Recent Publications (since 2021)
Santarpino G, Lorusso R, Concistrè G, Castillo JC, Argano V, Royse A, Nobre AL, Parrino P, Bisleri G, Baghai M, Fischlein T, Troise G, Mastrogiovanni G, Fontaine R, Pacini D, Minniti G, Pappalardo A, Hughes GC, Noirhomme P, Grimaud JP, Scherner M, Muñoz I, Asimakopoulos G, Walker A, Zakova D, Torella M, Vigano G, Connolly M, Dinges C, Corbi P, Salvador L, Rinaldi M, Maroto L, Heimansohn D, Ramlawi B, Glauber M, D’Agnano J, Cosco V, D’Anna V, Solinas M. Prognostic impact of small size sutureless prostheses: results for 241 patients from an international registry. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025 Jul 25;20(1):313.
Kapadia SJ, Salmasi MY, Zientara A, Roussin I, Quarto C, Asimakopoulos G.Perceval sutureless bioprosthesis vers us Perimount sutured bioprosthesis for aortic valve replacement in patients with aortic stenosis: a retrospective, propensity-matched study. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024:14;19(1):95.
Cummings I , Salmasi Y, Halil Ibrahim Bulut HI , Zientara A , Al Shiekh M, Asimakopoulos G. Sutureless Biological Aortic Valve Replacement (Su-AVR) in Redo operations: a retrospective real-world experience report of clinical and echocardiographic outcomes. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 2024;24, Article number: 28
Zientara A, Salmasi MY, Milan-Chhatrisha B, Kapadia S, Bashir R, Cummings I, Quarto C, Asimakopoulos G Thrombocytopenia after sutureless and standard stented aortic valve replacement: a retrospective analysis of risk factors, clinical course, and early outcome. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Apr 16;19(1):219.
Thakur S, Asimakopoulos G, Dimarakis I. The elephant trunk procedure continues to evolve 40 years since its initial description. J Thorac Dis. 2023; 30;15(12):6405-6407.
Shehata M, Bashir R, Al-Alao B, Salmasi Y, Asimakopoulos G, Hoschtitzky A. Type A aortic dissection following a tetralogy of Fallot repair. JTCVS Tech. 2023: 26:22:145-146.
Jenner WJ, Rajakaruna G, Asimakopoulos G, Lynch M Petechial Rash and Glomerulonephritis: First Presentation of Endocarditis on a Patent Foramen Ovale Closure Device. JACC Case Rep. 2023:6:17:101899
Salmasi MY, Pirola S, Asimakopoulos G, Nienaber C, Athanasiou T; London Aortic Mechanobiology Working Group. Risk prediction for thoracic aortic dissection: Is it time to go with the flow? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023;166(4):1034-1042.
Salmasi MY, Ramaraju S, Haq I, B Mohamed RA, Khan T, Oezalp F, Asimakopoulos G, Raja SG. Rapid deployment technology versus conventional sutured bioprostheses in aortic valve replacement. J Card Surg. 2022;37(3):640-655.
Tsampasian V, Grafton-Clarke C, Gracia Ramos AE, Asimakopoulos G, Garg P, Prasad S, Ring L, McCann GP, Rudd J, Dweck MR, Vassiliou VS Management of asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Open Heart. 2022 May;9(1)
Salmasi MY, Morris-Rosendahl D, Jarral OA, Rosendahl U, Asimakopoulos G, Raja S, Aragon-Martin JA, Child A, Pepper J, Oo A, Athanasiou T; London Aortic Mechanobiology Working Group Determining the genetic contribution in patients with non-syndromic ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms: Correlation with findings from computational pathology. Int J Cardiol. 2022 Nov 1;366:1-9.
Hartley P, Salmasi MY, Morosin M, Mensah K, Asimakopoulos G. Comparison of outcomes between aortic root replacement and supra-coronary interposition graft for type A aortic dissection: A retrospective case series. J Card Surg. 2022 Oct 2. doi: 10.1111/jocs.16985. Online ahead of print
Glauber M, Kent WDT, Asimakopoulos G, Troise G, Padrò JM, Royse A, Marnette JM, Noirhomme P, Baghai M, Lewis M, Di Bacco L, Solinas M, Miceli A Sutureless Valve in Repeated Aortic Valve Replacement: Results from an International Prospective Registry. Innovations (Phila). 2021;16(3):273-279.
Salmasi MY, Papa K, Mozalbat D, Ashraf M, Zientara A, Chauhan I, Karadatkou N, Athanasiou T, Roussin I, Quarto C, Asimakopoulos G.Converging rapid deployment prostheses with minimal access surgery: analysis of early outcomes. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Dec 27;16(1):355.
Zhu Y, Mirsadraee S, Asimakopoulos G, Gambaro A, Rosendahl U, Pepper J, Xu XY Association of hemodynamic factors and progressive aortic dilatation following type A aortic dissection surgical repair. Sci Rep. 2021 Jun 1;11(1):11521.
Whittaker G, Salmasi MY, Aydin A, Magouliotis D, Raja SG, Asimakopoulos G, Moorjani N, Athanasiou T Recommendations for the use of coronary and valve simulators in cardiac surgical training: a systematic review. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Dec 27;61(1):1-10.
Vlastos D, Chauhan I, Pepper J, DeSouza A, Quarto C, Bhudia S, Mensah K, Cannolotta M, Asonitis A, Elfadil M, Asimakopoulos G. The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on aortic valve surgical service: a single centre experience. MC Cardiovasc Disord. 2021 Sep 14;21(1):434
Baghai M, Glauber M, Fontaine R, Castillo JC, Walker AH, Livi U, Montiel J, Royse A, Bisleri G, Pacini D, Argano V, Roumy A, Asimakopoulos G, Solinas M Clinical outcomes after implantation of a sutureless aortic bioprosthesis with concomitant mitral valve surgery: the SURE-AVR registry.; SURE-AVR investigators.J Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 May 30;16(1):154.
Salmasi MY, Papa K, Al Balah A, Athanasiou T, Roussin I, Asimakopoulos G. Converging rapid deployment prostheses with minimally invasive surgery: an in-depth echocardiographic analysis. J Valve D
Salmasi MY, Panda A, Hartley P, Abdulkhader A, Osman A, Nienaber C, Athanasiou T, Asimakopoulos G. Aortic root replacement to treat type A aortic dissection: A comparison of midterm outcomes between composite valve grafts and porcine aortic roots..J Card Surg. 2020 Aug;35(8):1840-1847. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14712. Epub 2020 Jul 9.
Pal S, Hartley P, Salmasi Y, Asimakopoulos G. Establishing the Safety of Training in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Retrospective Comparison of Outcomes between Trainees and a Consultant Surgeon. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Mar 21. doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1701668.
Mohamed W, Asimakopoulos G. Is it safe and effective to reduce the target anticoagulation range for patients with mechanical prosthetic aortic valves? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2020 Jun 1;30(6):904-909.
Mohamed W, Asimakopoulos G. Preoperative C-reactive protein as a predictor of postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Perfusion. 2021 May;36(4):330-337.