David Taggart

• Potency of Human Cardiosphere-Derived Cells from Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease Is Associated with Robust Vascular Supportive Ability.

  Harvey E. et al, (2017), Stem Cells Transl Med, 6, 1399 - 1411

• A prospective study of external stenting of saphenous vein grafts to the right coronary artery: the VEST II study.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2017), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 51, 952 - 958

• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With and Without Manipulation of the Ascending Aorta: A Network Meta-Analysis.

  Zhao DF. et al, (2017), J Am Coll Cardiol, 69, 924 - 936

• OCT imaging of aorto-coronary vein graft pathology modified by external stenting: 1-year post-surgery.

  Webb CM. et al, (2016), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 17, 1290 - 1295

• Cell therapy for heart disease: Trial sequential analyses of two Cochrane reviews.

  Fisher SA. et al, (2016), Clin Pharmacol Ther, 100, 88 - 101

• Safety and efficacy of miniaturized extracorporeal circulation when compared with off-pump and conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: evidence synthesis from a comprehensive Bayesian-framework network meta-analysis of 134 randomized controlled trials involving 22 778 patients.

  Kowalewski M. et al, (2016), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 49, 1428 - 1440

• Relationship of Intraoperative Transit Time Flowmetry Findings to Angiographic Graft Patency at Follow-Up.

  Amin S. et al, (2016), Ann Thorac Surg, 101, 1996 - 2006

• Coronary surgery is superior to drug eluting stents in multivessel disease. Systematic review and meta-analysis of contemporary randomized controlled trials.

  Benedetto U. et al, (2016), Int J Cardiol, 210, 19 - 24

• Does surgical sympathectomy improve clinical outcomes in patients with refractory angina pectoris?

  Holland LC. et al, (2016), Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 22, 488 - 492

• Spasm in Arterial Grafts in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery.

  He GW. and Taggart DP., (2016), Ann Thorac Surg, 101, 1222 - 1229

• Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft in patients with type 2 diabetes: pushing the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation Type 2 Diabetes trial too far.

  Taggart DP., (2016), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 49, 416 - 418

• Advancing the State of the Art in Surgical Coronary Revascularization.

  Puskas JD. et al, (2016), Ann Thorac Surg, 101, 419 - 421

• Reviewer acknowledgment 2015.

  Zamvar V. and Taggart D., (2016), J Cardiothorac Surg, 11

• Off-pump, multiple arterial grafting with minimal aortic manipulation: Is it for everyone?

  Puskas JD. et al, (2016), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 151, 4 - 6

• Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting improves short-term outcomes in high-risk patients compared with on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Meta-analysis.

  Kowalewski M. et al, (2016), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 151

• Can the sum of pooled data from observational studies better evaluate outcome measures for therapies in coronary artery disease?

  Luthra S. and Taggart DP., (2016), Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther, 14, 155 - 162

• Systematic Review of Therapies for Stable Coronary Artery Disease in Diabetic Patients.

  Luthra S. et al, (2015), Ann Thorac Surg, 100, 2383 - 2397

• Reply: To PMID 25886810.

  Orion E. and Taggart DP., (2015), Ann Thorac Surg, 100, 1969 - 1970

• A Review of Differing Techniques of Mammary Artery Harvesting on Sternal Perfusion: Time for a Randomized Study?

  Cheng K. et al, (2015), Ann Thorac Surg, 100, 1942 - 1953

• The Choice of Conduits in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery.

  Gaudino M. et al, (2015), J Am Coll Cardiol, 66, 1729 - 1737

• Flow patterns in externally stented saphenous vein grafts and development of intimal hyperplasia.

  Meirson T. et al, (2015), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 150, 871 - 878

• Effects of on-pump and off-pump surgery in the Arterial Revascularization Trial.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2015), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 47, 1059 - 1065

• A Randomized Trial of External Stenting for Saphenous Vein Grafts in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2015), Ann Thorac Surg, 99, 2039 - 2045

• Impact of Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Long-Term Outcomes After CABG.

  Taggart DP., (2015), J Am Coll Cardiol, 65, 1653 - 1654

• Stem cells for heart failure: the experience of writing a Cochrane systematic review.

  (2015), Eur Heart J, 36, 834 - 836

• Surgeon-specific mortality data disguise wider failings in delivery of safe surgical services.

  Westaby S. et al, (2015), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 47, 341 - 345

• Reviewer acknowledgement 2014.

  Taggart D. and Zamvar V., (2015), J Cardiothorac Surg, 10

• Current evidence of the efficacy of cell-based therapies in heart failure.

  Harvey E. et al, (2015), Circ J, 79, 229 - 236

• A randomized trial of external stenting for saphenous vein grafts in coronary artery bypass grafting

  Taggart DP. et al, (2015), Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 99, 2039 - 2045

• Contemporary coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Taggart DP., (2014), Front Med, 8, 395 - 398

• The cost implications of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery at one year.

  Lamy A. et al, (2014), Ann Thorac Surg, 98, 1620 - 1625

• Novel emboli protection system during cardiac surgery: a multi-center, randomized, clinical trial.

  Bolotin G. et al, (2014), Ann Thorac Surg, 98, 1627 - 1633

• ON- VS OFF CABG: EFFECTS ON POSTOPERATIVE LACTATE, BASE EXCESS AND PH OVER THE FIRST 24 HOURS IN INTENSIVE CARE

  Chiarenza F. et al, (2014), INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, 40, S61 - S61

• The infective endocarditis team: recommendations from an international working group.

  Chambers J. et al, (2014), Heart, 100, 524 - 527

• Normal values of regional and global myocardial wall motion in young and elderly individuals using navigator gated tissue phase mapping.

  Codreanu I. et al, (2014), Age (Dordr), 36, 231 - 241

• The FREEDOM trial: a definitive answer to coronary artery bypass grafting or stents in patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease.

  Taggart DP., (2013), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 44, 978 - 979

• Specialist valve clinics: recommendations from the British Heart Valve Society working group on improving quality in the delivery of care for patients with heart valve disease.

  Chambers JB. et al, (2013), Heart, 99, 1714 - 1716

• Effect of Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery on Long-Term Survival: A Meta-analysis Approach

  Yi G. et al, (2013), CIRCULATION, 128

• Optimal revascularization for complex coronary artery disease.

  Iqbal J. et al, (2013), Nat Rev Cardiol, 10, 635 - 647

• Optimal revascularization for complex coronary artery disease

  Iqbal J. et al, (2013), Nature Reviews Cardiology, 10, 635 - 647

• Coronary artery bypass grafting: Part 2--optimizing outcomes and future prospects.

  Head SJ. et al, (2013), Eur Heart J, 34, 2873 - 2886

• The rationale for Heart Team decision-making for patients with stable, complex coronary artery disease.

  Head SJ. et al, (2013), Eur Heart J, 34, 2510 - 2518

• How would I treat? THE INVITED EXPERTS' OPINION

  Taggart D. and Kharbanda R., (2013), EUROINTERVENTION, 9, 530 - 530

• Ischemia-reperfusion injury accelerates human antibody-mediated transplant vasculopathy.

  Goto R. et al, (2013), Transplantation, 96, 139 - 145

• Stents or surgery in coronary artery disease in 2013.

  Taggart DP., (2013), Ann Cardiothorac Surg, 2, 431 - 434

• Effects of off-pump and on-pump coronary-artery bypass grafting at 1 year.

  Lamy A. et al, (2013), N Engl J Med, 368, 1179 - 1188

• Does a hybrid approach to multivessel revascularisation really make sense?

  Taggart DP., (2013), EuroIntervention, 8, 1231 - 1233

• CABG or stents in coronary artery disease: end of the debate?

  Taggart DP., (2013), Lancet, 381, 605 - 607

• Endothelin-1 increases superoxide production in human coronary artery bypass grafts.

  Cerrato R. et al, (2012), Life Sci, 91, 723 - 728

• Inappropriate restrictions on life saving technology.

  Westaby S. and Taggart D., (2012), Heart, 98, 1117 - 1119

• Changes in global and regional left ventricular wall motion with increasing age obtained using navigator gated high temporal resolution tissue phase mapping

  Codreanu I. et al, (2012), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 33, 1022 - 1022

• Are two internal thoracic artery grafts as safe as one?

  Taggart D., (2012), N Z Med J, 125, 10 - 11

• Off-pump vs. on-pump CABG: are we any closer to a resolution?

  Taggart DP. and Altman DG., (2012), Eur Heart J, 33, 1181 - 1183

• Off-pump or on-pump coronary-artery bypass grafting at 30 days.

  Lamy A. et al, (2012), N Engl J Med, 366, 1489 - 1497

• Bilateral internal mammary arteries: a very important missing trick for coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Taggart DP., (2012), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 41, 776 - 777

• The role of miR-29b/collagen Type I/BMP-1 pathway in angiogenesis in the ischaemic human heart

  Zhang H. et al, (2012), CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH, 93, S76 - S76

• The impact of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery on postoperative renal function.

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2012), Perfusion, 27, 127 - 131

• Incomplete revascularization: appropriate and inappropriate.

  Taggart DP., (2012), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 41, 542 - 543

• Rationale and design of the coronary artery bypass grafting surgery off or on pump revascularization study: a large international randomized trial in cardiac surgery.

  Lamy A. et al, (2012), Am Heart J, 163, 1 - 6

• Pitfalls of neuropsychometric assessment and alternative investigative approaches

  Abu-Omar Y. and Taggart DP., (2011), Brain Protection in Cardiac Surgery, 57 - 64

• Invited commentary.

  Taggart D., (2011), Ann Thorac Surg, 92, 2138 - 2139

• NICE guidance for off-pump CABG: turn off the pump.

  Falk V. and Taggart DP., (2011), Heart, 97, 1731 - 1733

• Lessons learned from the SYNTAX trial for multivessel and left main stem coronary artery disease.

  Taggart DP., (2011), Curr Opin Cardiol, 26, 502 - 507

• Tailor treatment to the patient in stable angina.

  Taggart D., (2011), Practitioner, 255, 25 - 3

• Assessment of data quality in an international multi-centre randomised trial of coronary artery surgery.

  Krzych LJ. et al, (2011), Trials, 12

• Stents and failing vein grafts: are we any wiser after ISAR?

  Taggart DP. and Banning AP., (2011), Lancet, 378, 1054 - 1055

• Stents and failing vein grafts: Are we any wiser after ISAR?

  Taggart DP. and Banning AP., (2011), The Lancet, 378, 1054 - 1055

• Contemporary use of on-pump and off-pump CABG in the arterial revascularisation trial (ART)

  Taggart DP. and Investigators THEA., (2011), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 32, 351 - 351

• OCT characteristics of saphenous vein graft atherosclerosis.

  Adlam D. et al, (2011), JACC Cardiovasc Imaging, 4, 807 - 809

• Details of left ventricular remodeling and the mechanism of paradoxical ventricular septal motion after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

  Codreanu I. et al, (2011), J Invasive Cardiol, 23, 276 - 282

• Details of left ventricular remodeling and the mechanism of paradoxical ventricular septal motion after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

  Codreanu I. et al, (2011), Journal of Invasive Cardiology, 23, 276 - 282

• Informed consent for interventions in stable coronary artery disease: problems, etiologies, and solutions.

  Chandrasekharan DP. and Taggart DP., (2011), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 39, 912 - 917

• Utility of cardiac biomarkers for the diagnosis of type V myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass grafting: insights from serial cardiac MRI.

  Pegg TJ. et al, (2011), Heart, 97, 810 - 816

• Utility of cardiac biomarkers for the diagnosis of type V myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass grafting: Insights from serial cardiac MRI

  Pegg TJ. et al, (2011), Heart, 97, 810 - 816

• Implications of new ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularisation for patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease.

  Ribichini F. and Taggart D., (2011), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 39, 619 - 622

• Implications of new ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularization for patients with multivessel coronary artery disease.

  Ribichini F. and Taggart D., (2011), Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 12, 663 - 666

• The 2010 ESC/EACTS guidelines on myocardial revascularisation.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2011), Heart, 97, 445 - 446

• CFD modeling of an ultrasonic separator for the removal of lipid particles from pericardial suction blood.

  Trippa G. et al, (2011), IEEE Trans Biomed Eng, 58, 282 - 290

• Time for coronary artery bypass grafting to make a comeback?

  Taggart D., (2011), Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 23, 5 - 7

• Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins and energetics in human heart and skeletal muscle

  Johnson A. et al, (2011), ANAESTHESIA, 66, 69 - 69

• Is it finally time to turn off the pump?

  Falk V. and Taggart DP., (2011), Heart

• Prediction of global left ventricular functional recovery in patients with heart failure undergoing surgical revascularisation, based on late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

  Pegg TJ. et al, (2010), J Cardiovasc Magn Reson, 12

• Randomized trial to compare bilateral vs. single internal mammary coronary artery bypass grafting: 1-year results of the Arterial Revascularisation Trial (ART).

  Taggart DP. et al, (2010), Eur Heart J, 31, 2470 - 2481

• Invited commentary.

  Taggart D., (2010), Ann Thorac Surg, 90

• In vivo prevention of transplant arteriosclerosis by ex vivo-expanded human regulatory T cells.

  Nadig SN. et al, (2010), Nat Med, 16, 809 - 813

• Election views

  Marshall M. et al, (2010), BMJ (Online), 340

• Election views

  Marshall M. et al, (2010), BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 340

• On-pump versus off-pump CABG.

  Taggart DP., (2010), N Engl J Med, 362

• Prognostic value of coronary revascularisation-related myocardial injury: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study.

  Rahimi K. et al, (2009), Heart, 95, 1937 - 1943

• David P. Taggart, MD, PhD, FRCS CTh

  Taylor J. and Taggart DP., (2009), CIRCULATION, 120, F130 - F131

• Prediction of Global Left Ventricular Functional Recovery in Patients With Heart Failure Undergoing Surgical Revascularization, Based on the Number of Viable Segments Assessed by Late Gadolinium Enhancement Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

  Pegg T. et al, (2009), CIRCULATION, 120, S918 - S918

• Defining Myocardial Injury and Function Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Insights From Serial Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Biochemical Assessment

  Pegg TJ. et al, (2009), CIRCULATION, 120, S918 - S918

• Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease REPLY

  Boden WE. and Taggart DP., (2009), NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 361, 1410 - 1410

• The editorialists reply

  Boden WE. and Taggart DP., (2009), New England Journal of Medicine, 361

• No surgical innovation without evaluation: the IDEAL recommendations.

  McCulloch P. et al, (2009), Lancet, 374, 1105 - 1112

• Stem cell therapy for ischaemic heart disease and congestive heart failure

  Martin-Rendon E. et al, (2009), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

• Preoperative sCD40L levels predict risk of atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

  Antoniades C. et al, (2009), Circulation, 120, S170 - S176

• Redox state in arterial grafts predicts left ventricular functional restoration after coronary artery bypass grafting

  Antoniades C. et al, (2009), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 30, 383 - 383

• The present status of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Abu-Omar Y. and Taggart DP., (2009), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 36, 312 - 321

• Management of stable angina.

  Yusuf S. et al, (2009), BMJ, 339

• Diabetes with coronary disease--a moving target amid evolving therapies?

  Boden WE. and Taggart DP., (2009), N Engl J Med, 360, 2570 - 2572

• Does prior PCI influence the clinical outcome of CABG?

  Taggart DP., (2009), EuroIntervention, 5 Suppl D, D21 - D24

• PCI or CABG in coronary artery disease?

  Taggart DP., (2009), Lancet, 373, 1150 - 1152

• Radial artery jump graft from anterior to posterior descending coronary artery.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2009), Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann, 17, 143 - 146

• Preoperative Circulating sCD40L And Vascular Redox State in LIMA Grafts, Predict The Development Of Atrial Fibrillation Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

  Antoniades CA. et al, (2009), JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 53, A350 - A350

• Relation of preoperative radial artery flow-mediated dilatation to nitric oxide bioavailability in radial artery grafts used in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Antoniades C. et al, (2009), Am J Cardiol, 103, 216 - 220

• Coronary revascularization--2009: state of the art.

  Taggart DP., (2009), Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 21, 196 - 198

• A randomized trial of on-pump beating heart and conventional cardioplegic arrest in coronary artery bypass surgery patients with impaired left ventricular function using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and biochemical markers.

  Pegg TJ. et al, (2008), Circulation, 118, 2130 - 2138

• The DELFT (Drug Eluting stent for LeFT main) registry: the unknowns.

  Taggart D., (2008), J Am Coll Cardiol, 52, 1680 - 1681

• SOLID AND GASEOUS CEREBRAL MICROEMBOLIZATION AFTER BIOLOGIC AND MECHANICAL AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT: INVESTIGATION WITH MULTIRANGE AND MULTIFREQUENCY TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASOUND Reply

  Wolf LG. et al, (2008), JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 136, 1392 - 1393

• Pre-Operative Estimation of Endothelial Function and Plasma sCD40L as Well as Vascular Redox State, Predict the Development of Atrial Fibrillation Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Operation

  Antoniades C. et al, (2008), CIRCULATION, 118, S611 - S611

• A Novel Hybrid Of On-Pump Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Results Produces Significant Myocardial Injury Compared to Conventional Cardioplegic Arrest

  Pegg TJ. et al, (2008), CIRCULATION, 118, S646 - S646

• Pre-operative plasma sCD40L, endothelial function and vascular redox state predict the development of atrial fibrillation

  Antoniades C. et al, (2008), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 29, 738 - 738

• Detection of occult left ventricular thrombus using contrast-enhanced CMR in patients with impaired ventricular function undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

  Pegg T. et al, (2008), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 29, 308 - 308

• A randomised trial of on-pump beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery and warm blood cardioplegia in patients with impaired left ventricular function using CMR imaging and biochemical markers

  Pegg TJ. et al, (2008), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 29, 307 - 307

• Percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft for unprotected left main coronary artery disease: The endless debate - Reply

  Kaul S. et al, (2008), JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 52, 584 - 586

• Detection of "occult'' left ventricular thrombus using contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance in patients with impaired ventricular function undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery

  Pegg TJ. et al, (2008), HEART, 94, A108 - A109

• Effects of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on early and late right ventricular function.

  Pegg TJ. et al, (2008), Circulation, 117, 2202 - 2210

• Pre-operative flow mediated dilatation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: Prediction of NO-bioavailability and vascular superoxide production in arterial and vein grafts

  Antoniades CA. et al, (2008), JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 51, A304 - A304

• Revascularization for unprotected left main stem coronary artery stenosis stenting or surgery.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2008), J Am Coll Cardiol, 51, 885 - 892

• The effects of on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on intraoperative graft flow in arterial and venous conduits defined by a flow/pressure ratio.

  Balacumaraswami L. et al, (2008), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 135, 533 - 539

• Solid and gaseous cerebral microembolization after biologic and mechanical aortic valve replacement: investigation with multirange and multifrequency transcranial Doppler ultrasound.

  Guerrieri Wolf L. et al, (2008), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 135, 512 - 520

• Editorial: Does prior PCI increase the risk of subsequent CABG?

  Taggart DP., (2008), European Heart Journal, 29, 573 - 575

• Does prior PCI increase the risk of subsequent CABG?

  Taggart DP., (2008), Eur Heart J, 29, 573 - 575

• Ex vivo expanded human treg inhibit the development of transplant arteriosclerosis in a humanized in vivo model

  Nadig SN. et al, (2008), JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION, 27, S179 - S179

• Coronary artery bypass graft vs. percutaneous coronary angioplasty: CABG on the rebound?

  Taggart DP., (2007), Curr Opin Cardiol, 22, 517 - 523

• Prognostic significance of post-revascularisation irreversible myocardial injury detected by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2007), CIRCULATION, 116, 694 - 694

• Diabetes mellitus as a predictor for radial artery vasoreactivity in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Choudhary BP. et al, (2007), J Am Coll Cardiol, 50, 1047 - 1053

• Should your patient have CABG or stents?

  Taggart D., (2007), Practitioner, 251, 59 - 65

• Intraoperative imaging techniques to assess coronary artery bypass graft patency.

  Balacumaraswami L. and Taggart DP., (2007), Ann Thorac Surg, 83, 2251 - 2257

• Effects of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery on early and late right ventricular function as assessed by cardiac MRI

  Pegg T. et al, (2007), HEART, 93, A63 - A63

• Coronary revascularisation.

  Taggart DP., (2007), BMJ, 334, 593 - 594

• Gaseous and solid cerebral microembolization during proximal aortic anastomoses in off-pump coronary surgery: the effect of an aortic side-biting clamp and two clampless devices.

  Guerrieri Wolf L. et al, (2007), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 133, 485 - 493

• Drug eluting stents in left main stem stenosis: patients will pay the price.

  Taggart DP., (2007), EuroIntervention, 2, 410 - 412

• Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture. Coronary artery bypass grafting is still the best treatment for multivessel and left main disease, but patients need to know.

  Taggart DP., (2006), Ann Thorac Surg, 82, 1966 - 1975

• Comparison of the effect of on-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting on neurological events

  Abu-Omar Y. and Taggart DP., (2006), Arterial Grafting for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Second Edition, 337 - 341

• Short-term changes in cerebral activity in on-pump and off-pump cardiac surgery defined by functional magnetic resonance imaging and their relationship to microembolization.

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2006), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 132, 1119 - 1125

• Direct effects of 5-methyl-tetrahydrofolate on vascular endotheliurn and superoxide production in human arteries and veins

  Antoniades C. et al, (2006), CIRCULATION, 114, 900 - 900

• Correlation of coronary artery bypass surgery-related myonecrosis with grafted vessel calibre: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2006), Heart, 92, 1329 - 1330

• Preoperative evaluation of flow-mediated dilatation in the left radial artery or the right brachial artery, as a predictor of nitric-oxide bioavailability in coronary artery bypass grafts

  Antoniades C. et al, (2006), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 27, 270 - 271

• 5-methyl-tetrahydrofolate increases nitric oxide bioavailability and decreases superoxide production by improving eNOS coupling and preventing the intracellular oxidation of tetrahy-drobiopterin, in human vessels in vivo

  Antoniades CA. et al, (2006), ATHEROSCLEROSIS, 186, S5 - S5

• To the editor [18]

  Taggart DP., (2006), New England Journal of Medicine, 354, 2077 - 2078

• Coronary-artery stents

  Taggart DP., (2006), NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 354, 2077 - 2078

• Surgeons need to promote CABG (and urgently)

  Taggart DP., (2006), ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND, 88, 267 - 269

• Effects of 5-methyl-tetrahydrofolic acid on endothelial function and vascular superoxide production in human coronary artery disease

  Antoniades C. et al, (2006), HEART, 92, A109 - A110

• Coronary artery stenosis.

  Weir I., (2006), Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 88, 265 - 269

• Controversies in cardiology.

  Taggart DP., (2006), Lancet, 367

• Protocol for the Arterial Revascularisation Trial (ART). A randomised trial to compare survival following bilateral versus single internal mammary grafting in coronary revascularisation [ISRCTN46552265].

  Taggart DP. et al, (2006), Trials, 7

• Welcome to the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

  Zamvar V. and Taggart DP., (2006), Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1

• Heart of the matter.

  Taggart DP., (2006), J Cardiothorac Surg, 1

• Prosthesis patient mismatch in aortic valve replacement: possible but pertinent?

  Taggart DP., (2006), Eur Heart J, 27, 644 - 646

• Rapid effects of 5-methyl-tetrahydrofolic acid on endothelial function and vascular superoxide production in human coronary artery disease

  Antoniades CA. et al, (2006), JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 47, 303A - 303A

• 5-Methyl-tetrahydrofolic acid rapidly improves endothelial function and superoxide production in human atherosclerosis: Effects on tetrahyd robiopterin-dependent eNOS coupling

  Antoniades CA. et al, (2006), JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 47, 356A - 356A

• Rag2(-/-)/gc(-/-) mice as hosts for human vessel transplantation and allogeneic human leukocyte reconstitution: A marked improvement over the SCIDhu model

  Warnecke G. et al, (2006), JOURNAL OF HEART AND LUNG TRANSPLANTATION, 25, S160 - S160

• Radial artery for coronary artery bypass grafting - Reply to the editor

  Mussa S. et al, (2005), JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 130, 1227 - 1228

• A comparison of transit-time flowmetry and intraoperative fluorescence imaging for assessing coronary artery bypass graft patency.

  Balacumaraswami L. et al, (2005), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 130, 315 - 320

• Radial artery conduits in coronary artery bypass grafting: Current perspective - Reply

  Mussa S. et al, (2005), JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 130, 233 - 233

• Bypassing the pump: changing practices in coronary artery surgery.

  Keenan TD. et al, (2005), Chest, 128, 363 - 369

• Letter regarding article by selvanayagam et al, - "Value of delayed-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in predicting myocardial viability after surgical revascularization" - Response

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2005), CIRCULATION, 111, E286 - E286

• Evaluation of Cystatin C as a marker of renal injury following on-pump and off-pump coronary surgery.

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2005), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 27, 893 - 898

• Distinguishing solid from gaseous emboli during cardiac surgery - Reply

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2005), JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 129, 1194 - 1195

• Surgery is the best intervention for severe coronary artery disease.

  Taggart DP., (2005), BMJ, 330, 785 - 786

• Current controversies: Surgery is the best intervention for severe coronary artery disease

  Taggart DP., (2005), British Medical Journal, 330, 785 - 786

• Relationship of irreversible myocardial injury to troponin I and creatine kinase-MB elevation after coronary artery bypass surgery: insights from cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2005), J Am Coll Cardiol, 45, 629 - 631

• The Allen test - Reply

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2005), ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, 79, 755 - 756

• Radial artery conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: current perspective.

  Mussa S. et al, (2005), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 129, 250 - 253

• Quantification of peri-operative myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass surgery.

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2004), Eur Heart J, 25

• Quantification of peri-operative myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass surgery [4] (multiple letters)

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2004), European Heart Journal, 25, 2171 - 2172

• Surgical delusions

  Taggart DP. and Piggot DW., (2004), British Journal of Cardiology, 11, 425 - 426

• Duration of action of antispasmodic agents: novel use of a mouse model as an in vivo pharmacological assay.

  Mussa S. et al, (2004), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 26, 988 - 994

• Cerebral injury following on-pump and off-pump cardiac surgery defined by functional magnetic resonance imaging

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2004), CIRCULATION, 110, 547 - 547

• Value of delayed-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in predicting myocardial viability after surgical revascularization.

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2004), Circulation, 110, 1535 - 1541

• The role of microembolisation in cerebral injury as defined by functional magnetic resonance imaging.

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2004), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 26, 586 - 591

• Does off-pump total arterial grafting increase the incidence of intraoperative graft failure?

  Balacumaraswami L. et al, (2004), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 128, 238 - 244

• Myocardial injury and cardiac troponin I release after off-pump versus on-pump coronary surgery - Response

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2004), CIRCULATION, 110, E36 - E36

• Solid and gaseous cerebral microembolization during off-pump, on-pump, and open cardiac surgery procedures

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2004), JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 127, 1759 - 1765

• Validation of flow quantification using fluorescence imaging system for intraoperative coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) assessment

  Balacumaraswami L. et al, (2004), HEART, 90, A28 - A29

• Pre-operative flow mediated dilatation predicts in vitro endothelial function in human radial artery

  Mussa S. et al, (2004), HEART, 90, A28 - A28

• Cerebral injury following on pump and off pump cardiac surgery defined by functional MRI

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2004), HEART, 90, A27 - A27

• Effects of off-pump versus on-pump coronary surgery on early and late postoperative left ventricular function: A randomized trial using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2004), JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 43, 370A - 370A

• Long-term follow-up of coronary artery bypass grafting in three-vessel disease using exclusively pedicled bilateral internal thoracic and right gastroepiploic arteries: Invited commentary

  Taggart D., (2004), Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 77

• Effects of off-pump versus on-pump coronary surgery on reversible and irreversible myocardial injury: a randomized trial using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and biochemical markers.

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2004), Circulation, 109, 345 - 350

• Off-pump surgery and cerebral injury.

  Taggart D., (2004), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 127, 7 - 9

• Duplex ultrasonography predicts safety of radial artery harvest in the presence of an abnormal Allen test.

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2004), Ann Thorac Surg, 77, 116 - 119

• Digital tools to facilitate intraoperative coronary artery bypass graft patency assessment.

  Balacumaraswami L. and Taggart DP., (2004), Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 16, 266 - 271

• Comparative efficacies and durations of action of phenoxybenzamine, verapamil/nitroglycerin solution, and papaverine as topical antispasmodics for radial artery coronary bypass grafting.

  Mussa S. et al, (2003), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 126, 1798 - 1805

• Solid and gaseous cerebral microembolisation during off-pump, on-pump and open cardiac surgery

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2003), CIRCULATION, 108, 549 - 549

• Effects of off-pump versus on-pump coronary surgery on reversible and irreversible myocardial injury: A Randomized trial using cardiovascular magnetic resonance Imaging and biochemical markers

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2003), CIRCULATION, 108, W - W

• Effects of off pump versus on pump coronary surgery on reversible and irreversible myocardial injury: A randomised trial using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and biochemical markers

  Selvanayagam JB. et al, (2003), CIRCULATION, 108, 311 - 311

• Defining cerebral dysfunction related to microembolism during cardiac surgery with functional magnetic resonance imaging

  Abu-Omar Y. et al, (2003), CIRCULATION, 108, 512 - 512

• Postoperative hypoxia is a contributory factor to cognitive impairment after cardiac surgery

  Browne SM. et al, (2003), Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 126, 1061 - 1064

• A randomized trial of aprotinin (Trasylol) on blood loss, blood product requirement, and myocardial injury in total arterial grafting

  Taggart DP. et al, (2003), Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 126, 1087 - 1094

• Revascularisation for acute coronary syndromes: PCI or CABG?

  Gunn J. and Taggart DP., (2003), Heart, 89, 967 - 970

• Neuroprotection during cardiac surgery: a randomised trial of a platelet activating factor antagonist.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2003), Heart, 89, 897 - 900

• Use of a mouse model to assess in vivo duration of action of topical antispasmodic agents

  Mussa S. et al, (2003), HEART, 89, A25 - A25

• The use of a novel imaging technique to evaluate patency of coronary grafts

  Coles C. et al, (2003), ANAESTHESIA, 58, 304 - 304

• Preliminary experience with a novel intraoperative fluorescence imaging technique to evaluate the patency of bypass grafts in total arterial revascularization.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2003), Ann Thorac Surg, 75, 870 - 873

• Total arterial revascularisation as a primary strategy for coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Naik MJ. et al, (2003), Postgrad Med J, 79, 43 - 48

• Why do UK cardiac surgeons not perform their first choice operation for coronary artery bypass graft?

  Catarino PA. et al, (2002), Heart, 88, 643 - 644

• About impaired minds and closed hearts.

  Taggart D., (2002), BMJ, 325, 1255 - 1256

• About impaired minds and closed hearts

  Taggart D., (2002), British Medical Journal, 325, 1255 - 1256

• Intraoperative fluorescence imaging to evaluate the patency of coronary bypass grafts

  Taggart DP. et al, (2002), CIRCULATION, 106, 417 - 417

• Lung protection during total cardiopulmonary bypass by isolated lung perfusion: Preliminary results of a novel perfusion strategy: Invited commentary

  Taggart DP., (2002), Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 74

• Incidence, predictors, and significance of abnormal cardiac enzyme rise in patients treated with bypass surgery in the Arterial Revascularization Therapies Study (ARTS).

  Taggart DP. and Neubauer S., (2002), Circulation, 106, e55 - e56

• Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Abu-Omar Y. and Taggart DP., (2002), Lancet, 360, 327 - 330

• Bilateral internal mammary artery grafting: are BIMA better?

  Taggart DP., (2002), Heart, 88, 7 - 9

• Nitric oxide modulates superoxide release and peroxynitrite formation in human blood vessels.

  Guzik TJ. et al, (2002), Hypertension, 39, 1088 - 1094

• Myocardial and cerebral injury after off-pump coronary artery surgery.

  Mussa S. and Taggart DP., (2002), Circulation, 105

• Harvesting of the radial artery: skeletonization versus pedicled technique.

  Bizzarri F. and Frati G., (2002), Ann Thorac Surg, 73

• Coronary-artery bypass surgery versus stenting for multivessel disease.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2001), N Engl J Med, 345, 1641 - 1642

• Bifurcating radial artery

  Chamberlain MH. and Taggart DP., (2001), Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 72

• Images in cardiothoracic surgery. Bifurcating radial artery.

  Chamberlain MH. and Taggart DP., (2001), Ann Thorac Surg, 72

• Effect of arterial revascularisation on survival: a systematic review of studies comparing bilateral and single internal mammary arteries.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2001), Lancet, 358, 870 - 875

• Neurological and cognitive disorders after coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Taggart DP. and Westaby S., (2001), Curr Opin Cardiol, 16, 271 - 276

• Neurocognitive function after coronary-artery bypass surgery.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2001), N Engl J Med, 345, 544 - 545

• Skeletonization of the radial artery: advantages over the pedicled technique.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2001), Ann Thorac Surg, 72, 298 - 299

• Phenoxybenzamine is more effective and less harmful than papaverine in the prevention of radial artery vasospasm.

  Dipp MA. et al, (2001), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 19, 482 - 486

• Effects of a platelet-activating factor antagonist on lung injury and ventilation after cardiac operation.

  Taggart DP., (2001), Ann Thorac Surg, 71, 238 - 242

• Phenoxybenzamine prevents spasm in radial artery conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2000), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 120, 815 - 817

• Biochemical assessment of myocardial injury after cardiac surgery: effects of a platelet activating factor antagonist, bilateral internal thoracic artery grafts, and coronary endarterectomy.

  Taggart DP., (2000), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 120, 651 - 659

• Respiratory dysfunction after cardiac surgery: effects of avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass and the use of bilateral internal mammary arteries.

  Taggart DP., (2000), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 18, 31 - 37

• Solitary fibrous tumor associated with hypoglycemia: an example of the Doege-Potter syndrome.

  Chamberlain MH. and Taggart DP., (2000), J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 119, 185 - 187

• Reviewer acknowledgement 2013.

  Zamvar V. and Taggart D., J Cardiothorac Surg, 9

• Randomized Trial of Bilateral versus Single Internal-Thoracic-Artery Grafts.

  Taggart DP. et al, N Engl J Med, 375, 2540 - 2549

Recent Publications

• Potency of Human Cardiosphere-Derived Cells from Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease Is Associated with Robust Vascular Supportive Ability.

  Harvey E. et al, (2017), Stem Cells Transl Med, 6, 1399 - 1411

• A prospective study of external stenting of saphenous vein grafts to the right coronary artery: the VEST II study.

  Taggart DP. et al, (2017), Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 51, 952 - 958

• Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With and Without Manipulation of the Ascending Aorta: A Network Meta-Analysis.

  Zhao DF. et al, (2017), J Am Coll Cardiol, 69, 924 - 936

• OCT imaging of aorto-coronary vein graft pathology modified by external stenting: 1-year post-surgery.

  Webb CM. et al, (2016), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, 17, 1290 - 1295

• Cell therapy for heart disease: Trial sequential analyses of two Cochrane reviews.

  Fisher SA. et al, (2016), Clin Pharmacol Ther, 100, 88 - 101