
Jessica G.Y. Luc
Current affiliation: University of Alberta
The evolving potential for pediatricex vivolung perfusion
Published in:Pediatric Transplantation
Publication date:2015-12-23What's it about?Despite the rise in the number of adult lung transplantations performed, rates of pediatric lung transplantation remain low. Lung transplantation i...
Active Learning in Medical Education: Application to the Training of Surgeons
Published in:Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
Publication date:2016-01-01What's it about?Our article defines active learning in the context of surgical education and reviews the growing body of research on new approaches to teaching. We...
Successful Repair of Donation After Circulatory Death Lungs With Large Pulmonary Embolus Using the Lung Organ Care System for Ex Vivo Thrombolysis ...
Published in:Transplantation Journal
Publication date:2015-01-01What's it about?We report the use of the Transmedics Lung Organ Care System (OCS) to lyse pulmonary embolus from a set of donation after circulatory death (DCD) lu...
Lung Transplantation from Donors after Circulatory Death Using PortableEx VivoLung Perfusion
Published in:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Publication date:2015-01-01What's it about?Background: Donation after circulatory death is a novel method of increasing the number of donor lungs available for transplantation. Using organs...
2-Methoxyestradiol: A Hormonal Metabolite Modulates Stimulated T-Cells Function and proliferation
Published in:Transplantation Proceedings
Publication date:2015-07-01What's it about?Background: 2-Methoxyestradiol (2ME2) is an endogenous metabolite of estrogen that is nonestrogenic and has been studied in cancer as an antimitoti...
GENDER SPECIFIC INFLUENCES ON EFFECTOR T-CELL FUNCTION AND PROLIFERATION: 2-METHOXYESTRADIOL MODULATES CELLULAR REJECTION
Published in:Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Publication date:2014-10-01What's it about?Gender differences are seen in many disease processes. There is a growing awareness for gender-specific hormonal regulation of immunomodulatory rol...
Gender Specific Influences on Effector T-Cell Function and Proliferation: Hormonal Targeting to Modulate Cellular Rejection in Transplantation
Published in:The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Publication date:2014-04-01What's it about?Gender differences are seen in many disease processes. There is a growing awareness for gender-specific hormonal regulation of immunomodulatory rol...
EUROSCORE II IS SUPERIOR TO STS AND EUROSCORE I IN PREDICTING OPERATIVE MORTALITY IN OCTOGENARIANS FOR ISOLATED CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING SUR...
Published in:Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Publication date:2015-10-01What's it about?Octogenarians represent an increasing proportion of cardiac surgical candidates. Despite the availability of different risk-scoring algorithms, the...
Does a Leukocyte Filter Show Benefit in Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion?
Published in:The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Publication date:2016-04-01What's it about?Lung transplantation is limited by a shortage of donor lungs. Normothermic ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has emerged as a technology for a...
Transcatheter Valve-in-Valve: A Cautionary Tale
Published in:The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Publication date:2016-09-01What's it about?Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) by valve-in-valve (VIV) implantation is an alternative treatment for high-risk patients with a degene...
Atrial fibrillation: review of current treatment strategies
Published in:Journal of Thoracic Disease
Publication date:2016-09-01What's it about?Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia in modern clinical practice, with an estimated prevalence of 1.5–2%. The prevalen...
Current State and Future Perspectives of Energy Sources for Totally Implantable Cardiac Devices
Published in:ASAIO Journal
Publication date:2016-01-01What's it about?There is a large population of patients with end-stage congestive heart failure who cannot be treated by means of conventional cardiac surgery, car...
Clinical implications of physiological flow adjustment in continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices
Published in:ASAIO Journal
Publication date:2016-11-01What's it about?There is increasing evidence for successful management of end-stage heart failure with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (CF-LVAD) tec...
A Structured, Debate-Style Cardiothoracic Surgery Journal Club for Trainee Acquisition and Application of Seminal Literature
Published in:MedEdPORTAL
Publication date:2016-01-01What's it about?The acquisition of specialty-specific seminal literature and its application to daily, clinical patient-care decisions are critical components of c...
Subxiphoid Exchange of HeartMate II Left Ventricular Assist Device
Published in:ASAIO Journal
Publication date:2017-01-01What's it about?With increasing use of left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) for long-term circulatory support comes a growing need for device exchange. The conve...
Aorto-Right Atrial Fistula After Sutureless Valve Implantation
Published in:Canadian Journal of Cardiology
Publication date:2017-05-01
A Leukocyte Filter Does Not Provide Further Benefit During Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
Published in:ASAIO Journal
Publication date:2017-02-01
Individual Gestalt Is Unreliable for the Evaluation of Quality in Medical Education Blogs: A METRIQ Study
Published in:Annals of Emergency Medicine
Publication date:2017-03-01
Novel Debate-Style Cardiothoracic Surgery Journal Club: Results of a Pilot Curriculum
Published in:The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Publication date:2017-08-01What's it about?Background: Traditional journal clubs addressing single articles are limited by the lack of a standardized process for conduct and evaluation. We d...
Pulmonary arteriovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to avoid pulmonary overflow during total artificial heart implantation
Published in:The International Journal of Artificial Organs
Publication date:2018-01-01
Fluid structure interaction model analysis of cerebrospinal fluid circulation in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices
Published in:The International Journal of Artificial Organs
Publication date:2018-02-01
Predicting operative mortality in octogenarians for isolated coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: a retrospective study
Published in:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Publication date:2017-11-02
Driveline Site Is Not a Predictor of Infection After Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Published in:ASAIO Journal
Publication date:2017-10-01
Feasibility of Lung Transplantation From Donation After Circulatory Death Donors Following Portable Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion: A Pilot Study
Published in:Transplantation Proceedings
Publication date:2017-10-01
Cystic tumor of the atrioventricular node: a review of the literature
Published in:Journal of Thoracic Disease
Publication date:2017-09-01
Utilization and Outcomes of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support for Graft Dysfunction After Heart Transplantation
Published in:ASAIO Journal
Publication date:2017-01-01