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Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Passing the Toughest Test by Levvey, B. J., Whitford, H. M., Williams, T. J., Westall, G. P., Paraskeva, M., Manterfield, C., Miller, T., McGiffin, D., Snell, G. I.

“…Lung transplantation (LTx) is a therapeutic option for severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients failing optimal medical therapy. The use of…”
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A Successful Strategy to Maximize Pulmonary Fibrosis (PF) Patient Access, Waiting List (WL) and Post-Lung Transplant (LTx) Survival by Zhu, M.Z., Levvey, B.J., McGiffin, D.C., Snell, G.I.

“…Access to LTx and rates of WL and post-Tx mortality for patients with PF are problematic. We have evolved a strategy to maximize Tx volume and improve survival…”
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Everolimus Versus Azathioprine in Maintenance Lung Transplant Recipients: An International, Randomized, Double‐Blind Clinical Trial by Snell, G.I., Valentine, V.G., Vitulo, P., Glanville, A.R., McGiffin, D.C., Loyd, J.E., Roman, A., Aris, R., Sole, A., Hmissi, A., Pirron, U.

“…Everolimus is a proliferation signal inhibitor with immunosuppressive activity that may reduce the rate of progression of chronic rejection, bronchiolitis…”
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Endothelin receptor antagonist improves donor lung function in an ex vivo perfusion system by Walweel, K, Skeggs, K, Boon, A. C, See Hoe, L. E, Bouquet, M, Obonyo, N. G, Pedersen, S. E, Diab, S. D, Passmore, M. R, Hyslop, K, Wood, E. S, Reid, J, Colombo, S. M, Bartnikowski, N. J, Wells, M. A, Black, D, Pimenta, L. P, Stevenson, A. K, Bisht, K, Marshall, L, Prabhu, D. A, James, L, Platts, D. G, Macdonald, P. S, McGiffin, D. C, Suen, J. Y, Fraser, J. F

“…Abstract Background A lung transplant is the last resort treatment for many patients with advanced lung disease. The majority of donated lungs come from donors…”
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Role of long-term mechanical circulatory support in patients with advanced heart failure by Stokes, M. B., Bergin, P., McGiffin, D.

“…Advanced heart failure represents a small proportion of patients with heart failure that possess high‐risk features associated with high hospital readmission…”
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Current intraoperative storage and handling practices of autologous bypass conduit: A survey of the royal australasian college of surgeons by Haymet, AB, Pinto, N, Peden, S, Cohen, T, Vallely, MP, McGiffin, D, Naidoo, R, Jenkins, J, Suen, JY, Fraser, JF

“…During bypass surgery for peripheral arterial occlusive disease and ischaemic heart disease, autologous graft conduit including great saphenous veins and…”
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Post-Discharge Quality of Life in Patients Receiving a Long-Term Ventricular Assist Device: Focus on Anxiety, Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Sladen, R.N., Shulman, M.A., Javaid, A., Amlani, A.M., Hupf, J.C., Naka, Y., McGiffin, D., Bergin, P., Takayama, H., Buckland, M., Takeda, K., Hodgson, C., Yuzefpolskaya, M., Myles, P.S., Colombo, P.C.

“…Reported outcomes after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implant include mortality, hospital readmission and severe adverse events. We have less…”
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Post-Discharge Quality of Life with a Long-Term Ventricular Assist Device: Focus on Functional Disability and Impact of Health Status by Sladen, R.N., Shulman, M.A., Javaid, A., Amlani, A.M., Hupf, J.C., Naka, Y., McGiffin, D., Bergin, P., Takayama, H., Buckland, M., Takeda, K., Hodgson, C., Yozefspolskaya, M., Myles, P.S., Colombo, P.C.

“…Reported outcomes after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation include mortality, hospital readmission and severe adverse events. We have less…”
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Metabolic and Mitochondrial Alterations Following Brain Death and Heart Transplantation by Hoe, L.E. See, Wells, M.A., Bouquet, M., Hyslop, K., Passmore, M.R., Bartnikowski, N., Obonyo, N.G., Reid, J., O'Neill, H., Shuker, T., McDonald, C., Engkilde-Pedersen, S., Wildi, K., Ainola, C., Skeggs, K., Jung, J., Colombo, S., Sato, K., James, L., He, P., Wood, E.S., Heinser, S., Wang, X., Abbate, G., Livingstone, S., Haymet, A., Walweel, K., Mullins, D., Marasco, S., Diab, S., Tung, J., Molenaar, P., Bassi, G. Li, Suen, J.Y., McGiffin, D.C., Fraser, J.F.

“…Brain death (BD) causes metabolic and energetic imbalances leading to cardiac dysfunction, and predisposes the donor heart to further injury following heart…”
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Controlled Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) Donors and Pediatric Lung Transplant (pLTx): Enhanced Opportunities and Excellent Outcomes by Snell, G.I, Levvey, B.J, Paraskeva, M, Whitford, H, Williams, T, Hobson, J, Henriksen, A, McGiffin, D, Westall, G

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Rejection with hemodynamic compromise: objective evidence for efficacy of photopheresis by Kirklin, J K, Brown, R N, Huang, S T, Naftel, D C, Hubbard, S M, Rayburn, B K, McGiffin, D C, Bourge, R B, Benza, R L, Tallaj, J A, Pinderski, L J, Pamboukian, S V, George, J F, Marques, M

“…Photopheresis therapy (photo) has been advocated as a therapy to improve outcome after recalcitrant or severe rejection, but objective evidence of a beneficial…”
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Retained defibrillator leads following orthotopic heart transplantation by Koshy, A.N, Nanayakkara, S, McGiffin, D.C, Martin, J, Bergin, P, Mariani, J.A

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Invasive Scedosporium sternal osteomyelitis following lung transplant: Cured by Denton, E J, Smibert, O, Gooi, J, Morrissey, C O, Snell, G, McGiffin, D, Paraskeva, M

“…Scedosporium is an important pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF) and post-transplant but rarely causes invasive infection. Treatment remains challenging,…”
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Brain stem death induces pro-inflammatory cytokine production and cardiac dysfunction in sheep model by Walweel, K, Boon, A C, See Hoe, L E, Obonyo, N G, Pedersen, S E, Diab, S D, Passmore, M R, Hyslop, K, Colombo, S M, Bartnikowski, N J, Bouquet, M, Wells, M A, Black, D M, Pimenta, L P, Stevenson, A K, Bisht, K, Skeggs, K, Marshall, L, Prabhu, A, James, L N, Platts, D G, Macdonald, P S, McGiffin, D C, Suen, J Y, Fraser, J F

“…Organs procured following brain stem death (BSD) are the main source of organ grafts for transplantation. However, BSD is associated with inflammatory…”
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Assessing Performance of Human Donor Hearts Following Donation After Circulatory Death by Rosenfeldt, F, Ou, R, Marasco, S, Buttfield, I, Woodard, J, Perera, S, Bhagwat, K, McGiffin, D

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Assessing metabolic and functional performance of human donor hearts: Possible application for donation after circulatory death by Bhaskaran, P, Rosenfeldt, F, Ou, R, Marasco, S, Buttfield, I, Woodard, J, Perera, S, McGiffin, D

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A prospective algorithm for the management of air leaks after pulmonary resection by Cerfolio, Robert J, Tummala, Ramu P, Holman, William L, Zorn, George L, Kirklin, James K, McGiffin, David C, Naftel, David C, Pacifico, Albert D

“…Background. Air leaks (ALs) are a common complication after pulmonary resection, yet there is no consensus on their management. Methods. An algorithm for the…”
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Recurrence of Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma in Transplanted Lungs by Garver, Robert I, Zorn, George L, Wu, Xing, McGiffin, David C, Young, K. Randall, Pinkard, Nanette B

“…Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma is a variant of the adenocarcinoma form of lung cancer (commonly referred to as typical adenocarcinoma). The main pathological…”
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Evolving trends in risk profiles and causes of death after heart transplantation: A ten-year multi-institutional study by Kirklin, J.K., Naftel, D.C., Bourge, R.C., McGiffin, D.C., Hill, J.A., Rodeheffer, R.J., Jaski, B.E., Hauptman, P.J., Weston, M., White-Williams, C.

“…Background: As therapeutic options evolve for advanced heart failure, the appropriate role for cardiac transplantation will require survival analyses that…”
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Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and survival following lung transplantation for patients with sarcoidosis by Wille, K M, Gaggar, A, Hajari, A S, Leon, K J, Barney, J B, Smith, K H, Pajaro, O, Wang, W, Oster, R A, McGiffin, D C, Young, K R

“…End-stage sarcoidosis is characterized by severe pulmonary fibrosis and is often poorly responsive to medical therapy. Lung transplantation, therefore, may be…”
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