack T, Borger MA. Loop neochord versus leaflet resection techniques for minimally invasive mitral valve repair: long-term results. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Jan 4;59(1):180-186.

Williams ML, Doyle MP, McNamara N, Tardo D, Mathew M, Robinson B. Epidemiology of infective endocarditis before versus after change of international guidelines: a systematic review. Ther Adv Cardiovasc Dis. 2021 Jan-Dec;15:17539447211002687.

Williams ML, Tan C, Misfeld M, Yan TD. Cytoreductive surgical resection of a rare pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma involving the pulmonary valve and right ventricle: a case report. J Surg Case Rep. 2021 Mar 29;2021(3):rjab051. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjab051. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Woldendorp K, Doyle MP, Black D, Ng M, Keech A, Grieve SM, Bannon PG. Subclinical valve thrombosis in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Nov;162(5):1491-1499.e2.

Woldendorp K, Farag J, Khadra S, Black D, Robinson B, Bannon P. Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 Dec;112(6):2084-2093.

Woldendorp K, Indja B, Bannon PG, Fanning JP, Plunkett BT, Grieve SM. Silent brain infarcts and early cognitive outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Heart J. 2021 Mar 7;42(10):1004-1015.

Yastrebov K, Brunel L, Paterson HS, Williams ZA, Wise IK, Burrows CS, Bannon PG. Intracardiac Echocardiography for Point-of-Care Guided Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: Surgical Implications for COVID-19. Surg Innov. 2021 Aug 8:15533506211037787.

Yastrebov K, Brunel L, Paterson HS, Williams ZA, Wise IK, Burrows CS, Bannon PG. Publisher Correction: Implantation of Impella CP left ventricular assist device under the guidance of three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography. Sci Rep. 2021 Feb 25;11(1):5091.

2020

Arnold RH, Tideman PA, Devlin GP, Carroll GE, Elder A, Lowe H, Macdonald PS, Bannon PG, Juergens C, McGuire M, Mariani JA, Coffey S, Faddy S, Brown A, Inglis S, Wang WYS. Rural and Remote Cardiology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Consensus Statement. Heart Lung Circ. 2020 Jul;29(7):e88-e93.

Brookes JDL, Yan TD. Mini-access branch-first total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk procedure - how I do it. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 May;9(3):144-151.

Cao C, Chakos A, Chau B, Szirt R, Bannon P. Fractional Flow Reserve-Guided Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: More Evidence Required to Say Less Is More. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2020 Jul 13;13(13):1608-1609.

Cao C, et al. Neoadjuvant immunotherapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer-current evidence. Ann Transl Med. 2020.

Cao JY, Wales KM, Zhao DF, Seco M, Celermajer DS, Bannon PG. Repair of Less Than Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation During Left-Sided Valve Surgery: A Meta-Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Mar;109(3):950-958.

Chakos A, Ferret P, Muston B, Yan TD, Tian DH. Ex-vivo lung perfusion versus standard protocol lung transplantation - mid-term survival and meta-analysis. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jan;9(1):1-9.

Chakos A, Yan TD. Mini-access branch-first total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk procedure. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 May;9(3):236-243. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-fet-27.

Dennis M, Buscher H, Gattas D, Burns B, Habig K, Bannon P, Patel S, Buhr H, Reynolds C, Scott S, Nair P, Hayman J, Granger E, Lovett R, Forrest P, Coles J, Lowe DA; Sydney ECMO Research Interest Group. Prospective observational study of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and early reperfusion for refractory cardiac arrest in Sydney: the 2CHEER study. Crit Care Resusc. 2020 Mar;22(1):26-34.

Indja B, Woldendorp K, Black D, Bannon PG, Wilson MK, Vallely MP. Minimally invasive surgical approaches to left main and left anterior descending coronary artery revascularization are superior compared to first- and second-generation drug-eluting stents: a network meta-analysis. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jan 1;57(1):18-27.

Lal S, Hayward CS, De Pasquale C, Kaye D, Javorsky G, Bergin P, Atherton JJ, Ilton MK, Weintraub RG, Nair P, Rudas M, Dembo L, Doughty RN, Kumarasinghe G, Juergens C, Bannon PG, Bart NK, Chow CK, Lattimore JD, Kritharides L, Totaro R, Macdonald PS. COVID-19 and Acute Heart Failure: Screening the Critically Ill - A Position Statement of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ).Heart Lung Circ. 2020 Jul;29(7):e94-e98.

Lim MS, Bannon PG, Celermajer DS. Bicuspid aortic valve: different clinical profiles for subjects with versus without repaired aortic coarctation. Open Heart. 2020 Oct;7(2):e001429.

Miceli A, Berretta P, Fiore A, Andreas M. Solinas M, Santarpino G, Kappert U, Misfeld M, Savini C, Albertini A, Villa E, Phan K, Fischlein T, Meuris B, Martinelli G, Teoh K, Mignosa C, Shrestha M, Carrel TP, Yan TD, Glauber M, Di Eusanio M. Sutureless and rapid deployment implantation in bicuspid aortic valve: results from the sutureless and rapid-deployment aortic valve replacement international registry. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jul;9(4):298-304.

Newcomb AE, Dignan R, McElduff P, Pearse EJ, Bannon P. Bleeding After Cardiac Surgery Is Associated With an Increase in the Total Cost of the Hospital Stay. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Apr;109(4):1069-1078. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.11.019. Epub 2020 Jan 2.

Steffens D, McBride KE, Roberts R, Bannon PG, Solomon MJ. Evolving experience of operating theatre staff with the implementation of robotic-assisted surgery in the public sector. Aust Health Rev. 2020 Aug;44(4):624-629.

Telles F, McNamara N, Nanayakkara S, et al. Changes in the Preterm Heart from Birth to Young Adulthood: A Meta-Analysis. Pediatrics. 2020;146(2):e20200146.

Tian DH, Ha H, Josi Y, Yan TD. Long-term outcomes of the frozen elephant trunk procedure: a systematic review. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 May;9(3):144-151.

Wilson-Smith AR, Kim YS, Evans GE, Yan TD. Single versus double lung transplantation for fibrotic disease - systematic review. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jan;9(1):10-19.

Woldendorp K, Bannon PG, Grieve SM. Evaluation of aortic stenosis using cardiovascular magnetic resonance: a systematic review & meta-analysis. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2020 Jun 15;22(1):45.

Woldendorp K, Doyle MP, Bannon PG, Misfeld M, Yan TD, Santarpino G, Berretta P, Di Eusanio M, Meuris B, Cerillo AG, Stefàno P, Marchionni N, Olive JK, Nguyen TC, Solinas M, Bianchi G. Aortic valve replacement using stented or sutureless/rapid deployment prosthesis via either full-sternotomy or a minimally invasive approach: a network meta-analysis. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Sep;9(5):347-363.

Woldendorp K, Farag J, Khadra S, Black D, Robinson B, Bannon P. Postoperative atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Dec 16:S0003-4975(20)32118-4.

Woldendorp K, Khadra S, Bannon PG, Robinson BM. Novel Oral Anticoagulants Compared to Warfarin for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Heart Lung Circ. 2020 Dec;29(12):1832-1838.

Yastrebov K, Brunel L, Paterson HS, Williams ZA, Bannon PG. Three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography and pulmonary embolism. Cardiovasc Ultrasound. 2020 Aug 20;18(1):36.

Yastrebov K, Brunel L, Paterson HS, Williams ZA, Wise IK, Burrows CS, Bannon PG. Implantation of Impella CP left ventricular assist device under the guidance of three-dimensional intracardiac echocardiography. Sci Rep. 2020 Oct 15;10(1):17485.

Yastrebov K, Brunel L, Williams ZA, Paterson HS, Yata M, Burrows CS, Wise IK, Robinson BM, Bannon PG. Comparison of dynamic changes in stressed intravascular volume, mean systemic filling pressure and cardiovascular compliance: Pilot investigation and study protocol. PLoS One. 2020 Aug 28;15(8):e0238045.

Zentner D, James P, Bannon P, Jeremy R. Familial Aortopathies - State of the Art Review. Heart Lung Circ. 2020 Apr;29(4):607-618.

2019

Brieger DB, Ng ACC, Chow V, D'Souza M, Hyun K, Bannon PG, Kritharides L. Falling hospital and postdischarge mortality following CABG in New South Wales from 2000 to 2013. Open Heart. 6(1):e000959, 2019.

Brown K, Solomon MJ, Young J, Seco M, Bannon PG. Addressing the ethical grey zone in surgery: a framework for identification and safe introduction of novel surgical techniques and procedures. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 89(6):634-638, 2019 06.

Callaghan FM, Bannon P, Barin E, Celemajer D, Jeremy R, Figtree G, Grieve SM. Age-related changes of shape and flow dynamics in healthy adult aortas: A 4D flow MRI study. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 49(1):90-100, 2019 01.

Cao C, Cerfolio RJ, Louie BE, Melfi F, Veronesi G, Razzak R, Romano G, Novellis P, Shah S, Ranganath N, Park BJ. Incidence, Management, and Outcomes of Intraoperative Catastrophes During Robotic Pulmonary Resection. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Nov;108(5):1498-1504.

Cao C, Cerfolio RJ. Virtual or Augmented Reality to Enhance Surgical Education and Surgical Planning. Thorac Surg Clin. 2019 Aug;29(3):329-337.

Cao C, Chakos A, Guo A, Park JJ, Saghaie T, Blinman P. Paradigm shift in local consolidative therapy for oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Dec;7(Suppl 8):S320.

Cao C, Louie BE, Melfi F, Veronesi G, Razzak R, Romano G, Novellis P, Ranganath NK, Park BJ. Impact of pulmonary function on pulmonary complications after robotic-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Feb 1;57(2):338-342.

Cao C, Louie BE, Melfi F, Veronesi G, Razzak R, Romano G, Novellis P, Ranganath NK, Park BJ. Outcomes of major complications after robotic anatomic pulmonary resection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Sep 18. pii:S0022-5223(19)31809-4.

Cao C, Wang D, Tian DH, Wilson-Smith A, Huang J, Rimner A. A systematic review and meta-analysis of stereotactic body radiation therapy for colorectal pulmonary metastases. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Dec;11(12):5187-5198.

Cao JY, Wales KM, Zhao DF, Seco M, Celermajer DS, Bannon PG. Repair of Less Than Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation during Left Sided Valve Surgery: A Meta-Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Mar;109(3):950-958.

Carelli M, Seco M, Forrest P, Wilson MK, Vallely MP, Ramponi F. (2019), Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in refractory perioperative anaphylactic shock to rocuronium: a report of two cases. Perfusion. 2019 Nov;34(8):717-720.

Carelli MG, Seco M, Bannon PG, Grieve SM. (2019), Is wall shear stress ready to become a prime-time clinical tool?-measurement of post-surgical patterns in patients undergoing aortic valve and thoracic aortic replacement using 4-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Mar;11(Suppl 3):S440-S442.

Chakos A, Ferret P, Muston B, Yan TD, Tian DH. Ex-vivo lung perfusion versus standard protocol lung transplantation-mid-term survival and meta-analysis. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jan;9(1):1-9.

Indja B, Woldendorp K, Vallely MP, Grieve SM (2019) Silent Brain Infarcts Following Cardiac Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 8(9):e010920, 2019 05 07.

Indja B, Woldendorp K, Vallely MP, Grieve SM. (2019), Silent Brain Infarcts Following Cardiac Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 May 7;8(9):e010920.

Kay S, Moore BM, Moore L, Seco M, Barnes C, Marshman D, Grieve SM, Celermajer DS (2019) Rugby Player's Aorta: Alarming Prevalence of Ascending Aortic Dilatation and Effacement in Elite Rugby Players. Heart Lung Circ. 2020 Feb;29(2):196-201.

McBride KE, Solomon MJ, Steffens D, Bannon PG, Glozier N. Mental illness and surgery: do we care? ANZ Journal of Surgery. 89(6):630-631, 2019 06. doi:10.1111/ans.15248.

McBride KE, Steffens D, Duncan K, Bannon PG, Solomon MJ. Knowledge and attitudes of theatre staff prior to the implementation of robotic-assisted surgery in the public sector. PLoS ONE [Electronic Resource]. 14(3):e0213840, 2019.

McBride KE, Steffens D, Solomon MJ, Anderson T, Young J, Leslie S, Thanigasalam R, Bannon PG. Research as the gatekeeper: introduction of robotic-assisted surgery into the public sector. Australian Health Review. 43(6):676-681, 2019 Jan.

Myles PS, Smith JA, Kasza J, Silbert B, Jayarajah M, Painter T, Cooper DJ, Marasco S, McNeil J, Bussières JS, McGuinness S, Byrne K, Chan MTV, Landoni G, Wallace S, Forbes A, Myles P, Smith J, Esmore D, Krum H, Tonkin A, Buxton B, Heritier S, Merry A, Liew D, McNeil J, Forbes A, Cooper DJ, Wallace S, Meehan A, Myles P, Galagher W, Farrington C, Ditoro A, Wutzlhofer L, Story D, Peyton P, Baulch S, Sidiropoulos S, Potgieter D, Baker RA, Pesudovs B, Wells EJ, Coutts P, Bolsin S, Osborne C, Ives K, Smith J, Hulley A, Christie-Taylor G, Painter T, Lang S, Mackay H, Cokis C, March S, Bannon PG, Wong C, Turner L, Scott D, Silbert B, Said S, Corcoran P, Prinse L, Bussières JS, Gagné N, Lamy A, Semelhago L, Chan MTV, Underwood M, Choi GSY, Fung B, Landoni G, Lembo R, Monaco F, Simeone F, Marianello D, Alvaro G, Vuono GD, Dijk D, Dieleman J, Numan S, McGuinness S, Parke R, Raudkivi P, Gilder E, Byrne K, Dunning J, Termaat J, Mans G, Jayarajah M, Alderton J, Waugh D, Platt MJ, Pai A, Sevillano A, Lal A, Sinclair C, Kunst G, Knighton A, Cubas GM, Saravanan P, Millner R, Vasudevan V, Patteril M, Lopez E, Basu R, Lu J. (2019) Tranexamic acid in coronary artery surgery: one-year results of the Aspirin and Tranexamic Acid for Coronary Artery Surgery (ATACAS) trial. The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 157(2):644-652, e9.

Tian DH, Chakos A, Hirst L, Chung STW, Yan TD. (2019) Surgery for type A intramural hematoma: a systematic review of clinical outcomes. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Jul;8(4):447-455.

Tian DH, Weller J, Hasmat S, Preventza O, Forrest P, Kiat H, Yan TD. Temperature Selection in Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion for Aortic Arch Surgery: A Meta-Analysis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Jul;108(1):283-291.

Tian DH, Wilson-Smith A, Koo SK, Forrest P, Kiat H, Yan TD. Unilateral Versus Bilateral Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion: A Meta-Analysis of Comparative Studies. Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Jun;28(6):844-849.

Trimarchi S, de Beaufort HWL, Tolenaar JL, Bavaria JE, Desai ND, Di Eusanio M, Di Bartolomeo R, Peterson MD, Ehrlich M, Evangelista A, Montgomery DG, Myrmel T, Hughes GC, Appoo JJ, DeVincentiis C, Yan TD, Nienaber CA, Isselbacher EM, Deeb GM, Gleason TG, Patel HJ, Sundt TM, Eagle KA. Acute aortic dissections with entry tear in the arch: a report from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Jan;157(1):66-73.

Troy LK, Grainge C, Corte T, Williamson JP, Vallely MP, Cooper W, Mahar AM, Lai S, Mulyadi E, Torzillo PJ, Salamonsen M, Don G, Myers J, Raghu G, Lau EMT; COLDICE Investigator Team (incl C. Cao). Cryobiopsy versus open lung biopsy in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (COLDICE): protocol of a multicentre study. BMJ Open Respir Res. 2019 Jun 21;6(1):e000443.

Troy LK, Grainge C, Corte TJ, Williamson JP, Vallely MP, Cooper WA, Mahar A, Myers JL, Lai S, Mulyadi E, Torzillo PJ, Phillips MJ, Jo HE, Webster SE, Lin QT, Rhodes JE, Salamonsen M, Wrobel JP, Harris B, Don G, Wu PJC, Ng BJ, Oldmeadow C, Raghu G, Lau EMT; Cryobiopsy versus Open Lung biopsy in the Diagnosis of Interstitial lung disease alliance (COLDICE) Investigators (incl C. Cao). Diagnostic accuracy of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for interstitial lung disease diagnosis (COLDICE): a prospective, comparative study. Lancet Respir Med. 2020 Feb;8(2):171-181.

Wilson-Smith AR, Bogdanova Y, Roydhouse S, Phan K, Tian DH, Yan TD, Loforte A. (2019), Outcomes of venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory cardiogenic shock: systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Jan;8(1):1-8.

Wilson-Smith AR, Kim YS, Evans GE, Yan TD. Single versus double lung transplantation for fibrotic disease-systematic review. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jan;9(1):10-19.

Woldendorp K, Selvaraj CN, Bannon PG, Dubenec S. Simultaneous Enterococcus faecalis mitral valve endocarditis, mycotic aortoiliac, and intracranial aneurysms: A surgical dilemma. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery. 157(5):e223-e225, 2019 05.

Zentner D, James P, Bannon PG, Jeremy R. Familial Aortopathies - State of the Art Review. Heart, Lung and Circulation, Vol. 29, Issue 4, p607-618.

Zhu YY, Seco M, Harris SR, Koullouros M, Ramponi F, Wilson M, Bannon PG, Vallely MP. Bilateral Versus Single Internal Mammary Artery Use in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Propensity Matched Analysis. Heart, Lung & Circulation. 28(5):807-813, 2019 May.

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