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Overview

Thanos Athanasiou is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a strong emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, surgery, epidemiology, and physiology.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
  • Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
  • Aortic Aneurysm Repair Treatments
  • Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices

Recent papers by Athanasiou explore multiple aspects of cardiovascular science and related fields. Notable works include:

  • High Wall Shear Stress can Predict Wall Degradation in Ascending Aortic Aneurysms: An Integrated Biomechanics Study, 2021, published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • The Risk of Misdiagnosis in Acute Thoracic Aortic Dissection: A Review of Current Guidelines, 2020, published in Heart
  • Analysis of Turbulence Effects in a Patient-Specific Aorta with Aortic Valve Stenosis, 2021, published in Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology
  • Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass-Induced Bacterial Perturbation Contributes to Altered Host-Bacterial Co-Metabolic Phenotype, 2021, published in Microbiome
  • Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Cardiac Transplantation: A Systematic Review, 2022, published in Artificial Organs

Athanasiou frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Dimitrios E. Magouliotis
  • M. Yousuf Salmasi
  • Arian Arjomandi Rad
  • Αndrew Xanthopoulos
  • John Skoularigis

Their research outputs are prominently published in journals such as:

  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
  • Artificial Organs
  • Journal of Cardiac Surgery
  • Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Best Publications

  • Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgery for Rectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

    Omer Aziz;Vasilis Constantinides;Paris P. Tekkis;Thanos Athanasiou

  • Understanding the role of gut microbiome–host metabolic signal disruption in health and disease

    Elaine Holmes;Jia V. Li;Thanos Athanasiou;Hutan Ashrafian

  • Assessment of the cerebral cortex during motor task behaviours in adults: a systematic review of functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) studies.

    Daniel Richard Leff;Felipe Orihuela-Espina;Clare E. Elwell;Thanos Athanasiou

  • Metabolic surgery profoundly influences gut microbial–host metabolic cross-talk

    J. V. Li;H. Ashrafian;M. Bueter;M. Bueter;J. Kinross

  • Proving the effectiveness of virtual reality simulation for training in laparoscopic surgery.

    Rajesh Aggarwal;Jonnie Ward;Indran Balasundaram;Parvinderpal Sains

  • Emotional intelligence in medicine: a systematic review through the context of the ACGME competencies.

    Sonal Arora;Hutan Ashrafian;Rachel Davis;Thanos Athanasiou

  • Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy in Children: A Meta-Analysis

    Omer Aziz;Thanos Athanasiou;Paris P. Tekkis;Sanjay Purkayastha

  • The inflammatory response to cardiopulmonary bypass: part 1--mechanisms of pathogenesis.

    Oliver J. Warren;Andrew J. Smith;Christos Alexiou;Paula L.B. Rogers

  • Is minimally invasive surgery beneficial in the management of esophageal cancer? A meta-analysis

    Kamal Nagpal;Kamran Ahmed;Amit Vats;Danny Yakoub

  • A Comparison of Hand-Sewn Versus Stapled Ileal Pouch Anal Anastomosis (IPAA) Following Proctocolectomy: A Meta-Analysis of 4183 Patients

    Richard E. Lovegrove;Vasilis A. Constantinides;Alexander G. Heriot;Thanos Athanasiou

  • Patient-reported outcome measures: the importance of patient satisfaction in surgery.

    Andre Chow;Erik K. Mayer;Ara W. Darzi;Thanos Athanasiou

  • Diffuse optical imaging of the healthy and diseased breast: A systematic review

    Daniel Richard Leff;Oliver J. Warren;Louise C. Enfield;Adam Gibson

  • Smartphones let surgeons know WhatsApp: an analysis of communication in emergency surgical teams.

    Maximilian J. Johnston;Dominic King;Sonal Arora;Nebil Behar

  • Catastrophizing: a predictive factor for postoperative pain.

    Reenam S. Khan;Kamran Ahmed;Elizabeth Blakeway;Petros Skapinakis

  • Diagnostic precision of nanoparticle-enhanced MRI for lymph-node metastases: a meta-analysis

    Olivia Will;Sanjay Purkayastha;Christopher Chan;Thanos Athanasiou

  • Primary resection with anastomosis vs. Hartmann's procedure in nonelective surgery for acute colonic diverticulitis: a systematic review.

    Vasilis A. Constantinides;Paris P. Tekkis;Thanos Athanasiou;Omer Aziz

  • Does off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery improve the outcome in high-risk patients?: a comparative study of 1398 high-risk patients.

    Sharif Al-Ruzzeh;Koki Nakamura;Thanos Athanasiou;Thomas Modine

  • Influence of body composition profile on outcomes following colorectal cancer surgery.

    G. Malietzis;A. C. Currie;T. Athanasiou;N. Johns

  • Observational tools for assessment of procedural skills: a systematic review.

    Kamran Ahmed;Danilo Miskovic;Ara Darzi;Thanos Athanasiou

  • Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy in Children

    Omer Aziz;Thanos Athanasiou;Paris P. Tekkis;Sanjay Purkayastha

Frequent Co-Authors

Ara Darzi
Ara Darzi Imperial College London
Guang-Zhong Yang
Guang-Zhong Yang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Nick Sevdalis
Nick Sevdalis King's College London
Paris P. Tekkis
Paris P. Tekkis Imperial College London
George B. Hanna
George B. Hanna Imperial College London
Petros Nihoyannopoulos
Petros Nihoyannopoulos Imperial College London
Elaine Holmes
Elaine Holmes Imperial College London
Charles Vincent
Charles Vincent University of Oxford
Jeremy K. Nicholson
Jeremy K. Nicholson Murdoch University
Paul C. Evans
Paul C. Evans Queen Mary University of London

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