Aristotelis Protopapas
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Gender: Male
Speciality: Cardiac Surgery
Position : Consultant
Nationality : Greece
Have you worked in Saudi Arabia?: No
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Current Location: London
Certificates Earned: Cambridge ESOL CPE June 1981 Ptychion Iatrikes (MB BS) Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 1990 http://www.school.med.uoa.gr/en/ Fellow-qua-Surgeon FRCS Glasgow 1998 ATLS Provider 21/06/2002 Certificate of Completion of Basic Surgical Training, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (number 2916) 2006 European Computer Driving Licence, British Computer Society 2004 MSc. In Surgical Technology, Imperial College London, 2005 Diploma of Imperial College 2005 General Medical Council Specialist Register, Cardio-thoracic Surgery 25/02/2013
Scientific Achievements: PUBLICATIONS Hirsch h-Index 5, http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=7005710559 (Accepted 13/07/15) AD Protopapas. Elastin deficiency in Williams Syndrome may explain post-operative MACE, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery JTCVS-15-1303 (Under revision 05 June 2015) AD Protopapas. Does body mass index affect mortality in coronary surgery? Open Cardiovasc Med J V Zochios, AD Protopapas, K. Valchanov. Stridor in adult patients presenting from the community: an alarming clinical sign, Journal of the Intensive Care Society 2015; 16 (3): 272-273 AD Protopapas, G Egri. Extended Upper Sternectomy With Curative Intent For Neglected Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma In A Fit 65 Year Old Man, J BUON 2015, 20 (2): 655-666 http://www.jbuon.com/web/index.php/ci?id=31 AD Protopapas. eComment. Could this be a first depiction of Poland syndrome? Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg (2015) 20 (4): 557 http://icvts.oxfordjournals.org/content/20/4/557.long AD Protopapas. eComment. Further tips on partial sternotomy. Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg (2014) 19 (4): 610 doi:10.1093/icvts/ivu256http://icvts.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/06/18/icvts.ivu196/reply#icvtsurg_el_1621 AD Protopapas. eComment. Computed tomography angiography after removal of pectus bars on the 5th postoperative day: Is it really needed as routine? Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 10 July 2014 http://icvts.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/1/6.full/reply#icvtsurg_el_1619 AD Protopapas, H Ashrafian, T Athanasiou. Tumour thrombi in the Suprahepatic Inferior Vena Cava: The cardiothoracic surgeons’ view. ISRN Vascular Medicine: Article ID 546709, 7 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/546709 http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2013/546709/cta/ Dimitrakakis G, Protopapas AD A Sports Headlight Retrofitted on Magnifying Loupes: A Simple and Cheap Method for Daily Use. Int J Cardiovasc Res 2012 1:3. doi:10.4172/2324-8602.1000105 http://www.scitechnol.com/2324-8602/2324-8602-1-105.php D Mukherjee, C Rao, M Ibrahim, K Ahmed, H Ashrafian, A Protopapas, A Darzi, T Athanasiou. Meta-analysis of organ damage after conversion from off-pump coronary artery bypass procedures. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011; 92:755-61. http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(11)01272-0/pdf AD Protopapas, T Athanasiou. Evolving dimensions in medical case reporting. J Med Case Reports, invited Editorial, Journal of Medical Case Reports 2011, 5:164 http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/164 AD Protopapas, K Baig, T Athanasiou Pulmonary Embolism after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. J Card Surg. 2011 Feb 15. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01195.x/full -AD Protopapas, T Athanasiou. The natural bifurcating internal thoracic artery graft: another technique for bypassing two vessels with one conduit. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Sep 8 http://icvts.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/6/789.long AD Protopapas, M. Amrani. Traction Suture Modification of the Cosgrove Hemisternotomy Technique. J Heart Valve Dis 2011, 20 189-190 http://www.icr-heart.com/index.php?cid=2393&g=0 S Saso, JA. Vecht, C Rao, A Protopapas, H Ashrafian, D Leff, A Darzi, T Athanasiou. Statin Therapy May Influence the Incidence of Postoperative atrial Fibrillation: What Is the Evidence? Tex Heart Inst J 2009; 36 (6):521-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801933/ C Rao, A Haycock E Zacharakis, G Krasopoulos, D Yakoub, AD Protopapas, A Darzi, GB Hanna, T Athanasiou. Economic analysis of esophageal stenting for management of malignant dysphagia. Dis Esophagus. 2009; 22(4):337-47. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00916.x/full H Fatayer, S Griffin, AD Protopapas. Redo aortic valve replacement after partial upper sternotomy (hemisternotomy) in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenia: a case report. Cases Journal 2008, 1:422 http://www.casesjournal.com/content/1/1/422 AD Protopapas, T Athanasiou. Contegra conduit for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract: a review of published early and mid-time results. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 3:62 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/3/1/62 AD Protopapas, T Athanasiou. Peri-operative Data on the Nuss procedure in children with pectus excavatum: Independent survey of the first 20 years' data. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 4; 3:40. http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/3/1/40 AD Protopapas, T Athanasiou, H Ashrafian Peri-Operative Data On The Platinum-China Anniversary Of The Nuss Procedure: Survey Of Data From The Initial 20 Years Of Minimally Invasive Repair Of Pectus Excavatum Heart Surgery Forum 2008; 11: S1 AD Protopapas, C Rao, A Choong, NJW Cheshire, T Athanasiou Combined sterno-clavicular approach as an alternative technique in hybrid exclusion of aortic arch aneurysm, J Cardiothorac Surg. 2007 ; 2 (1):36 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/2/1/36 AD Protopapas, P Goldstraw. Virtual Bronchoscopy and Rigid Bronchoscopy Proceedings of the 14th World Congress For Bronchology, Medimond Medical Publications 2006 AD Protopapas. Pressure gradient in hemodynamics: Is it measured in units of pressure? The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2005 130: 952 http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(05)00797-X/fulltext- AD Protopapas. Neointima in vascular prostheses: the jury is still out. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2005 79: 1466 http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(04)01064-1/fulltext Dimarakis I, Protopapas AD. Vocal cord palsy as a complication of adult cardiac surgery: surgical correlations and analysis: A review paper. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2004 26: 773-5 http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/4/773.long AD Protopapas. Anastomotic devices for coronary bypass: lethal complications have been previously reported! The European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2004 25: 145 http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/1/145.1.full AD Protopapas, AT Riga: Cavitary pulmonary lesions noted after blunt thoracic trauma: Causative relation or pre-existing tuberculosis? The European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2003 23: 1076 http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/6/1076.1.full AD Protopapas. Bilateral harvesting of internal thoracic artery for coronary bypass: Augmenting the risk for postoperative airway obstruction? The European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2003; 23: 137-8 http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/1/137.full AD Protopapas, WB Pugsley. HIV-Related Aneurysm of the Aortic Root outside Africa: A Case Report. Heart Surgery Forum 2002, 5(4). Protopapas AD, Nicholson AG, Vini L, Harmer CL, Goldstraw P. Thoracic metastasectomies for Thyroid Malignancies. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001; 72:1906-1908 http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(01)03168-X/fulltext Protopapas AD, Forsyth A. Coronary revascularisation through re-sternotomy utilising arterial conduits. Heart Surgery Forum 2001, 4: 266 AD Protopapas, WB Pugsley. A Case of HIV-Related Aneurysm of the Aortic Root: A Novel Pathology? Proceedings on Experimental AIDS Research, Monduzzi Editions 2001, p.51-54 ISBN 88-323-1623-2. AD Protopapas, RK Walesby. Sternotomy as a Source of Autologous Cells with Potential for Seeding, in Heart Disease, New Trends in Research, Diagnosis and Treatment, Medimond Medical Publications 2001p. 741-744 ISBN 0-9706680-3-1. Browne CE, Hatchwell E, Protopapas A, Ramos J. Duplication of medial 15q confirmed by FISH. Journal of Medical Genetics 2000; 37(8): e10. http://jmg.bmj.com/content/37/8/e10.full
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