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(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 |